OCEAN PARKWAY WILL BE OVERRUN WITH MARATHONERS

 

Updates: Locations and times when street parking won't be allowed and when streets will be closed are posted at https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQvCHChWYAAiVdm?format=jpg&name=large.

NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon

Sunday, April 24th

The NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon will start in North Brooklyn at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 24th.

 

On the day of the race, street closures will be in effect as early as 1:00 a.m. and as late as 2:00 p.m. The day before the race, parking restrictions will be in effect. Details about street closures and parking restrictions haven't been announced yet. Information about them will be posted on the race's website at https://www.thebrooklynmarathon.com/race-day.

The half marathon ends at Prospect Park, but the marathon continues onto Ocean Avenue, Parkside Avenue, and southbound Ocean Parkway to Avenue P. There, it'll turn around and head northbound on Ocean Parkway to Prospect Park.

 

A map of the marathon course is posted at https://nycruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Brooklyn-Marathon-Course-Map-WYTHE-AVE.pdf. The map for the half marathon is at https://nycruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Brooklyn-Half-Map.pdf.

DRIVING ALERT FOR THE BROOKLYN MARATHON

full marathon course

half marathon course

                    NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon
                             Saturday, October 19th, 7:00 a.m.

Parking, driving, bicycling, and walking problems always accompany the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon. 

This year, the races, organized by New York City Runs, Inc., will be on Saturday, October 19th, starting at 7:00 a.m. Half marathoners will have 4 hours and 30 minutes to complete their race, and marathoners will have 6 hours and 35 minutes for theirs.

The race kicks off at the Brooklyn Museum on Eastern Parkway. It'll travel through Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Windsor Terrace, and Kensington, and it'll finish in Prospect Park.

From Machate Circle (also known as Park Circle), runners will go south along Ocean Parkway. Half marathon runners will turn around at Quentin Road and full marathon runners will turn around just after Avenue P.

After the turnaround, runners will run north on Ocean Parkway to Prospect Park. At Machate Circle, they’ll enter the park and run nearly the entire way around it along East Drive and West Drive before crossing the finish line on Center Drive.