The NYC Running Blog

The Brooklyn Paper is reporting that the Brooklyn Half Marathon will indeed start in Prospect Park and end in Coney Island, giving the area a much-needed “shot in the arm:”

For the first time, the Brooklyn Half Marathon will end, rather than begin, at the famed Boardwalk in attempt to “stimulate the economic impact in the area” that has fallen on tough times, said Meghan Chisholm, a spokeswoman for the New York Road Runners Club.

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