NYC Run Clubs Directory
183 run clubs, running groups, and running teams in New York City. Filter to find exactly what fits.
180 clubs
Black Roses NYC
Black Roses NYC is an invitation-only running collective of about 30-35 people who are genuinely fast — Boston-qualifying pace and up — and equally invested in NYC street culture, music, and style. Founded in 2013 by Knox Robinson and Jessie Zapo, the crew draws nurses, bartenders, DJs, and creatives who show up in all black and train 2-3 times a week with grueling track workouts: kilometer repeats, descending ladders, the kind of sessions that demand you've already done the work. The vibe is intense training balanced with serious social energy — 'work hard, party hard' is genuinely how they operate. Not a place to start running; very much a place to run with people who take it seriously.
Brooklyn Track Club
Brooklyn Track Club is one of the largest and most competitive run clubs in NYC — 700+ members meeting at McCarren Park Track on Tuesday mornings and evenings for coached speed work, plus weekend road runs. The head coach is widely described as 'possibly the nicest person in running,' which sets the tone: elite athletes and first-timers train alongside each other, and track nights have a college-team energy where over 100 people show up to cheer four runners in the middle of a workout. Founded in 2016, they've sent members to USATF Championships and Olympic Trials qualifiers, but membership is sliding-scale (income-based) to keep it accessible. If you want to actually get faster in a structured, coached environment without the pretension, this is the one.
Dashing Whippets
Founded in May 2009 by co-founders Matt and Rich Hsieh, the Dashing Whippets is one of NYC's oldest and largest competitive running teams, with 1,575 Strava members and 10+ weekly group runs spanning Central Park, Lower Manhattan, and Brooklyn. The team is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit under both the RRCA and USATF, competes in NYRR's top Open A division, and fields a credentialed coaching staff including Head Coach John Ferry (USATF Level I & II certified) and short-distance coach Stephen Cox. A tiered Performance Team is available to runners hitting qualifying standards (sub-16:10/18:10 for 5K, sub-2:36/2:54 for the marathon), offering uniform, race entry reimbursement, and pro field seeding. But the club is built for the full spectrum: pace groups accommodate 5:30 to 9:30 marathon pace, and the social side is equally developed — the annual Golden Hammer Awards Party, after-parties following major NYC races, and a team WhatsApp used for everything from race travel to ski trips. The Boston chapter launched in 2015; the NYC club competes at USATF level and hosts a sanctioned Summer Track Meet each June open to all ages.
Front Runners New York
Front Runners New York is the oldest and largest LGBTQ+ running club in the country — founded in 1979, 1,100+ members, and the holder of a Guinness World Record for the largest pride charity run. Weekly fun runs on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings in Central Park welcome everyone regardless of pace, identity, or experience level, with post-run dinners where members take turns picking the restaurant. The Saturday crew ends at Rutgers Church basement for bagels, and the club builds a tunnel to celebrate the final finisher every week. It's been holding down NYC's queer running community for 45 years with real infrastructure: coached track work, a spring Beginners Clinic, and an official NYRR partnership.
Harlem Run
Monday nights at Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem Run gathers a genuinely diverse crowd — walkers to 7-minute milers — and runs together with no headphones and no racing mentality, just conversation and real community. Founded by Alison Désir in 2013, the club is explicitly rooted in creating space for Black and brown folks to experience running as something that belongs to them, which gives it a warmth and intentionality you don't find in most run clubs. They start on time, end together, and no one gets left behind — the culture is accountability without pressure. After the run, the group heads to neighborhood spots to keep things going.
Lunge Run Club
Lunge Run Club is what happens when a dating app founder decides to throw a weekly run: 1,000+ people descend on Washington Square Park every Wednesday at 6:45pm, singles in all black, couples in color, for a 3-mile run at conversational pace before heading to a nearby bar. Launched in May 2024 and viral within months, the vibe is social-first — the running is almost incidental to the mingling. As NBC News noted, it's created some of the same dynamics as dating apps (ghosting, awkward exes), but the counter-argument is also real: meeting people while moving your body beats swiping. Post-run at Houston Hall or wherever they land that week.
Midnight Runners NYC
Midnight Runners New York is the NYC chapter of a volunteer-led global run community that launched here in 2018 with a mission to get the city running with a smile. Their signature Wednesday 10K Bootcamp departs from Pier 25 on the Hudson River Greenway at 7pm — crews carry speakers blasting a curated playlist and pause at every mile marker for Tabata-style bodyweight exercises (burpees, planks, squats), keeping the pack together so the slowest runner is never more than a few minutes behind the fastest. Saturday long runs rotate across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx — the Two Bridges 13-miler covering both the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges is a club favorite — and typically end with a group brunch at a local diner. With 1,390 active members and over 18,000 cumulative check-ins, the NYC chapter is one of the largest in the global network, and the community ethos is strictly no-drop: all paces, ages, and fitness levels are genuinely welcome.
North Brooklyn Runners
NBR runs out of McCarren Park nearly every day of the week — nearly 20 options from the quick Night Owl Monday to the community-favorite Saturday coffee run along the Williamsburg Bridge — so whether you want Party Pace or you're training hard, there's a group for you. The energy is genuinely inclusive: elite athletes and first-timers are treated the same, and the volunteer-led crew donates run proceeds to local nonprofits. Complete four of the club's named weeknight runs (Night Owl, Tigerwolves, Mourning Doves, Hellkatz) and you earn your Crownimal status, celebrated with donuts. It's one of the oldest and largest run clubs in Brooklyn, and it shows — showing up once usually means you keep coming back.
Prospect Park Track Club (PPTC)
PPTC is Brooklyn's largest running club with over 2,000 members, founded in 1970, built around a genuinely inclusive community ethos rather than competitive gatekeeping. Group runs happen every day of the week out of Prospect Park, spanning easy social miles to coached speed workouts and marathon training groups led by Coach John Honerkamp — the Wednesday night run ends at a bar, and the Friday morning run wraps with coffee and pastries. The culture has a distinctly Brooklyn neighborhood feel: annual awards nights, a Valentine's Day Sole Mates note exchange among members, and a summer picnic and relay race. PPTC also functions as a civic institution, having donated over $100,000 to Brooklyn community organizations through its biannual grants program.
718 Run
A Bronx-based run club with a mission to create a diverse running community to promote health and wellness to the runners of NYC, meeting weekly on Thursdays. All paces welcome.
Achilles International NYC
A global organization that transforms the lives of people with disabilities through athletic programs, with a NYC chapter active in 17 countries. All paces welcome.
Adidas Runners NYC
Adidas Runners NYC is a brand-backed but community-first running collective led by captains including Jessie Zapo (Girls Run NYC founder) and Ameerah Omar (mindset coach and meditation teacher), who bring a performance-meets-personal-growth ethos to every run. The group runs all paces and actively programs for women through Girls Run NYC, with weekday speed sessions and long runs on weekends structured around goal races from 5K to marathon. The NYC chapter is distinct from other cities in its deep roots in the five boroughs — the 2023 'New York Together' apparel pack was co-created with community members and featured runs set in each of the five boroughs — and its ties to NYC's Black running community, including the 'Run By Us' series combining guided runs with a bazaar of Black-owned running and wellness businesses. Post-run culture orbits the adidas flagship stores in SoHo and Midtown, with special events including a NYC Marathon shakeout run through Central Park. Brand partnership is visible, but the captains are credentialed coaches who give runners actual training structure.
ALBION Running
A Brooklyn-based running club listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Social runs through North Brooklyn neighborhoods with a welcoming community atmosphere for all paces. All paces welcome.
