The Brooklyn half marathon will send thousands of runners from near the Brooklyn Museum to the Coney Island Boardwalk on Saturday morning, with the 13-mile race set to start at 7 a.m. and finish at the shore. Parking restrictions begin as early as 6 a.m. Thursday and will remain in place through the race.
The early restrictions matter because they cover some of the borough’s busiest corridors before runners ever line up at the start. No parking will be allowed on parts of Eastern Parkway, Flatbush Avenue, Ocean Avenue and near the boardwalk, and the limits will stay in place throughout the event.
The route takes runners through Prospect Park and then south to Coney Island, tying together some of Brooklyn’s best-known landmarks in a single weekend race. For many drivers, the bigger impact may come before the first runner leaves the start line, when curb space begins disappearing two days ahead of the race.
The Brooklyn Half Marathon 2026 set for Saturday start near Brooklyn Museum details the same course and timing, underscoring how closely the race is tied to the neighborhood streets it uses. Once the race begins Saturday at 7 a.m., the finish on the Coney Island Boardwalk will cap a morning built around movement, not traffic, and the parking rules will be the clearest sign that the city is making room for it.
