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Brooklyn Bridge Swim

New York City, New York, United States View on map
Jul 26, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Swimming

About this race

Experience Requirement: The Brooklyn Bridge Swim is a challenging open water event, in typically choppy conditions. All participants must provide proof of recent, comparable open water swim experience (the PRIDE Swim Manhattan is an acceptable qualifier), and must swim at a pace of 30 minutes per mile or faster.

Location: Brooklyn waterfront

Distance: .6 Miles | 1 Kilometers

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Swimming

Brookyn Bridge Swim

Jul 26, 2026 1K 7:45 AM
$350.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New York City, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 20.8° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 30.2°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 20.8° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 36.2°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
17.5
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
4.5mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
69.4%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on July 26, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on July 26, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 30m

The sun rises at 5:47 AM and sets at 8:17 PM local time (EDT) in New York City on July 26, 2026 — 14h 30m of daylight.

Course

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2026 results — Brooklyn Bridge Swim

Brookyn Bridge Swim · 14 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Brooklyn Bridge Swim
Place Name Time Pace
1 Jose Nunez 12:20 19:50 /mi
2 Hunt Lau 13:48 22:13 /mi
3 CHRISTINA BLACK 14:06 22:42 /mi
4 Anthony Eaton 15:03 24:14 /mi
5 Thomas Curry 15:28 24:54 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

All results by year

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 130 New York City events

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