Almost Friday Run Club
Almost Friday Run Club is built around a single, repeatable premise: free 3-mile runs every Thursday at 7am, meeting at Morton St. and the West Side Highway, with post-run coffee baked into the culture. The mantra is explicitly 'run club, not race club' — every pace is welcome and nobody is racing anyone. What makes it distinct is the consistency and the ritual; it's a midweek reset that functions more like a recurring social event than a training session, and it has scaled that model to Boston, DC, and San Francisco without changing the format. The club has 1,655 Strava members and keeps the community tight through Instagram drops and community events rather than paid memberships.
Another Run Club (ARC)
A social run club based in North Brooklyn meeting at Domino Square on Wednesdays for a half-hour run, followed by a hangout at a coffee shop or bar. All paces welcome. Post-run at Coffee shop or bar.
As Is Run Club
A rain-or-shine Monday evening run club at As Is NYC with 5 and 8 mile options, bag drop, and beer specials after. All paces welcome. Post-run at As Is NYC bar.
Ave C Run Club
Sunrise runs of ~4 miles from Alphabet City on Wednesday mornings, with occasional long-run Saturdays and wellness collabs like yoga and sauna/cold plunge, followed by post-run beers. All paces welcome. Post-run at Local bar.
Badass Lady Gang
Founded in 2015 by Kelly Roberts after viral NYC Half Marathon selfies, Badass Lady Gang is a women-identifying running community that explicitly rejects diet culture and performance pressure. Free Tuesday nights at 6:30pm, the group runs through neighborhoods at conversational pace — everyone stays within yelling distance, no one gets left behind. The ethos is joy over speed: success is measured by confidence gained, not miles logged or pounds lost. Post-run coffee hangouts are a genuine part of the ritual, not an afterthought.
BedStuy Flyers
Founded in March 2017 by Tara Mardigan, a nutritionist and RRCA-certified running coach who spent a decade as the Boston Red Sox team nutritionist, BedStuy Flyers grew out of a personal habit she built after a 2016 job loss — heading to the Boys and Girls High School track in Bed-Stuy weekly to keep a routine. Inspired by Nike Run Club speed workouts and the November Project free fitness movement, she started inviting friends to 'Track Tuesdays,' and a community took root. The club runs two formats each week: structured interval workouts on Tuesday mornings at the Boys and Girls High School track, and 'Pizza Coven' Thursday morning neighborhood runs — 4-5 miles visiting a different Bed-Stuy park or playground each week, with a brief local history lesson and group photo. Co-led by RRCA-certified coach Nick Collins (who also co-founded Crown Heights Running Club), the club is completely free, NYRR-affiliated, and draws a diverse cross-section of Brooklyn residents from walkers to multi-marathon finishers.
BK Heights Run Club
BK Heights Run Club is a high-volume, neighborhood-rooted club that runs 12 sessions per week — sunrises and sunsets — making it genuinely woven into daily Brooklyn Heights life rather than a once-a-week social event. Sunday mornings at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge draw 200+ runners across 10 pace-led groups ranging from 8:30/mi race pace down to a dedicated 'Hot Girl Walk' pace, so no one gets left behind. The club frames running explicitly as a lifestyle and creative community, not a fitness product — their stated mission is making athletic culture 'radically accessible' and building something that 'outlasts the trend cycle.' Post-run culture is built into a WhatsApp group and Strava club rather than a single bar night, keeping the community active all week.
BK Run Project
An inclusive Brooklyn-based running club offering coach-led group training at Prospect Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays for all abilities. All paces welcome.
Black Men Run
Black Men Run is a mission-driven brotherhood built around the specific health crisis facing Black men — heart disease, obesity, and diabetes — using running as the vehicle for accountability and community care. Runs open with warm-ups and motivational check-ins and close with a celebratory finish, creating a ritual that is as much about mental and spiritual health as physical fitness. The NYC chapter meets at Prospect Park's Grand Army Plaza entrance on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays and is explicitly open to all fitness levels and backgrounds, while centering Black men's wellness. Members describe it as 'probably the only space where I can be 100% me in all ways possible' — a sanctuary, not just a sweat session.
Blockhouse Run Club
Meets Wednesday at 7pm.
Boogie Down Bronx Runners (BDBR)
A Bronx-based crew with a mission of turning non-runners into runners, specializing in introducing running to people's lives as an inclusive group welcoming all levels. Beginner welcome.
Bridge Runners
Bridge Runners is the original NYC run crew — founded in 2003 by Mike Saes, it's widely credited with sparking the global run crew movement that followed. Every Wednesday around 7:40pm they leave from the Lower East Side and run the city's bridges — Williamsburg, Manhattan, Brooklyn — stopping for street art, stories, and whatever else the neighborhood offers. The philosophy is 'serious runners who don't take it too seriously': pace groups accommodate different speeds, and the routes change weekly so it never gets predictable. Free, drop-in, no membership — just show up on a Wednesday.
Bridle Path Track Club
Coached workouts 3x/week. Mixed pace range (sub-3hr marathoners to casual fitness runners), ages 25-60+. Social emphasis alongside training. Primary meet is Tuesday evenings at Engineer's Gate (90th & 5th); Thursday and Saturday mornings at Daniel Webster statue (72nd & CPW).
Bronx Burners RC
Bronx Burners was co-founded in 2023 by Shaquille Roberts and Rob Dalto and has become something much larger than a running club: a nonprofit that has raised $260K and awarded $100K in scholarships to Bronx youth, with an NFL PLAY 60 partnership and mentorship programs that have sent kids to college. Free Wednesday night runs at Macombs Dam Park (7pm, Joseph Yancey Track) bring out ages 4 to 60+, with Roberts describing the scene as grandmas racing alongside first-time runners. The community investment is the point — running is the vehicle. Featured by ABC7 and NY1 as one of the Bronx's most impactful organizations.
Bronx Femme Run
Bronx Femme Run meets the first Friday of every month at 6:30pm at Joseph Yancey Track with a clear purpose: make women visible as runners in the Bronx. Founded in 2019 by Amy Ortiz and Michelle Nguyen, the club offers three options every run — 2.5-mile walk, 3.2-mile run-walk, 3.5-mile run — so no one gets left behind. The founders describe it as 'running in the hoods, in all the crevices of the Bronx,' creating real representation in neighborhoods where women running in public is still a statement. Free, first Friday every month.
Bronx Nomads
A diverse Bronx run club welcoming runners and walkers to create a healthy and empowering environment, meeting Mondays and Thursdays at 6:30pm at Williamsbridge Oval with summer track/HIIT workouts. All paces welcome.
Bronx Rockets
Bronx-based running club with a focus on speed and community. Saturday morning group runs.
Bronx Sole
A running and walking group dedicated to keeping the Bronx community active, incorporating Bronx history into their Tuesday evening runs and walks. All paces welcome.
Brooklyn Kids Run
Kids ages 6-14, USATF registered team, coached by Maggie Deschamps (RRCA certified, 35+ years competitive running), small classes for individual attention, meet at 9th St entrance to Prospect Park by the monument in Park Slope, $15/class or $135 for 10-pack
Brooklyn Queer Run Club
Brooklyn Queer Run Club is a deliberately no-barriers Saturday morning run crew in Brooklyn for LGBTQ+ runners of every pace and experience level — no signup, no experience required, just show up. What sets it apart from other queer run clubs is the intentional post-run hang: every week wraps with coffee, pastries, and local food, and the club periodically hosts potluck picnics where members bring homemade food and games, building social fabric that extends well beyond the miles. Runs rotate between Prospect Park and other Brooklyn locations, keeping the community embedded in the borough rather than migrating to Manhattan. The club explicitly positions itself as unequivocally queer and community-led, rejecting hierarchical or performance-driven structure in favor of belonging first.
