RBC Brooklyn Half – 2025 Registration & 2024 Results
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| Brooklyn, New York, USA | May 17, 2025 | Registration Open |
The RBC Brooklyn Half, inaugurated in 1981, is an annual road race event featuring a half marathon along with a kids’ mile run called the Boardwalk Kids Run. While the first run only had a few hundred participants, in the recently concluded RBC Brooklyn Half 2022 nearly 19000 runners finished the race.
Administered by New York Road Runners (NYRR), the event is a part of New York Road Runners’ Five-Borough Series and is one of its premier events drawing runners from far & wide. The RBC Brooklyn Half course starts at Prospect Park, takes the runners through the diverse Brooklyn neighborhoods, and finishes at the Coney Island boardwalk.
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RBC Brooklyn Half
Race Categories, Dates, Registration, Eligibility & Fees
| Half Marathon | Boardwalk Kids Run (Stage 2- Non Competitive) |
Boardwalk Kids Run (Stage 3- Competitive) |
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| Distance | 21.1km | 1 mile | 1 mile |
| Start Time | 7:00 am onwards ^ | 11:30 am | 11:15 am |
| Eligibility Criterion | 16 years & above | 8-18 years | 12-18 years |
| Fees | USD 120: Friend/ Jr. Friends USD 100: Member- Sr./ Jr. / Plus USD 100: Armed Services Veteran USD 100: Collegiate USD 100: Philanthropic- Miler/ 5K USD 0: Philanthropic 10K |
$ 0/ Free | $ 0/ Free |
| Registration^^ | Register here | Registration not yet open | Registration not yet open |
| Expo Details | Expo Venue for the 2024 event was at Pier 2, Brooklyn Bridge Park | ||
^The participants of the RBC Brooklyn Half are usually divided into starting waves and corrals based on their anticipated finish time entered during registration or recent fastest finish time. The HM runners are then released in multiple waves.
^^There are various ways to enter the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon:
- Non-guaranteed entry through Lottery
- Guaranteed entry through Time qualifier
- Guaranteed entry through International Tour operators
- Guaranteed entry through Team for Kids
- Guaranteed entry through Seeded Entry
- Applications through “Race Free”
- Completed Virtual 6 Program (in year before race year)
Route/Course Map
Information about the course maps & other details for the RBC Brooklyn Half 2025 not yet available. Please check the information from the 2024 event below.
- Check Route Map for RBC Brooklyn Half 2024 – Half Marathon
- Check Finish Map for RBC Brooklyn Half 2024- Half Marathon
- Check Route Map for RBC Brooklyn Half 2024 – Boardwalk Kids Run- Stage 1
- Check Route Map for RBC Brooklyn Half 2024 – Boardwalk Kids Run- Stage 2 & 3
The RBC Brooklyn Half route for the Half Marathon is a POINT TO POINT course while that for Boardwalk Kids Run would be an OUT & BACK route with the below-mentioned Start and Finish points.
| Start Point | Finish Point | |
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| Half Marathon | Brooklyn Museum | Coney Island Boardwalk |
| Boardwalk Kids Run | Coney Island Boardwalk | Coney Island Boardwalk |
Prize Money
Information about the prize money & other details for the RBC Brooklyn Half 2025 is detailed below. All prizes are equal for men, women and non-binary categories.
| Award Money | Award details | Eligibility | |
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| Open Division | 1st Prize – $2000, 2nd Prize – $1000, 3rd Prize – $500, 4th Prize – $200 and 5th Prize – $100 |
Top finishers (in men, women & non-binary) |
Must complete course <1hr 30min |
| Team | 1st Prize – $500, 2nd Prize – $400, 3rd Prize – $300, 4th Prize – $200 and 5th Prize – $100 |
Top 5 teams * (in men, women & non-binary) |
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| Open Division Time Bonus | $100 | A bonus for breaking existing records | For Bonus, must break (not tie) existing record. |
| Top Brooklyn Finisher | $500 | Top finisher (in men, women & non-binary) |
Zip code determines residency . |
- A “team” is defined as 5 men, 5 women, or 3 non-binary all running with the same affiliation.
2024 and Earlier Edition Results
Results
- Check Results for RBC Brooklyn Half 2024 – Half Marathon
- Check Results for RBC Brooklyn 2024 – Boardwalk Kids (Stage 3)
- Check Results for RBC Brooklyn Half 2023- Half Marathon
- Check Results for RBC Brooklyn Half 2022- Half Marathon
- Check Results for RBC Brooklyn Half 2019 – Half Marathon
- Check Results for Earlier editions of RBC Brooklyn Half
- Check Results for RBC Brooklyn Half 2022- Boardwalk Kids Run (Stage 3)
Important Points
- Once a runner has claimed their entry, or once a drawing applicant has been accepted into the race, all entry fees are non-refundable.
- Starting January 1, 2023, and in accordance with New York State and the City of New York protocols and guidelines:
- Participants in NYRR races and youth participants in Rising New York Road Runners events are not required to have proof of vaccination against COVID-19.
- Runners will not be required to wear a face covering while in the start corral, on the course, or in the post-finish area.
- Face coverings are not required at the NYRR RUNCENTER or other indoor venues.
- Pacers would be available for timings starting at 1hr 20 min up to 3 hrs.
- The RBC Brooklyn Half is a qualifier for both “9+1 program” as well as “4 out of 6 programs”.
- Water, energy drinks, Gatorade Endurance gels, and other refreshments would be available on the route/course. Water and refreshments are available to all runners post-race finish.
- Medical and washroom facilities would also be available on the route/course as well at the start point/finish line of a race.
Contact Information
Address: NYRR RUNCENTER, 320 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: + 91 855-569-6977
Email: help@nyrr.org, mynyrr@nyrr.org
Website: https://www.nyrr.org/races/rbcbrooklynhalf
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