2024 RBC Brooklyn Half

NYRR strives to host inclusive, sustainable, and accessible events that enable all individuals to engage. To request reasonable accommodations or for inquiries about accessibility for attending this event, please email accessibility@nyrr.org.

To learn more about NYRR accessibility, please visit the NYRR Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Resource page.

The 2024 RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon program partners with agencies across the globe to create race packages with guaranteed entry along with flight and/or hotel. Check out our approved list of ITOs to book your trip now!

As part of our mission to help and inspire people through running, New York Road Runners offers more than 3,000 complimentary race entries annually through NYRR Race Free. For the 2024 program, we’ve received the allocated 1,000 qualified applications and the application process is now closed to the public. Please visit the NYRR Race Free page to learn more and consider applying for the 2025 program. The application period takes place once a year, and the 2025 timeline will be announced in mid-2024.

• The race will operate under Safety Procedures at NYRR Races guidelines.
• Review the NYRR policy on start and finish cutoff times here.
• We’ve updated our website to increase inclusivity and representation in our races. Runners can register as woman, man, or non-binary. Visit our FAQ page for more information on how to update your profile.
• If you wish to pay in cash for your race entry, please reach out to our Runner Services team for assistance. Please be sure to include the event name and the email associated with your NYRR account.
• This race is a 9+1 program qualifier.

The RBC Brooklyn Half Pre-Party Presented by New Balance will take place at Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. For rideshare navigation, please map to 150 Furman Street. Race number pickup will be available at the following dates and times:

• Wednesday, May 15 | 11:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. (last pickup is at 9:00 p.m.)
• Thursday, May 16 | 11:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. (last pickup is at 9:00 p.m.)
• LAST DAY: Friday, May 17 | 11:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. (last pickup is at 9:00 p.m.)

You do not need to select a time slot. Come at your leisure during open hours, and enjoy food, beverages, and music.

Find your name on the #RBCBrookynHalf Runner Wall Presented by TCS and stop by Fleet Feet for any runner essentials from Gatorade, SiS products, and more. The Pre-Party is open to the public.

Help out our environment by biking to the Pre-Party! Bikes will not be allowed in the tent, but bike racks are available at the entrance of Pier 2. Disclaimer: Bike racks are public, and NYRR is not responsible for racked bikes.

To pick up a race number, runners must show photo ID, and their QR Code (available on their Confirmation Form, race receipt email, confirmation email, or in runners’ Dashboard profiles). QR codes can be shown either printed or digitally. Runners can pick up race numbers at any available counter.

Numbers will only be available at the RBC Brooklyn Half Pre-Party Presented by New Balance. Absolutely no race numbers will be available at the NYRR RUNCENTER the week of the race or on race morning.

To find your Confirmation Form, please log in to your account by: 

• Navigating to the top right of the website 
• Clicking Sign In
• Log in with username and password
• Click on your name in the top righthand corner
• Select Dashboard
• Select Registered Events in the top navigation bar
• Under RBC Brooklyn Half, you will see a link for your Confirmation Form

On Desktop

On Mobile

If you are unable to pick up your race number during the regular pickup hours you can have a friend or family member do so. Please make sure they have a copy of your email confirmation form, and a copy of your photo ID.

An American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter will be available during the following times for the Pre-Party:

• Wednesday, May 15: 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Thursday, May 16: 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Friday, May 17: 4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Visit the Running Lab and meet the NYRR coaches, who will break down the course mile by mile, so you know how to run your best race. They will provide 20-minute course strategy sessions every hour (starting at 12:00 p.m.), on the hour (with the exception of 3:00 p.m.). Last session will start at 8:30 p.m.

Sesión de estrategia de la ruta en Español a las 16:00.

An American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter will be available for course strategy at the following times:

• Wednesday, May 15: 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday, May 16: 4:00 p.m.
• Friday, May 17: 5:00 p.m.

You can also meet the NYRR Pace Team and collect a free pace band powered by Tata Consultancy Services to keep you on track during the race. The NYRR Pace Team will be onsite and available at the Running Lab during the Pre-Party hours.

Daily from 5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Join experts from Hospital for Special Surgery at 5:30 p.m. every day of the Pre-Party to learn more about how to prepare for and recover from the RBC Brooklyn Half. They will be at the NYRR Running Lab.

• Wednesday, May 15th: Race Day Tips and Tricks
• Thursday, May 16th: Race Day Tips and Tricks
• Friday, May 17th: Race Day Tips and Tricks

When you pick up your race number, you will receive the souvenir for this race, a short-sleeved tech T-shirt. Shop for items from the official RBC Brooklyn Half collection from New Balance at the Pre-Party.

Join us for a 2-mile plog, at an enjoyable pace, throughout Brooklyn led by NYRR coaches from 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 17. All runners and walkers of any pace are welcome.

Plogging refers to the activity of picking up trash while jogging, and its name is a combination of two words from the Swedish term plocka upp, meaning "to pick up," and jogging.

