Running Map - Prospect Park

Brooklyn: Prospect Park, Shore Parkway, Coney Island Boardwalk, Brooklyn Marine Park, Floyd Bennett Field, Belt Parkway Bike Path, Red Hook Playground, Leon Kaiser Playground

Prospect Park

This park is Brooklyn's running jewel. Just like Central Park there is an inner roadway that is shared by athletes and motorists, making it relatively safe for runners. This is no coincidence as both parks were designed by the same two men, Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux.

Measured Running Routes

Fortunately, Prospect Park's main running paths have been accurately measured and mapped (please thank ProspectPark.org). You can download the map as a PDF by clicking the map above.

For your convenience here are the distances for some of the most common loops:

  • Full inner-loop: 3.36 miles
  • Full outer-loop: 3.68 miles
  • Southern-loop (red and green): 1.76 miles
  • Larger Southern-loop (red and orange): 2.06 miles
  • Middle-loop (green and orange): 1.54 miles
  • Larger Northern-loop (brown, blue, and green): 2.84 miles
  • Northern-loop (brown, blue, and orange): 2.44 miles
Enjoy your runs! Talk with other runners about Prospect Park at our message board.

Directions

Public Transportation: F train to 15th Street/Prospect Park. Q train to Parkside Avenue. Q, S, or B trains to Prospect Park. 2 or 3 train to Grand Army Plaza.