Brooklyn Tri Club
A triathlon club that welcomes members of all backgrounds from beginners to elites, offering group workouts, social events, and educational clinics. All paces welcome.
BX Endurance Runners
BX Endurance Runners is a long-distance training club rooted in the South Bronx, meeting every Sunday at 8am at Joyce Kilmer Park on 161st Street near the Grand Concourse. The culture is explicitly ego-free, designed to bridge the gap between walking and long-distance running for anyone 18 and up, regardless of pace or experience. The club organizes its own annual race event called 'The Race' featuring a half marathon and 5K, and competes in the NYRR Bronx 10 Mile alongside other Bronx crews, giving members real race goals to train toward. After 10 years in the borough, it functions as a cornerstone of Bronx running infrastructure rather than a scene or social club.
C4 Run Club
A Manhattan-based social run club listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Midweek evening runs through Manhattan with a social focus for all paces and experience levels. All paces welcome.
Central Park Run Club
Central Park Run Club is a free, coach-led club that punches above its casual branding — 15+ coaches build distinct structured workouts for each of the four weekly sessions, ranging from speed work on Tuesdays to long runs on Saturdays, all meeting at the Loeb Boathouse. It draws runners training for marathons alongside pure social runners, and the no-cost barrier keeps the field wide and mixed-pace. With 12K Instagram followers and a Strava presence, it has built real scale without a membership fee. The vibe is community-first with genuine coaching infrastructure underneath — closer to a coached group than a casual jog.
Central Park Running Club
A free social run club meeting every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30am at the Loeb Boathouse, breaking down the walls between elite and social runners. All paces welcome.
Central Park Track Club
Founded in 1972, CPTC is NYC's premier competitive running club — 450+ members coached by former Olympians and world-record holders, with a roster that includes 12 Olympians and nine national championships. The mix is wider than you'd expect: college-age runners training for sub-elite races alongside masters runners in their 70s and 80s, all at the track Tuesday and Thursday nights plus Saturday morning road runs at 7am. The culture is serious but not exclusionary — one review calls it 'a fun, intelligent group of people who take running seriously' and the club is flexible about schedules. If you want actual coaching and a competitive team environment, this is the best club in the city for it.
Chaski Run Club
A NYC-based run club affiliated with Chaski, a world-class coaching and running community platform. Offers weekly group runs in Manhattan with a training-forward approach for runners at all levels. Fo All paces welcome.
Commonwealth Running Club
A run club meeting twice weekly with partnerships at Commonwealth Bar and Pasta Louise, offering discounted drinks and a welcoming vibe for folks of all paces and faces. All paces welcome. Post-run at Commonwealth Bar.
Cooldown Running
Cooldown describes itself as 'a social club disguised as a run club' — the official stance is that running is the excuse, community is the point. NYC meetups run Wednesdays at 7pm with the exact location announced weekly on Instagram, keeping things dynamic across the city's neighborhoods. Distances are deliberately short (1-3 miles at any pace), and every run ends with drinks, making it explicitly accessible to walkers and first-timers alongside regular runners. The club is part of a national model with chapters in 15+ cities, apparel sold at Nordstrom, and an Altra partnership — giving the NYC chapter real brand weight behind a free community run.
Corillo Run Club
Official run club of Cafe Colmado, a Puerto Rican coffee shop at 286 Broome St in Loisaida (Lower East Side). Latino-community focused, Sunday morning runs departing from the cafe.
Crown Heights Run Club
Crown Heights Running Club is a free, volunteer-led community that runs five days a week out of Prospect Park and the surrounding neighborhood, with pace groups from 8:30 to 12:00 min/mile and a dedicated leader who always stays with the back of the pack so no one gets left behind. Long runs go all over the city — 7 to 15 miles across boroughs — and the club also volunteers with the Prospect Park Alliance, partners with Girls On The Run, and delivers meals together. Post-run bagel and beer is the stated tradition, and the annual Brooklyn Marathon celebration at Spumoni Gardens has become something of an institution. Tight Slack community, active racing crew, no fees.
Dedicated To Run (DTR)
A Staten Island-based running club listed in the NYCRUNS community directory. Dedicated to serving runners on Staten Island with a community-first approach welcoming all paces and distances. All paces welcome.
Define New York Run Club
Define New York Run Club is a Saturday morning long run community rooted in social justice and radical inclusion, founded by Coffey (ThatCoffeyBoy), a filmmaker and Nike pacer from rural North Carolina who built the club as a vehicle for community organizing after the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The ethos is explicitly anti-elitist: no pace requirement, no fee, no typical member profile — 'I run, you run, we run together, no one gets left behind.' Runs are adventure-oriented, threading through NYC streets to find hidden gems and street art, and the club has organized memorial runs, shown up at races, and maintained a cheer zone at the 2025 NYC Marathon — it functions as much as a civic community as a running club.
Dirty Bird Run Club
Dirty Bird Run Club is a Manhattan-based community built around what founder Jack Gilbert calls 'running dirty' — showing up confidently in your authentic self, no comparison, no pressure, no clique. Gilbert started the club in winter 2022 from spontaneous Wednesday morning runs on the West Side Highway with two friends, and the name traces back to a COVID-era RAGNAR relay team. The club runs three times a week, all converging on social endpoints like Laughing Man Cafe and local bars, and explicitly positions itself as an on-ramp for beginners and NYC transplants rather than a destination for serious runners. With roughly 40 regulars at Wednesday runs and ~260 Strava members, the vibe is intimate, consistent, and anti-hustle.
DSNY Running Club
DSNY's Trash Dashers is a club built entirely around NYC Department of Sanitation workers and their families, creating a tight-knit blue-collar running community unlike anything else in the city. The club runs all five boroughs through a borough captain system, with runs scheduled around shift schedules — including Wednesday night trail runs in Staten Island Greenbelt and Sunday group runs at Prospect Park. They self-identify as 'The City's Strongest' and skew toward endurance events, with members who have completed marathons. The club honors its fallen members through the annual Michael Hanly 5K at Freshkills Park, giving it a sense of purpose and community identity that goes beyond fitness.
Dyckman Run Club
Dyckman Run Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit rooted in Inwood and Washington Heights, meeting every Thursday at 6:30pm at Quisqueya Plaza (247 Dyckman St) for free, all-paces runs through Fort Tryon Park and Northern Manhattan. Founded in 2019 by Elvin Adames and Ramon Bido, it's become a fixture of the neighborhood — members call it 'a movement, a chosen family' — with partnerships with local schools, nonprofits, and city agencies that go well beyond running. Seasoned marathoners and first-timers run together; free access is always available alongside a premium membership tier for those who want structured coaching.
Dyke Run NYC
A running club for queer women, trans, and non-binary people that is open to everyone and welcoming to beginners. Runs in Central Park, Prospect Park, and along the West Side Highway. Three sessions p All paces welcome.
El Barrio Running
El Barrio Running is a Latino-founded running crew in NYC, built for Latinos by Latinos, rooted in the cultural heart of East Harlem (El Barrio). The club runs the streets of New York corriendo en español, celebrating Latin heritage through movement, community, and pride. Runs cover 6+ miles on Saturday mornings and welcome all paces and experience levels with no registration required — just show up. Routes are announced on Instagram every Friday, and the crew maintains a monthly calendar on Strava. The club is less a fitness group and more a cultural statement: running as a way to reclaim, celebrate, and move through the neighborhood that defines them.
Endorphins Running
A run club on a mission to spread positivity and happiness through movement and exercise. All paces welcome.
Forest Park Runners
A friendly neighborhood run club in Forest Park, Queens that organizes the annual Forest Park Classic 4 Mile Road and Trail Race in May and Summer Series 1 mile runs in July. All paces welcome.
