Jogging on the East Side

I will be staying close to Union Square.

If I wanted to jog from there up to Central Park,

which is the best way to go?

Jogging on the East Side

I would suggest emailing New York Road Runners, our local running and jogging organization.

http://www.nyrr.org/nyrrc/org/home.html

Contact info:

http://www.nyrr.org/nyrrc/org/contactus.html

Tell them you%26#39;re visiting from out of town!

Or, you can also contact Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group for cicylists and pedestrians.

http://www.transalt.org/info/index.html

Contact them here:

http://www.transalt.org/about/contact.html

Jogging on the East Side

If you don%26#39;t want to do all that research just for a jog, you can also just jog north up Park Ave, hang a left at about 59th st. and go to Fifth Ave and enter the park at Grand Army Plaza.

Enjoy!

You can save your jogging for Central Park by taking the N train at Union Square up to the 5th Avenue/59th Street stop (about 15 minutes). The subway stop is right under the southeast corner of the Park. It is a jogger%26#39;s paradise.

Joggers on the sidewalk in Manhattan are an annoyance to other pedestrians, and joggers in the street are a hazard to motorists and a risk to themselves. To put it simply and plainly -- DON%26#39;T jog on the street. Instead, take a bus or subway to a prk (either Central Park, or one of the nice jogging paths along the river) and jug where you are not simultaneously breathing bus fumes while causing inconvenience to other people and a threat to yourself.

Thanks everyone. I should have said that the subway is not an option. The goal is not so much getting to the park as finding one of these ';nice jogging paths along the river'; that Greenwhiteblue mentioned. So, how do I do that?

Take 14th Street as west as possible. You%26#39;ll hit the Hudson river Greenway, a lovely path that goes the length of Manhattan island!

www.transalt.org/info/mapwaterfront.html

Printable maps

I am a little puzzled, though -- why is the subway not an option?

Because I麓d like a new NYC experience. Like going for a run along the river. I figure I麓ll be seeing a fair amount of the subway system.

I enjoyed tremendously the resevoir track in central park. Central park boulevard and 91st streets (or was it 92-3) .

why? A nice bunch of runners at 7am already were hundreds of runners, although it looks easy the course is tough due to the winds etc.. the track is long enough was it 3 km. that plenty of space for everyone and at all skill levels. water fountain right there too. Not to mention the views ..... excellent.

ps I saw runners within the park(asphalt roads) in the same area but I am unsure of the course.

this is however more west side location but easy to get to