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Few public courses in New York City carry the kind of lived-in character that Douglaston does. Operated by the city's Parks Department, it sits in the northeastern corner of Queens, on the Douglaston peninsula where the borough edges toward Nassau County and Long Island Sound. The terrain here is genuinely hilly — not manufactured mounding, but the real glacial topography that shaped this part of Queens — and the course works with those contours in ways that keep the round interesting long after the scorecard has been tucked away.
The par 67 signals immediately that this is a layout built around precision rather than power. Short par 4s and a collection of par 3s reward players who can work the ball and think their way around, while the elevation changes introduce a physical demand that catches first-timers off guard.
For city residents who want to walk 18 holes without leaving the five boroughs, Douglaston fills a real and underappreciated role. It's a neighborhood course in the best sense — accessible, affordable, and rooted in a corner of Queens that feels genuinely removed from the urban density just a few miles west.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 5,343 | 65.2 | 112 | 67 |
| Blue · men | 5,058 | 64.2 | 110 | 67 |
| Blue · women | 5,051 | 68.6 | 116 | 67 |
| Red · women | 4,403 | 64.7 | 109 | 67 |
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