Fort Greene Runners
Fort Greene Runners is a neighborhood-rooted community run club operating out of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, with two weekly runs that anchor the local running scene. Tuesday evenings draw the social crowd to the corner of DeKalb Ave and Cumberland St, while Friday mornings start at Fulton St and Hanson Pl for an early-week shakeout. The club keeps things genuinely accessible — runners choose between shorter and longer route options each session (3 or 5 miles on Tuesdays, 3 or 6 miles on Fridays), so no one gets dropped and no pace is wrong. The vibe is low-key and Brooklyn-neighborly: no formal membership, no registration, just show up and message them on Instagram to get into the group chat.
Founders Run Club
A run club for people interested in entrepreneurship, open to all paces. All paces welcome.
GAY BAR FUN RUN
A twice-monthly run club that starts and ends at rotating gay bars in Brooklyn, offering 3 or 5 mile options at an easy pace followed by bar hangouts. Beginner welcome. Post-run at Gay bar.
GCP Run Club
A Manhattan-based social run club meeting near Grand Central for after-work evening runs through Midtown and the East Side. Listed in the NYCRUNS community directory. All paces welcome.
Girls Run NYC
Women-focused run community in NYC. Saturday morning group runs in Central Park. All paces welcome, strong social culture.
Girls that Runn
An all-women's running and walking group in Inwood, Manhattan, meeting every third Saturday of the month. All paces welcome.
Glue Factory Track Club
A club for those who love to run despite running not always loving them back, with a philosophy of not pushing the pace on easy runs — designed for the injured, tired, and sore. All paces welcome.
Godspeed Run Club
A multi-city run club operating in the US and Canada, anchored in NYC across Central Park, Prospect Park, and McCarren Park. Known for Sunday morning group runs with a strong social and community focu All paces welcome.
GoldFinger Track Club
Goldfinger Track Club is a community-first crew founded in March 2016 in East Williamsburg/Bed-Stuy by Jerry Francois, built around the motto 'Diverse, But Never Divided' and the open invitation of 'All Paces, All Faces.' The club uses running as an explicit platform for racial justice and social change, organizing runs that spotlight Black-owned Brooklyn businesses and supporting underserved community members alongside competitive training. With nearly 500 Strava members and events that draw 500+ participants, GFTC operates at real scale without sacrificing its neighborhood-roots energy. Membership unlocks Nike discounts, NYRR race bibs, and club singlets, but the cultural through-line is belonging first, performance second.
Greenpoint Runners
Greenpoint Runners (GPR) is the official run club of Bandit Running, launched in January 2023 out of Bandit's brick-and-mortar store at 37 Noble Street in Greenpoint. Founded by Bandit co-founders Tim West, Nick West, and Ardith Singh, the club was deliberately named after the neighborhood rather than the brand — the intent was to bring together neighbors, not just customers. More than 50 people showed up for the inaugural Saturday morning run, and the club has drawn a loyal, neighborhood-rooted crowd ever since. Post-run, Bandit provides coffee and bagels at the store, making the hangout as much a part of the ritual as the miles. GPR runs out of a creative, foodie-forward corner of Brooklyn — Greenpoint's gallery scene, natural wine bars, and destination coffee shops (Rhythm Zero, Bar Americano) define the crowd that shows up: design-adjacent, community-minded, and genuinely into running rather than just the aesthetic of it.
Harbat Running Lab
Harbat describes itself as an offline social network with running as its core foundation. Community-first, all levels welcome. Meets at Think Coffee, 10 Devoe St, Williamsburg. Also has Paris operations. Email team@harbat.co to join.
Harlem Speedsters
A speed-focused Harlem-based running club for runners looking to push their pace in the neighborhood's streets and parks. Listed in the NYCRUNS directory as a Harlem-based competitive crew with a trai Competitive welcome.
Hellgate Road Runners
Hellgate Road Runners was founded in 1995 by Jared Mestre and his wife Luann in direct response to a competing Astoria club that started turning away slower runners — Jared wanted a place where a 5-minute miler and a 12-minute miler would be treated exactly the same. The club formalized as a nonprofit in May 1996, grew from 5 founding members to 160+ by 2009, and now has 382 Strava members. All four weekly workouts are based at Astoria Park beneath the RFK Bridge: Monday hills, Wednesday track/speed, Thursday easy, Saturday group long run — all paces welcome, no one gets left behind. Traditions include an annual 5K race, a members' awards dinner dance, and a post-NYC Marathon party; the club also competes as a team in NYRR events throughout the year. Jared remains president, coach, and photographer — entirely unpaid — and the culture reflects that: patient, humble, rooted in community over competition.
HoodFit Runs Crew
A Queens-based community fitness and running crew rooted in Southeast Queens. Listed in the NYCRUNS directory with a focus on making fitness accessible and inviting in the local community. All paces welcome.
Just Us Running Club (JURC)
A run club with the motto "no one runs alone," supporting runners from 5K to marathon across Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Liberty State Park. All paces welcome.
Korean Road Runners Club
Founded in 2004 in Queens, a social co-ed running group representing runners of all ages and abilities from the Korean-American community and beyond. Welcomes runners of all backgrounds and actively p All paces welcome.
Latin Runners Club
A multi-borough running club serving Latin communities across Brooklyn, Queens, and Westchester. Listed in the NYCRUNS directory with weekend group runs and a strong cultural community identity. All paces welcome.
Latin Running Club
Supportive community built on friendship and joy, welcoming all fitness levels. Based in Upper Manhattan. Listed in NYCRUNS club directory.
Latinas in Motion NYC
National multi-chapter running and wellness org for Latinas with a NYC chapter known as 'NYC Bellas,' founded by Walesca Marmolejos. Focuses on community, health equity, and empowerment across 12+ chapters and 5,000+ members nationally.
Latinas Run NYC
A running community for Latina women in NYC. All paces welcome.
Latinos Run NYC
A running community for Latino/Latinx runners in NYC. All paces welcome.
Lean Strong Fast
Performance-focused run club meeting at Grand Army Plaza for Saturday morning runs into Prospect Park. Training-oriented community.
Left Overs Run Club
Multi-day training schedule: speed workouts Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings at Joseph Yancey Track (Macombs Dam Park, Concourse Village), easy runs Friday evenings, long runs Sunday mornings.
Life of the Party Runners
Meets Friday/Saturday at 7pm.
Lone Wolf Track Club
A competitive running group training and competing in track and road races at Astoria Park Track, open for anyone to drop by. Competitive welcome.
Long Island City Runners
Non-competitive, socially focused community meeting at Hunters Point South Park. All paces welcome. Runs typically end at Rockaway Brewing. Partners with Hunters Point Parks Conservancy for annual LIC Waterfront 5K.
Masala Milers
Masala Milers is NYC's first South Asian run club, founded in 2023 by Vinayak Prabhu and Natasha Saran after Prabhu posted on the /RunNYC subreddit looking for Desi runners and found community instead of answers — the three co-founders eventually met at the Queens 10K. Unlike a general South Asian affinity group, Masala Milers explicitly bridges the Indian-Pakistani-Bangladeshi divide, welcoming the full diaspora without religious or national distinctions. The club runs across all five boroughs — Saturday mornings from Central Park West and W 72nd St, rotating Queens runs from Hoyt Playground in Astoria, and women-only routes crossing the Williamsburg Bridge — with post-run chai chats and coffee stops (Kaafi on Lenox Ave, Qahwah House, Bohemian Beer Garden) treated as equally important as the miles. Sponsored by Rupee Beer and Perfect Stride PT and recognized by both NYRR and NYC Runs, the club has grown to 186 Strava members and consistently brings large groups to city races including the NYC Marathon.
