Cypress Hills Cemetery 5K Run Through History

Race Start Time and Location:

On 4/11/26, NYTri is coming to Brooklyn to host our 37th Annual Spring Duathlon in Prospect Park. Prospect Park is always a special place for us because we are from Brooklyn! In 2024, we have added the entire outer park look for your second run, all 3.3 miles (5k). We are racing the same course once again this year. Your final lap of the run will be around the big loop completing all 3.3 miles, with a total of 140ft elevation gain. Be ready because the hill to the Grand Army Plaza is no joke!

Here is what you can expect on race day. At 7:30 am the race will start in Lincoln Field by the triangle grass area by the Well House Dr (E Lake Dr and Lincoln Rd entrance).

Run #1 beginning at 7:30 am is a fast loop around the park’s inner circle. Athletes will set out along East Dr and make a left through Center Dr, where you will cut across the park, exiting west side. With little gain in elevation you’ll head around Prospect Park Lake where you will pick up speed as you head in for the bike.

The bike route consists of 3 loops totaling 10 miles around Prospect Park Drive. As athletes make their way up to the Grand Army Plaza you will encounter the full PP hill on the front end and a HUGE downhill on the back of each loop. After 3 of these loops make sure you save energy to take on the same course for the run!

Run #2: The final leg of this course! Athletes will run the entire 3.3 mile PP loop. Finishing the run course with a 140ft+ elevation gain. Athletes will cross the finish line at the same place we started, in Lincoln Field.

Remember to read our Race FAQs if you haven’t done so.

Prospect Park Spring Duathlon distance:

Run distance is 2.1 miles (small loop).

Bike distance is 10 miles (3 laps).

Run distance is 3.3 miles (full loop).

Volunteers:

You are needed from 5 am to 11 am. Our races start at 7:30 am unless stated the otherwise. Once you arrived, report to our Race Director Victor. He will go over your race duty as well as where you need to be. Don’t leave until the race is finished. You have to sign out to earn your race credit for your next race.

The Prospect Park Spring Duathlon is not USAT certified or sanctioned. USAT racing license isn’t required to compete in our race.

This year, we are embracing the organic transformation of Scootathon as an athletic event for grades 5 and younger, on "The Mini Loop" in the Nethermead of Prospect Park, directly following May Fair, on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026. "The Big Loop' has been retired but May Fair, in the morning, continues as an all student / ALL COMMUNITY event. Hoopathon is a new and exciting companion fundraiser just for middle schoolers, a basketball sleep-over event taking place on April 24-25 at Brooklyn Waldorf School. All middle schoolers are invited to sign up,

EC-Grade 5 families: Read more about Scootathon. Middle School families: Read more about Hoopathon.

A 5K Run/Walk or 10K Run/Walk in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM. Enter the park at Bartel Pritchard Circle 15th Street and Prospect Park West. Bib pick-up will be at the finish Bartel Pritchard Circle on race day from 7:30 AM until 8:50 AM.

The Run for Hope is a celebration of the life and work of Hope Reichbach, an activist and civic leader born and raised in Brooklyn. Before she passed away in 2011, Hope worked on the campaign and in the office of Council Member Stephen Levin and worked tirelessly to make Brooklyn a better place for everybody. This event will bring together members of runners/ walkers and Hope's community to raise money and awareness for the Hope Reichbach Fund, which provides summer Fellowships to college students pursuing careers in social justice.

Online registration will end on Friday, April 24 at 1:00 PM, you still can sign up on race day for $50.00.