Overview The Queens 5K & 10K and Half Marathon takes place at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, staged near the Unisphere — which makes it one of the more iconic settings for a road race in the New York metro area. The park is massive, flat, and well-suited for racing, and the Unisphere backdrop gives it…
Overview The YMCA 5K in Memory of Marcie Mazzola is a Huntington community race that honors the memory of Marcie Mazzola through the annual YMCA 5K Series. It’s part of a multi-location series across YMCA branches, which gives it a little more infrastructure and organization than a typical standalone charity 5K. The race starts from…
Overview Mind Over Matter is a community 5K staged at GEM Fitness in Oakdale, raising money for Alzheimer’s programs and research through Fit For Life. The name is fitting: it’s a race built around mental and physical wellbeing, timed to the spring and designed around participation rather than competition. The 1 Mile untimed option makes…
Overview The OMAC May Day 5K takes place at Main Beach in East Hampton, one of the more scenic race settings you’ll find on Long Island. Main Beach is a wide open Atlantic-facing beach, and a morning 5K there in early May has a certain quality to it — the season hasn’t started yet, the…
Overview Chasing the Rainbows Bursting Bubble 5K is held at Heckscher State Park in East Islip, organized by Chasing the Rainbows, a nonprofit supporting families grieving infertility, pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and infant loss. If you know anyone who has walked that road, you understand why an event like this exists. It’s a space to show…
Overview Bridge the Gap is a community 5K out of Washington Heights and Inwood in upper Manhattan, organized by the Dyckman Run Club and the YM&YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood. The name says it: the goal is connection — across backgrounds, across the neighborhood, across whatever it is that usually keeps people from showing…
Overview The Unique Abilities 5K is hosted by Preston’s Path Foundation and takes place at Cooper’s Beach in Southampton — one of the Hamptons’ best-known beaches and a genuinely scenic spot for a race. The foundation supports individuals with unique abilities (including autism and other developmental differences), and the event has a welcoming, community-first feel…
Overview Run for the Petals is a 5K tied to Greenport’s Cherry Blossom Festival, which makes it one of the more charming race-day backdrops on Long Island. Greenport is a waterfront village at the eastern end of the North Fork, and this event leans into the season: spring morning, cherry blossoms, small-town energy. The fundraising…
Overview The Sea Cliff Fire Department puts on this 5K every year to raise money for one of Nassau County’s only fully volunteer Fire and EMS departments. That’s not a marketing line, it actually means something: the people who show up to protect Sea Cliff do it on their own time, for free, and this…
Milo’s 5K for the Homeless is a community 5K at Belmont Lake State Park benefiting the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless. It’s a casual, welcoming event with a good cause behind it, and it’s one of the more dog-friendly races you’ll find on Long Island. If you’ve been looking for an excuse to bring…