No plogging experience is required. NYRR will provide compostable bags and gloves to all registered runners. When you arrive, please make your way to the Running Lab inside the Pre-Party. We will have bag check and restrooms available.

We will be plogging rain or shine, so please dress accordingly. Register here.

We strongly recommend checking for subway updates on the 2, 3, 4 and Q trains before you travel. You can also message the MTA on WhatsApp. NOTE: The 2, 3 will bypass Eastern Parkway Brooklyn Museum in both directions from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

New this year, your entrance point is based off your corral letter instead of your wave.

Corrals AA-F

• Subway: Take the 2, 3, and 4 train to Franklin Avenue
• Car/Taxi Drop-off: Franklin Ave and Lincoln Place
• Security Screenings: Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue

Corrals G-L

• Subway: Take the 2, 3, and 4 train to Grand Army Plaza
• Car/Taxi Drop-off: St. John's Place and Plaza Street East
• Security Screenings: Eastern Parkway and Underhill Avenue

Bag Check opens at 5:00 a.m.
Security Screenings open at 5:30 a.m.

Wave 1

Wave 2

Course Map

Finish Area Map

The start will once again be located next to the Brooklyn Museum. Participants will run past the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and around Grand Army Plaza before entering Prospect Park. After a loop around the park, runners will exit from the southwest corner onto Ocean Parkway and cruise toward the finish on the world-famous Coney Island Boardwalk.

Mile 1: Start by heading south on Washington Avenue. Turn right onto Empire Boulevard then right onto Flatbush Avenue heading north. Grand Army Plaza marks mile 1.5.

Mile 2: Proceed around Grand Army Plaza. Once you're heading south on Flatbush Avenue, you've reached mile 2.

Mile 3: Take a right turn onto Ocean Avenue, then another right onto Parkside Avenue.

Mile 4: From Parkside Avenue, proceed into Prospect Park at Machate Circle onto East Drive.

Miles 5-6: Runners will make a full counter-clockwise loop of Prospect Park before exiting at Machate Circle. Exiting marks you past the 10K mark.

Mile 7: Head south down Fort Hamilton Parkway onto Ocean Parkway.

Miles 8-12: Proceed onto Ocean Parkway and head south towards Coney Island.

Mile 13-Finish: Take a right as Ocean Parkway turns into Surf Avenue. Take a left on W 10th Street towards the Coney Island Boardwalk. A sidewalk ramp will take runners up onto the Coney Island Boardwalk where they will make a right towards the finish before W 15th Street.

• Science in Sport Gel Zone will be located just before mile 7 in Prospect Park. Flavors include: Citrus (caffeinated 75mg), Cherry, Apple, Orange.
• Gatorade Endurance Formula and water will be available at 10 fluid stations along the course.

As in previous years, NYRR will transport personal nursing pumps from the start to the finish area for athletes. For the RBC Brooklyn Half, there will be lactation spaces that provide pumping accommodations and amenities at the start line, course, and finish line. Medela breast pumps will also be available, giving participants easy options for pumping. Personal breast pumps will be transported from the start to the finish lactation tents. No expressed milk will be transported at this time.

Lactation operations will be located near the start medical tent on Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue, the medical tent near mile 8, and the finish medical tent in the Maimonides Park parking lot.

To ensure runners are aware of the accommodations and preparation for medical device operations, NYRR will have an information booth at the RBC Brooklyn Half Pre-Party.

The NYRR Pace Team members are some of the most experienced runners in New York City and the most knowledgeable runners on the course. They have an average success rate of 96.5% of hitting their target finish time. Pacers will be on hand to guide participants toward specific goal times over the 13.1 miles. Pace Team members will lead groups at various paces between 6:06 per mile and 13:45 per mile (between a 1:20 finish and a 3:00 finish).

If you choose to run with a pace group, you can look for the NYRR Pace Team members in the start corrals wearing their blue-and-white-striped NYRR Pace Team singlets. Each Team member will carry signs that correspond with their respective finish times and paces. There is no fee to run with the pace team or to sign up. 

For a full list of Prohibited Items, please click here.

Runner tracking and live, unofficial results will be available in the NYRR Racing App and at liveresults.nyrr.org during the event.

After the conclusion of the event, official results will be posted on results.nyrr.org.

Awards will be presented on site to the top-three finishers in the overall men, women, and non-binary divisions. Runners who place in the top-three of their age group will be able to claim an award in the days following the race by filling out our Age-Group Awards Claim Form. 

