The Battery Park City Authority on May 6 unveiled preliminary plans for a new dog run on North End Avenue between Warren and Murray streets, in an area of the neighborhood where dog owners have long said a dog run was needed.

The dog run would be created on the 180-foot-long traffic median on the northern half of the block, where there is now a lawn, trees and benches.

As envisioned, the fenced-in play area will be 25-feet wide, at the center of the island, with trees, shrubs and flower beds of trees on both sides, along the length of the median. There will be entrances with double gates (creating a little holding area to control dogs who are entering or leaving) on the northern and southern ends.

The plan was presented to Community Board 1’s Battery Park City Committee by representatives of Rogers Marvel Architects, which is designing the dog run, and the Battery Park City Authority. Stefanie Gelb, the Authority’s vice president for planning and design, said planning and construction will take about a year.

“Overall, I think it’s a very nice plan,” said Jeff Galloway, a CB1 member and president of the Battery Park City Dogowners Association. “It’s a good location. It’s near where kids are going to be playing, and lots of other recreational activities.”

Responding to concerns about maintenance of the dog run, Susannah Drake Culhane, a landscape architect at Rogers Marvel, said that the dog run will be made of “some kind of solid surface that can be hosed down three times a day, not dirt or wood chips.” The Battery Park City Parks Conservancy will be responsible for cleaning and maintaining the run.

Another dog run being planned in Battery Park City caused some controversy when some residents said they were worried about potential noise problems. That dog run is will be constructed on Monsignor Kowsky Plaza, between the North Cove marina and the Gateway Plaza residential complex in central Battery Park City, and some Gateway residents with windows facing the plaza complained. (The dog run’s placement and configuration were modified.)

But that shouldn’t be a problem with the dog run in the north neighborhood, at least not for the time being. Apartment buldings are planned for both sides of North End Avenue where the run will be, but they won’t be built for at least several years.

A smaller traffic island just south of the one where the dog run is planned will also be spruced up, with new seating areas and tables. And a new crosswalk will traverse North End Avenue between the two islands, creating a safe path connecting the ballfields and Teardrop Park. The crosswalk will be raised to the level of the sidewalk, serving as a speed bump to slow down traffic on the avenue.