Mile Stylers
A Bronx-based run crew accepting people of all fitness levels, aiming to uplift the Bronx community through the sport of running, one mile at a time. All paces welcome.
MMM Atletico
A Brooklyn-based athletic and running club listed in the NYCRUNS directory with a Latin-influenced athletic culture and welcoming atmosphere for all runners and endurance athletes. All paces welcome.
NARC (Not a Run Club)
Ironically named, NARC (Not a Run Club) is a run club in NYC. All paces welcome.
NeverFold
A Bronx-based running club listed in the NYCRUNS community directory. Community-focused crew serving the Bronx running community with a resilient, never-quit ethos. All paces welcome.
New Mom Run Club
Founded by journalist Nadia Neophytou in March 2023, New Mom Run Club is built around the uncomfortable truth of postpartum running — the physical setbacks, the identity shifts, the slow and nonlinear return. Runs are intentionally short (about 2 miles) and chat-first, designed for moms who are still figuring out what their bodies can do again. The community gathers around a Substack newsletter featuring raw interviews with postpartum runners, and the in-person runs feel like a moving support group as much as a workout. The tagline 'new = state of mind' signals it's for any mom at any stage, not just women who just gave birth.
New York Athletic Club
Elite private athletic club on Central Park South. Running club operates within the NYAC membership. Competitive runners with training in Central Park.
New York Flyers
Founded in 1989, the New York Flyers is one of NYC's oldest and largest running clubs, yet deliberately maintains a small-club feel with five group runs per week across Central Park and Prospect Park. The club draws a genuinely diverse mix of competitive age-groupers, first-timers, and triathletes all training side by side, with membership running just $30/year. Beyond the miles, the Flyers have a full social calendar — monthly drinks near Columbus Circle, an annual Gala, a book club with guest authors, and bi-annual Central Park cleanups — making it as much a community organization as a running club. The culture is explicitly inclusive and anti-racism committed, and the structure is volunteer-run nonprofit, which gives it a community-ownership feel you don't find in newer clubs.
New York Instarunners
Member-supported USATF club operating in Manhattan and New Jersey. $25 annual dues. Club updates delivered via a private Facebook page. No public Instagram or Strava presence confirmed.
Nice Jewish Runners
Jewish community running group meeting Saturday mornings in Central Park. Social and welcoming to all paces.
Nightcrawlers Running Club
A Thursday evening run club meeting at Grand Army Plaza at 8pm, welcoming all experience levels. All paces welcome.
No Bad Days Run Club
No Bad Days gathers every Thursday evening at Other Half Brewing in Williamsburg for a 3.5-mile run at roughly 9:45 min/mile that finishes with a sprint to the top of the Williamsburg Bridge — then $5 beers back at the brewery. The vibe is 'social with a sweat': easygoing enough that the post-run hangout feels as important as the miles, without being so casual that you're not actually working. Free, no membership, just show up.
No More Lonely Runs
No More Lonely Runs started in February 2023 with seven friends running Central Park on a Saturday morning and has grown to 10,000+ members globally and 1,500+ in Manhattan alone. The name is the whole philosophy: show up solo, leave with friends — all paces, all backgrounds, judgment-free. Founded by Mallory Kilmer, the club has partnered with Propel, Gymshark, and Mastercard, and has a recurring Mastercard NYC Marathon partnership. Free to join, with a warm community infrastructure that makes it easy to find your people even in a group this size.
NY Harriers
Founded in 1988, the NY Harriers are a serious but welcoming competitive road racing club based in Central Park, with over 175 members and a coaching staff of 7 RRCA/USATF-certified coaches. Workouts run Wednesday and Friday mornings at Engineers' Gate and Wednesday evenings at Tavern on the Green, divided into 3-4 pace tiers from 5:30 to 9:00 min/mile — structured, coach-led sessions with real training plans, not just group jogs. The club competes in the NYRR Club Points A Division and runs an intra-team Runner of the Year series to keep competitive stakes year-round. The social side is equally intentional: monthly First Thursday happy hours, seasonal parties, destination long runs to donut shops and breweries, and an annual Harriers Mile and Donut Relay race.
NYC Dragons
A Manhattan-based running club listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Community-focused group serving the Chinatown and Lower Manhattan running community. All paces welcome.
NYC Fun Run / Run & Chug
A no-frills social run club meeting every Wednesday at 7pm at rotating bars across NYC. Bag drop, a 4-mile run, then back to the bar for drinks. All paces welcome and the emphasis is firmly on the pos All paces welcome. Post-run at Rotating bar partner.
NYC Muslim Running Club
A community run club encouraging physical, spiritual, and mental growth through weekly Sunday group runs for all fitness levels. Location rotates and is shared via Telegram. Post-run smoothies and foo All paces welcome. Post-run at Smoothie spot or nearby restaurant.
NYC Sprint Collective
NYC Sprint Collective is the only open sprint-specific training community in New York City, filling a gap for 100m/200m/400m athletes who find traditional distance-focused run clubs useless for their goals. Founded in 2022 by software engineer Conor Buckley after he couldn't find sprint training partners, the club grew out of 'Fast Fridays' sessions and now hosts structured weekly track workouts at McCarren Track with warm-ups, drills, and sprint sets. The energy is high-burst and competitive rather than social-jog, and the club has hosted professional sprinter workshops and organized community time trials. They hosted their first street sprint race, 'Fast & Forte,' on Berry Street in Brooklyn featuring a 100m relay.
Ocean Parkway Runners
A South Brooklyn organization focused on promoting an active lifestyle through running and charitable community support. All paces welcome.
Oiselle Volee NYC
The NYC chapter of Oiselle Volee, a membership-based women's running community affiliated with the Oiselle running apparel brand. Offers group runs, team events, and access to a nationwide network of All paces welcome.
Old Man Run Club
Despite the name, Old Man Run Club is young, diverse, and majority women — the founders named it as a joke about post-marathon blues, and it stuck. Every Saturday, 50+ runners meet for long runs of 9-22 miles at a genuinely conversational pace, with routes that rotate weekly across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens so it never gets repetitive. It's free, no membership required, and the 'we're not leaving you behind' policy is real rather than aspirational. Beyond the weekly run, they organize marathon training blocks, community events, and cultural runs — it's one of those clubs where the running is the excuse to actually build friendships.
Orange Zone Running Club (OZ)
Unofficial Orangetheory spin-off run club, NYRR-affiliated. Meets Thursdays at 7:15am in front of Orangetheory at 73 W 92nd St (UWS). Pace-split groups run Central Park loop, 6-10 miles.
Paso Run Club
A Queens-based run club serving the diverse Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, and Corona neighborhoods. Listed in the NYCRUNS directory with community-focused group runs through western Queens. All paces welcome.
Pints & Pavements
Meets Wednesday at 7pm.
Pitch and Run
Pitch and Run launched in 2019 as a running club for startup founders, investors, and tech people who want to build relationships while moving — and it's exactly what it sounds like. Monday and Friday mornings at 9am from Bluestone Lane at Chelsea Piers (22nd St & West Side Highway), ~4.5 miles at 9:45 min/mile pace, coffee after. The format is intentionally conversational: no formal pitching, just two people running and talking, which is how multiple funding rounds have reportedly started. Free to join; after five runs you get added to the group chat.
Point B Movement
A Brooklyn-based movement and running community listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Combines running with broader fitness and community wellness goals, welcoming runners of all backgrounds. All paces welcome.
POLSKA Running Team
A Queens-based running team with ties to the Polish-American community in Ridgewood and Maspeth. Listed in NYCRUNS directory and welcomes all runners from the neighborhood for weekend group runs. All paces welcome.
