The city's largest park, more than three times the size of Central Park: miles of trails and bridle paths through old oak woods to a 13-mile shoreline on Long Island Sound, Hunter Island, the Twin Islands, Turtle Cove and Orchard Beach.
Walk or run the trails on your own; there's also a quarter-mile track at Bruckner Boulevard and Eastchester Bay. NYC Parks currently lists the Pelham Bay Nature Center and the Orchard Beach Pavilion as closed to the public.
Free: it's a public park, and NYC Parks lists no fee for the trails.
That's what their own site said on October 21, 2026. Prices change; the booking page has today's.
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Public outdoor running tracks · Downtown, Uptown, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx
Public running tracks in city parks, many a quarter mile with all-weather or rubber surfaces, for sprints, endurance runs or speed walking.
Checked today on their own site
Free community run/walk · Uptown, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx
Free weekly community runs and walks in neighborhood parks, led by volunteers from New York Road Runners.
Checked 7 days ago on their own site
Free guided park walk · Brooklyn
Free guided morning walk from Prospect Park Alliance on scenic trails like the Lullwater, Peninsula, Midwood or Waterfall.
Checked today on their own site