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Airbnb Brooklyn Half Pre-Party presented by New Balance

Opening Event

11:30 a.m.: press check in

12:00 p.m.: event begins

To kick off the Airbnb Brooklyn Half Pre-Party presented by New Balance, there will be an official bib presentation to celebrate the first person to pick up their race number! New Balance will also be providing shoes to youth runners from NYRR’s Young Runners program who will be running in the NYRR Kids’ Boardwalk Run. Following the shoe event and youth relay races, media are invited to join representatives from NYRR, New Balance, and Airbnb for food and beverage from some of the finest local Brooklyn establishments.

Pier 2 at Brooklyn Bridge Park

150 Furman Street, Brooklyn, NY

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Airbnb Brooklyn Half Pre-Party presented by New Balance

Wednesday, May 18 – Friday, May 20

12:00 p.m. – 10 p.m.

The Airbnb Brooklyn Half Pre-Party presented by New Balance, is a free three-day festival of music, food, and programming that is open to the public. The pre-party is much more than the main hub for race material pickup. It will be filled with celebrations of hospitality, fitness, local food, and live musical performances. Various local food vendors and trucks will be on site, including the Mac Truck, Takumi Taco, Chickpea & Olive, and others, for all to experience the flavor of Brooklyn, along with local brewery Sixpoint Brewery and Red Hook Winery.  Live musical performances will take place each evening.

*Media must RSVP to Nicole Foss (nfoss@rubenstein.com) in advance of attending.

Pier 2 at Brooklyn Bridge Park

150 Furman Street, Brooklyn, NY

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Airbnb Brooklyn Half

7:00 a.m.

The world’s largest half marathon, the 2016 Airbnb Brooklyn Half, is a cornerstone of the NYRR Five-Borough Series, is a 13.1-mile race celebration throughout Brooklyn on Saturday, May 21. Approximately 27,000 participants of all ages and abilities, including some of the area’s top local elite runners like Jane Vongvorachoti, who will represent Thailand in the Rio Olympics, as well as Cynthia Erivo, Tony Nominee for Best Actress in a Musical for “The Color Purple,” will take on the run from the historic Brooklyn Museum down to the finish line on the iconic Coney Island boardwalk.

Start: Washington Avenue, just south of Eastern Parkway

Finish: Coney Island boardwalk, at Stillwell Avenue

NYRR Kids’ Boardwalk Run at the Airbnb Brooklyn Half

11:30 a.m.

The second annual NYRR Kids’ Boardwalk Run at the Airbnb Brooklyn Half, part of the NYRR Youth Running Series, will bring 1,000 high school, middle school, and elementary school students, including more than youth from NYRR’s Mighty Milers and Young Runners youth running programs, to Coney Island for a one-mile out-and-back course along one of the most celebrated stretches of the boardwalk.

Start and Finish: Airbnb Brooklyn Half finish line