Queens Distance Runners
Queens Distance Runners is the borough's most ambitious running organization — part community club, part race management powerhouse — founded in 2013 by Jackson Heights resident Kevin Montalvo with just three members and now surpassing 700 registered members and 3,200+ on Strava. The club runs seven neighborhood locations across Queens every week, intentionally routing through overlooked communities to build civic connections alongside miles. Their Cultural Run Series celebrates the borough's specific ethnic communities with themed races — Filipino 4-Milers, Jackson Heights Miles — making the diversity of Queens the actual subject of the run rather than a backdrop. QDR also produces the Queens Marathon, which crossed 1,000 participants for the first time in 2024, cementing their identity as institution-builders, not just a club.
Queens Rebels Run Crew
Queens-based run crew with a strong community identity. Saturday morning group runs across the borough.
Queer Runnings BK
A Brooklyn-based running club for queer women, trans, and non-binary folks. Open to all paces and levels with a strong community focus. Check their Instagram for current schedule and location updates. All paces welcome.
Queers Run Brooklyn
Queers Run Brooklyn is a community-led LGBTQ+ run club explicitly built to be accessible to all paces and experience levels — the priority is showing up queer together, not racing. The club meets three days a week and anchors its weekly long run at the steps of Brooklyn Central Library, one of the more committed schedules of any identity-based run club in the borough. It carries NYRR affiliation, giving it race-day credibility and infrastructure support, while staying deliberately grassroots and Discord-first for day-to-day communication. The club's Discord and Strava presence signal an engaged, habitual membership rather than a casual drop-in crowd.
Rabbit Movers Running Club
A Brooklyn-based running club listed in the NYCRUNS directory with a focus on consistent movement and progressive training for runners looking to improve their fitness. Intermediate welcome.
Race Days & IPAs
A Thursday evening run club starting at Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, splitting into pace groups and ending with IPAs at a nearby bar. Focused on fun, encouragement, and involvement. All paces welcome. Post-run at Nearby bar.
Rage & Release
A holistic lifestyle brand with an inclusive running community exploring Brooklyn, welcoming beginners and everyone in between. Beginner welcome.
Recess Run Club
Recess Run Club is a Brooklyn-based community founded by Sergio Santos with one membership requirement: 'have a body and good vibes.' They run three times a week — Monday evenings at the track, Wednesday mornings, and Saturday flagship runs out of Prospect Park — with all paces genuinely welcome. The vibe is high-energy and inclusive without being performative about it; 297 members who show up because they actually want to, not because it's the trendy thing to do. Free.
Reckless Run Crew
An NYC run crew that combines road running and fun, welcoming all paces. All paces welcome.
Reservoir Dogs
Founded in 2000, a run club that loves to run and socialize, catering to every type of runner with training plans and social outings. All paces welcome.
Resident Runners
NYC run club meeting Wednesday evenings and Saturdays. Community-focused runs around Manhattan.
Respect The Runner
Founded by Noel Campbell for motivation, encouragement, and training, this Bronx club primarily runs in the Wakefield and Northeast sections of the borough. Partners with local organizations for food All paces welcome.
Richmond Rockets
A Staten Island running club for runners and walkers of all levels and ages. Hosts group training runs, participates in races, sponsors and volunteers at local events, and promotes speed track workout All paces welcome.
Ridge Runners NYC
Established in 2014 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. No membership requirements — just show up. Runs 5 times per week along Shore Road and Bay Ridge streets with a welcoming, no-pressure culture. Schedule post All paces welcome.
Ridgewood Runners
A community run club in Ridgewood meeting Tuesday evenings at 7pm at 71st Ave Plaza. No sign-up required, all paces welcome. All paces welcome.
Roosevelt Island Runners
A Tuesday evening run club meeting at Eleanor's Pier on Roosevelt Island, welcoming all paces. All paces welcome.
Rosie's Run Club
Brooklyn-based run club with a social focus. Wednesday evening and Saturday morning runs.
Run for Chinatown
Run for Chinatown grew directly out of the COVID devastation of Manhattan's Chinatown — founder Leland Yu, a cook who lost his job during the pandemic, ran a 12-hour solo fundraising challenge in 2020 and turned that single act into a weekly Monday night community movement. The runs meet at 69 Mulberry Street at 6:30pm and integrate guided history of the neighborhood — Chinese Exclusion Act, community resistance, local landmarks — so every run is also a cultural education. The group is explicitly all-paces and all-levels including walkers, and all starts and finishes happen together in Chinatown as a deliberate statement about community solidarity. Fundraising is structural, not incidental: $141,000+ raised and partnerships with Chinatown businesses are core to what the club does, not extras.
Run Hustle Run
A fun and welcoming group in Jamaica, Queens meeting Tuesdays and Saturdays, known for their bright orange Hustle tops and a comfortable pace-your-own environment. All paces welcome.
Run It Forward
A Queens-based running club with a community-giving focus. The club emphasizes paying it forward through running and supporting local causes. Listed in the NYCRUNS community directory. All paces welcome.
RUN LIC
A run club based in Long Island City, Queens.
Running Sistahs Social Club
Running Sistahs Social Club is a Black women's run club based in NYC, founded in 2023 to create a dedicated space for Black women to run, connect, and build community together. The club formed under the LLC name Running Sistahs Social Club (confirmed via 2023 LLC filing) and operates primarily through Instagram, where the community coordinates runs and shares its identity. With 454 followers across 38 posts, the club is grassroots in scale but intentional in mission — providing a safe, welcoming environment where Black women runners find their people rather than adapting to spaces that weren't built with them in mind.
Running Souls Run Club
Small, friendly group. Free to join, coached workouts led by RRCA-certified founder Howard Abrams. Tues/Thurs speed/endurance, Sat social run with coffee. Accessible (10:30/mi min pace). Meets at Prospect Park West and 15th St entrance across from movie theater.
RUSHHOUR Run Club
Meets Wednesday at 7pm.
Saints Run Club
Southeast Queens-based club. Motto: 'We start together, we finish together. No runner is left behind, regardless of pace.' Runs Track Wednesdays and Long Run Saturdays.
Scaries Run Club
A Brooklyn-based social run club listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Sunday morning runs through North Brooklyn with a fun, low-pressure vibe welcoming runners of all paces. All paces welcome.
Shore Road Striders
A Bay Ridge running club for those interested in running as a sport, drawing members from Bay Ridge and surrounding Brooklyn communities. Runs for fun and friendship along the scenic Shore Road waterf All paces welcome.
Slow AF Run Club
Slow AF Run Club was built on a simple but radical premise: you don't have to be fast to be a runner. Founded by Martinus Evans — a 300+ lb marathoner who rejected his doctor's weight-loss ultimatum and completed 9 marathons instead — the club is explicitly anti-diet-culture and anti-shame, welcoming back-of-the-pack runners, walkers, and every body type. The NYC-area chapter meets Sunday mornings at Exchange Place in Jersey City for a 2-mile fun run, plus hikes, yoga, and brunches throughout the week where running is optional. Evans' book (Penguin Random House, 2023) and Runner's World cover say everything about the legitimacy of what he's built.
Slow Girl Run Club
Founded in fall 2022 by Isabel DiGiovanni, a writer and producer who started the club while training for her first NYC Marathon after struggling to find a group that didn't leave slower runners behind. SGRC is an all-women, pace-inclusive club that runs two miles at roughly an 11-to-12-minute-mile pace every Tuesday evening along the Hudson River — slow enough to hold a full conversation the whole way. The crowd skews women in their 20s and 30s who came to running during the pandemic and wanted the social layer that faster clubs can strip away; weekly turnout regularly hits 80 runners. Post-run, members migrate to nearby wine bars, and DiGiovanni has watched those runs turn into genuine friend groups and group chats that have nothing to do with running anymore. The club has attracted brand partnerships with Nike and Tracksmith, signaling real cultural traction beyond a grassroots meetup.
