Time to celebrate with a few laps! The quarter-mile McCarren Park track has reopened after almost a year of improvements by the parks department for a cost of $3,188,000. View […]
Tag: running
Get Your Kicks While You Can! McCarren Park Track and Field To Close for Year-Long Repairs
Run, Greenpoint! On March 19th, the city will close the Track and Field at McCarren Park for a year. The field and quarter-mile running track on Lorimer Street between Driggs […]
Where you can watch the NYC Marathon this Sunday (11/5)
On Sunday, 50,ooo people will take to the streets for the New York City Marathon. The race will start in Staten Island, make its way through Brooklyn and into Queens, […]
5th Annual Brooklyn Greenway Half Marathon and 5K is Sunday 10/15
This fall, there are plenty of opportunities to help make Greenpoint greener and to run a (sorta) marathon, but what if you want to do both at the same time? […]
Achievable Goals: The New York Sorta Marathon Comes to McCarren Park 11/12
Why run when you could walk? That seems to be question guiding this fall’s newest athletic not-quite-feat: The New York Sorta Marathon. Organized by comedian and former Greenpointer Zach Broussard, […]
Solfire: A Shop to Set Your Soul Ablaze
I’ve lived in Greenpoint for eight years and have always felt a void in wellness offerings. Thankfully, that’s begun to change as juice bars, gyms, and yoga studios started blooming […]
Let’s Go Running: North Brooklyn Edition + Cannolis!
If you live in Brooklyn and run, chances are you spend quite a bit of time exploring the streets. If you’re new to the area, need a new running route […]
Introducing North Brooklyn Runners & the McCarren Park Track Classic
North Brooklyn Runners has been connecting runners in the Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick, and extended communities for over five years now. The group is a great way for runners to […]
Local Screen Printer Creates NYC Marathon Poster
Kayrock Screenprinting, located right here on Manhattan Avenue, is local artist, Karl LaRocca’s haven for hand-printed fine art editions, as well as posters, cards, books, and everything printable. LaRocca created […]
The 20th Annual “Get To The Point” 5K Run
Every year, St. Stan’s Athletic League organizes a local 5K run which takes place throughout many of the major streets of Greenpoint to help fund their school program. Now in […]