Eastern Parkway | From Grand Army Plaza to Bedford Ave

• No Parking: (Eastbound) Thursday, May 16 from 6:00 a.m. - Saturday, May 18, 11:30 a.m.
• No Parking: (North Service Road) Friday, May 17 from 6:00 a.m. - Saturday, May 18, 11:30 a.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

President Street & Union Street | From Classon Ave to Franklin Ave

• No Parking: Friday May 17 from 6:00 a.m. - Saturday, May 18, 11:30 a.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Washington Ave | From Eastern Parkway to Empire Boulevard

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 6:00 a.m. - Saturday, May 18, 11:30 a.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Empire Boulevard | From Washington Ave to Flatbush Ave

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 4:00 p.m. - Saturday, May 18, 11:30 a.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday May 18 from 6:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Flatbush Ave | From Empire Boulevard to Grand Army Plaza

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 4:00 p.m. - Saturday, May 18, 11:30 a.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 6:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Ocean Ave | From Flatbush Ave to Parkside Ave

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 4:00 p.m. - Saturday, May 18, 11:00 a.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 6:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Parkside Ave | From Ocean Ave to Park Circle

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 4:00 p.m. - Saturday, May 18, 11:30 a.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 6:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Ocean Parkway | From Park Circle to Surf Ave

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 4:00 p.m. - Saturday, May 18, 1:00 p.m.
• Rolling Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

West Brighton Ave | From Ocean Parkway to W 2nd St

• No Parking: Friday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 3:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Sea Breeze Ave | From W 5th St to Ocean Parkway

• No Parking: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 3:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

W 5th St | From Surf Ave to West Brighton Ave

• No Parking: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 3:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Surf Ave | From Ocean Parkway to W 20th St

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 4:00 p.m. - Saturday, May 18, 1:00 p.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

W 10th St | From Surf Ave to Boardwalk

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 12:00 a.m. - Saturday, May 18, 5:00 p.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Stillwell Ave | From Surf Ave to Boardwalk

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 12:00 a.m. - Saturday, May 18, 4:00 p.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

W 12th St | From Surf Ave to Boardwalk

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 12:00 a.m. - Saturday, May 18, 4:00 p.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

W 15th St | From Surf Ave to Boardwalk

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 12:00 a.m. - Sunday, May 19, 1:00 p.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

W 16th St | From Surf Ave to Boardwalk

• No Parking: Friday, May 17 from 12:00 a.m. - Saturday, May 18, 4:00 p.m.
• Street Closure: Saturday, May 18 from 12:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

The race finishes on the Coney Island boardwalk. You will receive a medal and a Recovery Bag Presented by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS).

Visit the HSS Runner Recovery Zone, where you can stretch and foam roll with the experts from HSS. The finish area is for runners only.

Claim your checked bag at the Maimonides Park (formerly MCU Park) parking lot until 12:00 p.m. Bags that are not claimed will be transported to the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub (320 West 57th Street in Manhattan) where they can be claimed Sunday, May 19 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. or Monday, May 20 to Friday, May 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Plan a location to reunite with your loved ones, as there may be cell service saturation. The RBC Brooklyn Half After-Party at Maimonides Park (8:00 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.) is a great place to reunite! Stadium sections will be marked with letters; you can arrange to meet at the letter corresponding to your last name, then relax, purchase refreshments, and enjoy live music and entertainment.

Take the N/Q trains at Coney Island-Stillwell Av. Visit mta.info/weekender to plan your transportation.

All prize money amounts, including team prize money, are equal for men, women, and non-binary categories and subject to all applicable rules and policies regarding prize money. To be eligible for prize money, including team money and Top Brooklyn Finisher, runners must complete the course in 1 hour 30 minutes or faster. 

Top Brooklyn Finisher

The top man, woman, and non-binary finisher from Brooklyn, based on Net Time, will be awarded $500. Residency is determined by zip code at the time of registration. Cumulative with overall prize money, if applicable.

TIme Bonuses

Team Prize Money

For scoring purposes, a men’s team must consist of five men, a women’s team must consist of five women, and a non-binary team must consist of three non-binary athletes, all running with the same team affiliation and meeting the gender identity requirements above. Team prize money is based on the cumulative Net Time of the team members.

Commemorate your RBC Brooklyn Half achievement with an iTAB!

To get your name and time engraved on your custom medal insert that fits neatly onto your medal’s ribbon, please fill out the required details, submit your order, and then wait for delivery of your iTAB.

NYRR Members receive a 20% discount! Check your email for member discount code.

Once a runner has claimed their entry, or once a drawing applicant has been accepted into the race, all entry fees are non-refundable. Runners entered in the 2024 RBC Brooklyn Half may cancel their entry and earn guaranteed, non-complimentary entry to the 2025 race, but they will be responsible for claiming their entry and paying the processing and entry fees for the 2025 race. The deadline for runners to cancel their 2024 entry and get guaranteed non-complimentary into the 2025 race is May 17, 2024 at 11:59pm ET. For more information, visit our cancellation page.

Please note: Runners who earn guaranteed entry to the 2024 race because they canceled in 2023 cannot cancel a second time (in 2024) and become eligible for guaranteed entry in 2025.

No Refunds: Entry fees are non-refundable and may not be deferred or transferred.

Team for Kids is now full.

All event information is subject to change.