The well-known semiotician and gender issues specialist M. Zolotonosov criticized the monument to Sergey Dovlatov's dog, Glasha, installed in the square named after the writer. Zolotonosov claims that the dog depicted on the memorial is not a female dog, but a transgender animal. It urinates with its leg raised, which is a prerogative of male dogs.

On September 3, 2016, on the 75th anniversary, a monument to the writer and journalist Sergey Dovlatov was unveiled. The commemorative composition is in the form of a bronze figure of Sergey Dovlatov, 2.2 meters tall, standing in the doorway of his own apartment. Next to him stands a table with a typewriter, symbolizing the writer's creativity. It is installed on the sidewalk in front of the building at 23 Rubinstein Street, in the house where Dovlatov lived from 1944 to 1975. A memorial plaque was also placed on the left side of the building. The sculptor is architect Vyacheslav Bukhaev. The procedure for installing memorials in St. Petersburg stipulates that at least 30 years must pass since the death of the person being commemorated. However, the governor has the right to sign a document allowing installation as an exception, which was done in this case.

Dovlatov passed away on August 24, 1990, in New York. He is buried in Queens, NY, at the Mount Hebron Cemetery. The tombstone is the work of New York sculptor Leonid Lerman.