Running clubs in New York.
21 clubs, and when they meet. Most meet on weekday evenings, around Central Park, West Village, Astoria. Most are free to join. The ones without a fixed day are listed below, linked to where they announce. Subscribe to this calendar →
What to expect.
A running club in New York is usually a fixed day, a fixed time and a fixed meeting spot, and everyone runs from there. Most are free, most run on weekday evenings or weekend mornings, and most split into pace groups once they start moving, so you are rarely the slowest or the fastest.
The listings below carry the day and time the club itself publishes. Check the club's own page on the day for the week's route or a weather call, then turn up five minutes early.
All 21 running clubs in New York.
A to Z, in each club's own words. Every one links to the club, and every day and time is the one the club publishes.
Free volunteer-led club with coached early-morning runs from the Loeb Boathouse three weekdays plus a Saturday 8am run.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:30am · Central Park · Free · heylo.com →Wednesday evening run and wellness talk leaving from a dispensary on Broadway in Bushwick; runners and walkers welcome, 21+ only.
Wednesdays, 6pm · Bushwick · Free · eventbrite.com →Saturday morning conversational-pace run from Abingdon Square for founders, investors and startup people, followed by coffee and networking. Anyone can join.
Saturdays, 9am · West Village · Free · eventbrite.com →Queer-led social run (group name on Heylo is Great Day) that meets roughly twice a month on a Tuesday evening, alternating between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and ends at a gay bar. Everyone welcome.
Monthly, second Tuesday and fourth Tuesday · Free · heylo.com →Harlem's long-standing community run, founded in 2013, centring Black and brown runners and welcoming everyone. Monday night runs plus a Tuesday early-morning run through the neighbourhood.
Mondays, 7pm · Harlem · Free · heylo.com →Astoria club of 30+ years meeting four times a week in Astoria Park: Monday hills, Wednesday track, Thursday easy run and a Saturday morning group run from the track field house. Try a run or two before joining.
Saturdays, 9am · Astoria · $45/yr · hrronline.org →Night-time music-led bootcamp runs and party runs across the city, part of the global Midnight Runners network. Dates and meeting spots are posted on Heylo.
Announced on Heylo; evening runs and pop-ups · Free · heylo.com →Gymshark-backed crew whose Tuesday evening run leaves the Gymshark store on Lafayette St; also a Sunday run/walk from Toastique. Hoboken strength sessions are outside NYC.
Tuesdays, 6:30pm · Soho · Free · heylo.com →Club founded in 1989 whose weekly group runs in Central Park (and Sundays in Prospect Park) are free and open to non-members with no sign-up.
Thursdays, 6:30pm · Central Park · $30/yr · nyflyers.org →Volunteer-run club with more than twenty runs a week out of McCarren Park, from a Wednesday-night beginner run to long weekend runs across the boroughs. Free, no sign-up.
Wednesdays, 7pm · Williamsburg · Free · northbrooklynrunners.org →Free early-morning workout crew: a Wednesday 6:28am mix of running and bodyweight exercises at Bethesda Fountain, rain or shine, plus a First Friday session in rotating spots.
Wednesdays, 6:28am · Central Park · Free · november-project.com →Twice-weekly 6am guided runs into Central Park from a chiropractic office on E 59th St, with mobility work and free coffee back at the clinic. Tuesdays are speed, Thursdays steady.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6am · Midtown · Free · eventbrite.com →Long-running Brooklyn club whose weekday and Saturday group runs start from Prospect Park entrances and are open to anyone; the Sunday run is members-only.
Wednesdays, 7pm · Prospect Park · $35/yr · pptc.org →Neighbourhood crew on the Queens-Brooklyn border: Tuesday evening community run from the 71st Ave plaza at Myrtle Ave and a Saturday morning run from Cholita's on Onderdonk.
Tuesdays, 7pm · Ridgewood · Free · heylo.com →Volunteer club mixing several weekly Central Park runs (a 5:30am club, Tuesday evening, Saturday and Sunday fun runs) with socials and volunteering.
Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, time varies · Central Park · Free · heylo.com →TMIRCE: a very large, very casual free club. Monday speed work at McCarren track, Thursday tempo from Alphabet City Beer Co, and a Saturday run-plus-brunch from Time Out Market Union Square.
Mondays and Thursdays, 7pm · Free · nyc-informalrunning.com →Mid-sized Central Park club since 2000. Monday night run with pace groups from 6- to 10-minute miles meets behind the Met; Saturday morning five-miler on the bridle path; newcomers can come to a few runs before joining.
Mondays, 7pm · Central Park · Membership requested… · thereservoirdogs.com →Free neighbourhood club founded in 2021 with a Wednesday evening run and a Saturday morning run; later Saturday start in fall and winter.
Wednesdays, 6:30pm · Upper East Side · Free · heylo.com →Social run club with a Wednesday evening run, a Saturday long run and Monday morning miles, usually ending at an Upper West Side bar or coffee shop.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, time varies · Upper West Side · Free · heylo.com →Northwest Bronx club based in Van Cortlandt Park. Saturday morning group run from the handball courts at 242nd St is open to walkers through competitive runners; weeknight track and tempo sessions too.
Saturdays, 8am · The Bronx · Free · vctc.org →Early Monday run along the Hudson River Greenway from Pier 46, all paces, with coffee afterwards. Run by The Athletic Clubs; dress code is all black.
Mondays, 6:55am · West Village · Free · eventbrite.com →
Questions people actually ask.
Do I need to be fast?
No. Most run clubs post a few pace groups and a no-drop rule, which means nobody is left behind. If a club is pace-specific, its listing or its own page says so.
What do I bring to a first run?
Shoes you have already run in, a layer for the way home, and water if the club does not finish somewhere that sells it. Many end at a café or brewery, so a card helps.
Are run clubs free?
Nearly all of them. The ones that charge, usually a coached session or a track booking, say so in the cost column.
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