{"id":267490,"date":"2026-06-15T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/267490\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:44:49","slug":"citizens-queens-10k-continues-nyrrs-impact-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/267490\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Queens 10K Continues NYRR&#8217;s Impact in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Runner at the Citizens Queens 10K\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/queens25_cgt_347-crop.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/events.nyrr.org\/nyrr-queens-10k?_gl=1*vq6cik*_gcl_au*MTM5Nzk3OTQyOC4xNzQzNTM0ODM5\" style=\"padding: 5px 0px;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Citizens Queens 10K<\/a> takes place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the borough\u2019s largest park, with a course giving runners views of the Unisphere, Citi Field, and the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The race is the third event in the 2026\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrr.org\/run\/five-borough-series\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYRR Five-Borough Series<\/a>, and this is the third year Citizens, the Official Bank of NYRR, is the title sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the adult 10K, nearly 1,000 kids ages 2 to 18 will participate in free dashes and races as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/events.nyrr.org\/flushing-meadows-kids-run-at-the-citizens-queens-10k?_gl=1*vq6cik*_gcl_au*MTM5Nzk3OTQyOC4xNzQzNTM0ODM5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flushing Meadows Kids Run<\/a>, one of more than 20 annual Rising New York Road Runners youth events encouraging kids to get physically active.<\/p>\n<p>\nGood luck to all the runners taking on the race on June 20! If you&#8217;re not signed up to run, come out to cheer and enjoy the amazing borough of Queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NYRR\u2019s Impact in Queens<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Open Run participant in Cunningham Park, Queens\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/openrun25_cunningham_cgt_028-crop.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Queens, \u201cThe World\u2019s Borough,\u201d is one of the most linguistically and ethnically diverse places on the planet. According to a recent U.S. Census, 47% of the population of Queens was born outside the United States and Queens residents speak up to 130 languages.<\/p>\n<p>NYRR has a big impact throughout the borough:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrr.org\/openrun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open Run<\/a>: Free, weekly community-led runs hosted in five neighborhood parks across Queens that are regularly attended by nearly 600 Queens residents of all ages, abilities, and experience levels.Rising New York Road Runners: Free running-based youth program that helps nearly 40,000 Queens kids build the skills, confidence, and desire to be physically active for life.\u00a0<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrr.org\/run\/striders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Striders<\/a>: Free walking and fitness program with sessions hosted at two Queens sites to help 127 Queens-based older adults lead a more active life and meet new people in their community.\u00a0<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrr.org\/run\/nyrr-race-free\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Race Free<\/a>: Provides race fee assistance and training to those who financially qualify to make running more accessible for 1,000 participants, including 222 Queens residents, with complimentary race entries to events like the Citizens Queens 10K and the TCS New York City Marathon.\u00a0<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/organizations.nyrr.org\/sites\/organization_sites\/b611a79dd38d91d2cfc5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Group Training<\/a>: Workout sessions in Astoria Park that meet twice a week to support more than 100 Queens runners of all levels with coaching, camaraderie, and the inspiration that comes from running with others. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Discover More of Queens<\/p>\n<p>Take a tour of the borough on foot by checking out our the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.runningroutes.nyrr.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYRR Running Routes<\/a>\u00a0below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.runningroutes.nyrr.org\/roosevelt-island-to-roosevelt-avenue-by-adobo-social-and-anti-social-athletic-club\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roosevelt Island to Roosevelt Avenue by Adobo Social &amp; Anti-Social Athletic Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.runningroutes.nyrr.org\/queenswaterfront\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queens Waterfront<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You May Also Like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrr.org\/run\/photos-and-stories\/2025\/history-of-the-citizens-queens-10k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The History of the Citizens Queens 10K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The Citizens Queens 10K takes place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the borough\u2019s largest park, with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-267490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}