Soca Run Club
Soca Run Club is the weekly run arm of Soca Run Nation, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit founded by Troy D. Johnson after he completed the 2017 Rock & Roll New Orleans half marathon and noticed Black runners made up less than 5% of mainstream running clubs. The club explicitly centers Afro-Caribbean and Black runners who felt shut out of existing run culture, with runs designed to end at local Black-owned businesses rather than sponsored beer gardens or brand activations. The vibe draws directly from Caribbean carnival energy: soca music, community warmth, and celebration of fitness as culture rather than performance. Johnson has said 'a lot of the existing events were not geared to appeal to our culture,' and the club is the living answer to that gap. IRS ruling year for Soca Run Nation Inc. is 2021, placing the nonprofit formalization in that year, though the club and festival activity traces to 2020 pandemic-era neighborhood runs.
Social Striders Running Club
A Manhattan-based social running club listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Emphasizes the social aspects of running with welcoming, conversational-pace group runs through Manhattan's parks and streets. All paces welcome.
South Asian Run Club
The South Asian Run Club (SARC) is a free, inclusive running community built around the South Asian diaspora in NYC — welcoming people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, West Indian, Guyanese, Trinidadian, and Tobagonian backgrounds, as well as runners of all creeds and backgrounds. The club formed to address the underrepresentation of South Asian runners in the New York running scene and to serve as a network and resource for that community. Saturday morning runs in Central Park are the heartbeat of the group, with all paces welcome and a shared schedule coordinated via Google Group. Members train together for NYRR and NYC Runs races from 5Ks through the TCS New York City Marathon and other World Marathon Majors.
South Brooklyn Running Club
South Brooklyn Running Club is a free, unpretentious community based in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Red Hook that runs everything from 6:45am Tuesday track sessions at Red Hook Park to leisurely Friday coffee runs that end at a different neighborhood shop each week. Pace ranges from 5:45 min/mile speedwork to beginner-friendly 10:30 min/mile loops, with frequent regroups built in — as their FAQ puts it, 'just come on out' and wear shorts and sneakers. Post-run drinks at Vekslers (where a draft is ) are as much a tradition as the miles, and the club actively centers BIPOC runners with anti-racism training and community partnerships baked into their guidelines. No cost, no gatekeeping.
South Central Brooklyn Runners
Diverse running group for all types of runners, walkers, and endurance athletes in South Central Brooklyn and beyond.
Spartan Sundays Run Club
An all-inclusive run club with over 13 years of history, meeting primarily on Sunday mornings with multiple weekly runs and organized Spartan mud races several times yearly. All paces welcome.
Speed Racers
Self-described motto: 'We just want to go fast.' Manhattan-based. Twitter presence at @TheSpeedRacers.
StartLine Runners
An NYC community group specifically for women active lifestyle seekers, providing motivation, a support network, and a healthy social outlet for women runners, run-walkers, and walkers at all levels. All paces welcome.
Staten Island Athletic Club
Staten Island's athletic club with a running program. All paces welcome.
Streets 101
Community running collective. Tuesday evening intervals/hills and Saturday morning long runs. Contact via Instagram @streets101nyc for meeting location.
Sub 3 Dreamers
Sub-3-hour marathon focus club. Tagline: 'Chasing the dream long past our primes.' Members who break 3 hours are removed from the crew. Small, identity-driven group built around a single performance goal.
Sundays Run
A Queens-based Sunday morning run club listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Casual and welcoming to all paces with a community-first approach to weekend running in Queens. All paces welcome.
Sunset Park Runners
A fun and casual group in Sunset Park meeting twice weekly, welcoming all paces and abilities, stroller-friendly and pet-friendly. All paces welcome.
Team Trevi
A Queens-based running team listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Community-focused weekend runs serving the Queens running community with Italian-inspired team spirit. All paces welcome.
Team We Run Kings
Brooklyn-based performance running team built for Black and Brown runners. Founded 2016 by Joseph Shayne and Jennifer Blalock as #NoSleepTilBKHalf, launched as a business 2017. Trains 5K through marathon. Multi-location model: Prospect Park (Tuesdays, warmer months), The Armory in Washington Heights (Tuesdays, winter), The Brooklyn Circus in Boerum Hill (Saturdays year-round). Ability-tiered sessions (Fast, Faster, Fastest) plus post-run strength and conditioning. Drop-in available ($25/session) or membership with enrollment windows. Partners include PUMA, Strava, Under Armour, The Brooklyn Circus, Bombas, Reebok. Coach Joe Shayne is a Boston Marathon qualifier and PUMA ambassador. Over 1,000 members trained since founding.
TEAM WEPA
A Queens-based platform that allows every level of athlete to feel like they belong. All paces welcome.
TeamWRK
A performance-based training group with nearly 10 years of history offering 1-on-1 coaching and group training for competitive racers and running enthusiasts specializing in long-distance running. Competitive welcome.
TGIF Run Crew
A fully community-led run crew meeting Friday mornings rain or shine, with a post-run hangout at a coffee shop or bakery. All paces welcome. Post-run at Coffee shop or bakery.
The Just Us Running Club
Staten Island-based running club with the philosophy that no one runs alone. Ranges from 5K runners to marathoners with training runs throughout NYC and occasionally Liberty State Park for NJ members. All paces welcome.
The Most Informal Running Club Ever
An open social running club for everyone, any pace, for any distance. All paces welcome.
The Most Informal Running Club Ever (TMIRCE)
A judgment-free running family for everybody regardless of pace. Thursday runs start at Alphabet City Beer Co., jog to the Williamsburg Bridge, run endurance drills over the river, and cool down back All paces welcome. Post-run at Alphabet City Beer Co..
The Runners Club Union
Self-described as a casual, friends-first running group in Brooklyn. Listed in the NYCRUNS club directory (club ID 189) with a minimal profile. No public social media presence found across Instagram, Strava, Heylo, Meetup, or Facebook. Extremely low digital footprint suggests a small, informal, word-of-mouth group rather than a community-facing run club.
The Self-Love Club Runners
A Brooklyn-based running club centered on body positivity, self-love, and mental wellness. Listed in the NYCRUNS directory and welcoming to runners of all paces who want to prioritize wellbeing and co All paces welcome.
Theory 9 Run Club
Community-first nonprofit run club embedded within Theory 9 Inc., a Bronx-based youth and community development organization. The run/walk/bike club is one program among many (basketball, food distribution, STEM, arts) rather than a standalone running crew. Mission-driven, wellness-oriented, and deeply rooted in the Kingsbridge/Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood. Grassroots and civic in tone, not trendy or social-media-driven. Registration via Google Form; schedule details shared post-signup. Tagline: 'Step into community and wellness where every mile brings us closer together.'
TriLatino Triathlon Club
Founded in 2009, TriLatino's mission is to increase Latino participation in triathlon and endurance sports while promoting healthy lifestyles. Bronx-based with training locations across Manhattan. Off All paces welcome.
Type One Run
A running club for people living with Type 1 diabetes and their supporters. Listed in the NYCRUNS directory as a Manhattan-based community club providing motivation and camaraderie for T1D runners of All paces welcome.
Unrushers Running Club
Body-positive running community in Manhattan built on one principle: no one gets left behind. Pace is deliberately slow and the club explicitly states it is not a weight loss community — members come in every shape, size, and speed. Routes rotate across Central Park, Riverside Park, and the Hudson River Path. Schedule is informal and announced week-to-week via Facebook and Twitter rather than a fixed calendar. One of the most accessible beginner-friendly clubs in the city.
