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North Brooklyn Runners
Free neighborhood running club · Brooklyn
Free club with 20+ group runs a week, mostly from McCarren Park in Williamsburg/Greenpoint, plus social runs and volunteering.
Front Runners New York
Running club for LGBTQ+ people and allies. Weekly fun runs in Central Park and Brooklyn are open to newcomers and guests.
- To try it
- Free
- What it is
- LGBTQ+ running club
- Where
- Uptown, Brooklyn
- When
- Tue 7pm (Grand Army Plaza Arch, Prospect Park); Wed 7pm and Sat 10am (Central Park, across from the Daniel Webster Statue); walkers Sat 9:15am
What to expect
Group runs and walks at many paces and distances. Saturday is the suggested first visit, followed by a light breakfast social. You must be 18+.
What it costs
No membership needed for the weekly fun runs, and no fee is listed for them. Membership ($30 for 2026) is for coached workouts and the free spring beginners' clinic.
That's what their own site said on October 14, 2026. Prices change; the booking page has today's.
New to it? They say beginners are welcome.
Season
Year-round
Where
- Central Park, across from the Daniel Webster Statue
- Grand Army Plaza Arch (fountain side), Prospect Park
Exact meeting points are on their schedule page.
We haven't been yet.
Everything here comes from their own website, checked on the date above. We'll say when we've tried it ourselves. How we pick.
Checked at: frny.org, frny.org/beginners-clinic, frny.org/faq, frny.org/front-walkers, frny.org/fun-runs, frny.org/join, frny.org, frny.org/beginners-clinic, frny.org/faq, frny.org/fun-runs
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