RBC Brooklyn Half - Brooklyn, New York - Running

The RBC Brooklyn Half is a Running race in Brooklyn, New York consisting of a Half Marathon.

Take a 13.1-mile tour through the Borough of Kings, from Prospect Park to the Coney Island Boardwalk, in the 2023 RBC Brooklyn Half on Saturday, May 20. The RBC Brooklyn Half Pre-Party Presented by New Balance kicks off the festivities to one of the largest half marathons in the U.S. and will have you partying all the way through the finish in Coney Island.

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. Please check back closer to race day for course map.

Mile 1: Start by heading south on Washington Avenue. Turn right onto Empire Boulevard then right onto Flatbush Avenue heading north.

Mile 2: Proceed around Grand Army Plaza and head south on Flatbush Avenue.

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 5-7: Runners will make a full counter-clockwise loop of Prospect Park before exiting at Machate Circle.

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.