Upper East Side Run Club
A free run club on the Upper East Side focused on fostering friendship and community-building. All paces welcome.
Upper West Side Run Club
Upper West Side Run Club was founded in February 2023 by Maddy Nguyen, a then-25-year-old tech recruiter who couldn't find the right community to train for marathons — so she started one via Instagram and a Facebook group. Three runs a week (Sunday mornings at the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument, Tuesday mornings in Central Park, Thursday evenings at the Natural History Museum) at 8-11 min/mile conversational pace, with coffee after morning runs and drinks after evening ones. The vibe is warm, younger-skewing, and genuinely social — the club has been featured in the New York Times for how much people lean on these communities for connection. Free, no sign-up required.
Upper West Side Runners
Upper West Side Runners is a free, community-run club meeting three times a week at 85th & Central Park West — Monday mornings, Wednesday evenings, and Saturday mornings — with pace leaders for 9, 10, and 11-minute miles so everyone has someone to run with. The culture is event-oriented: they coordinate group entries for races like the NY Women's Mini 10K and Joe Kleinerman 10K, partner with neighboring clubs, and run holiday parties and socials throughout the year. Runs end at local bars or coffee shops depending on the time of day. No sign-up, no fee, just show up.
Urban Feet NYC
A Saturday morning run club meeting at the W72nd St. entrance to Central Park for runners of varying abilities, with a post-run stop at a local coffee shop. All paces welcome. Post-run at Local coffee shop.
UWS Run Club
Upper West Side Run Club was founded in February 2023 by Maddy Nguyen, a then-25-year-old tech recruiter who couldn't find the right community to train for marathons — so she started one via Instagram and a Facebook group. Three runs a week (Sunday mornings at the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument, Tuesday mornings in Central Park, Thursday evenings at the Natural History Museum) at 8-11 min/mile conversational pace, with coffee after morning runs and drinks after evening ones. The vibe is warm, younger-skewing, and genuinely social — the club has been featured in the New York Times for how much people lean on these communities for connection. Free, no sign-up required.
Van Cortlandt Track Club (VCTC)
VCTC is one of the oldest running clubs in New York City, founded in 1977 and rooted in the Bronx's Van Cortlandt Park — arguably the most historically significant cross country course in America, which hosted the 1968 and 1969 NCAA XC Championships and the likes of Steve Prefontaine. The club runs on a traditional, structured model: Tuesday speed workouts, Thursday tempos, Saturday group long runs that self-sort by pace, and a Monday fun run from spring through fall — with post-run breakfast and socializing baked into the culture. About 300 members span recreational walkers to sub-40 10K runners, and the club explicitly keeps pace groups loose so beginners and competitive runners share the same trails. It is a paid, NYRR points-eligible club with a genuine Bronx identity — not a Manhattan social run masquerading as a running club.
Village Run Club
Based in Greenwich Village, bringing together runners of all paces and backgrounds every Friday morning. Philosophy is 'run together, celebrate together, grow together.' Hosts Friday morning miles and All paces welcome.
Wall Street Running Club
Russian-language-dominant community in the Financial District, explicitly open to all backgrounds. Post-run 'business breakfast' with rotating member knowledge shares — running, networking, and personal growth combined. 'No pressure, no competition. Just movement, connection, and energy.' Runs along the waterfront past the NYC skyline. 724-member Telegram group is the primary organizing channel.
Warren Street Social & Athletic Club
One of NYC's oldest continuously competitive running clubs, founded 1978. Free membership and coaching. Competitive racing emphasis with a strong social identity — motto: 'Remember the Social in our full name comes before the AC.' Notable alumni include Khalid Khannouchi (former marathon world record holder) and Pat Petersen (former USA marathon record holder). Trains twice weekly in Central Park: Tuesday night speed sessions (Boathouse, 74th St) and Saturday morning long runs (Engineers Gate, 90th St). Competes in NYRR Championship Series, NY Runs, and USATF events. Welcoming to all levels despite the competitive core.
We Are NYC Running Club
We Are NYC Running Club was built on one idea: bring runners together regardless of pace, background, or experience level — and it shows in the crowd. Founded in 2018 around a Facebook group for people training for the NYC Half, the club has grown to 1,800+ members and is officially recognized by NYRR. The vibe is social over competitive — think group prep runs for the big NYC races, post-race celebrations, and a genuinely welcoming energy that also makes it a great home base for out-of-towners running in the city. No gatekeeping, no minimum pace, just a crew that actually means it when they say all levels welcome.
We Run Hollis
A community-based crew in Hollis, Queens inspiring better health and support within the community, with a walking option available. All paces welcome.
West Side Runners (WSX)
One of NYC's oldest and most decorated competitive running clubs, rooted in the West Side YMCA since the 1970s and formally established in 1980 when president Bill Staab helped three Colombian runners enter the NYC Marathon. Roughly one-third Ethiopian with strong Latin American representation — serious immigrant runners who compete nationally and internationally. Staab has reportedly spent close to $1 million of his own money on entry fees, memberships, and visa support over 40+ years. The most dominant men's club team in NYC for years. Trains in Central Park and at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Competitive, not casual — but deeply community-driven. Featured in GQ, New York Times, NBC, and CS Monitor.
Williamsburg Track Club
Williamsburg Track Club is a coach-led, technically rigorous running group founded in 2009 by USATF Level 3 / IAAF Level 5 coach Todd Weisse, who also serves as an assistant coach at Columbia University Track and Field. The club runs two structured workouts per week — VO2 max track sessions at McCarren Park on Tuesdays and lactate-threshold road work in Central Park on Thursdays — with a philosophy centered on form, foot strike, and long-term athletic development over quick fitness gains. The group skews toward serious competitive runners but welcomes all levels who want real coaching infrastructure. At roughly 20 members, it operates with small-group intimacy and a no-nonsense, performance-first culture.
Women Make Moves
An all-women crew that holds space for women of all paces, shades, and sizes, covering 3-4.5 miles alternating with strength workouts. All paces welcome.
Woodside-Sunnyside Runners
Neighborhood running community in Woodside and Sunnyside, Queens. Weekend morning group runs. Welcoming to all paces.
World's Fair Run Crew
World's Fair Run Crew is a Queens-bred 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in late 2019 by three coworkers from Flushing who wanted a neighborhood third space built around running. Every Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. they gather at Pong Arena Sports Bar and head out on a 3-4 mile all-paces loop with no membership fee, no gatekeeping, and a strong emphasis on mental and physical wellness as community ritual. HOKA-sponsored and deeply borough-proud, the crew uses its weekly routes to spotlight Flushing's cultural landmarks, immigrant communities, and local businesses. Their motto — 'For Queens, For Everybody' — isn't marketing copy; it's the operating principle behind a crew that also staffs cheer stations at the NYC Marathon and organizes neighborhood activations beyond the run itself.
WRU Crew (We Run Uptown)
Community-first, culture-rooted crew that has never missed a Monday since 2013. Founded by Washington Heights natives Hector Espinal and Josh Mock to bring running culture north of Central Park to predominantly Latinx neighborhoods. Deeply neighborhood-pride-driven — routes loop through Washington Heights and Inwood, occasionally into the Bronx. All paces welcome, walkers included, no one left behind. Post-run social at the bar is part of the ritual. Operates Comunidad WRU, a nonprofit focused on health access in Northern Manhattan. Nike Running partner. Peaks at 150-200 runners on Monday nights.
Yalla Let's Run NYC
A social run and walk club organizing 5K loops in Central Park with an Arab-American and Muslim community focus. Meets at Jo & the Juice on Lexington. Updates shared via WhatsApp group. Open and welco All paces welcome. Post-run at Jo & the Juice.