
From the Organizer
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 events drop you into something that demands navigation, feel, and focus all at once. It's a sport that rewards the quietly competitive — the ones who do the work in the water before anyone's watching.
Open water races from 1 mile to marathon distance. Just you, the water, and whatever you've got left.
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Brooklyn Bridge Swim
Jul 26, 2026