A party with a difference, the four-mile Midnight Run in Central Park is a New Year's Eve event for fitness fanatics. Live DJs and dancing, a costume parade and fireworks are all part of the…

Few scenes are more heart-warming than the rink full of happy skaters cavorting in front of the floodlit towers of New York's Rockefeller Center. The rink has welcomed skaters every Christmas…

A uniquely American sport, bull riding is as spectacular to watch as it is dangerous for the riders. Each year they come to New York's Madison Square Garden to take on the challenge of the…

If the thought of a broken escalator fills you with dread, then stay away from this race! Fit and fearless competitors race up the 1575 stairs of the Empire State Building, from the lobby to…

One of New York's less celebrated boroughs, the Bronx is oft overlooked by visitors to the city. During the Bronx Half Marathon (which starts and finishes on Goulden Avenue) it becomes the…

The New York Open at the Athletic Club is the top judo tournament in the US and features participants from over 30 countries, including Olympians and world champions.

With a backdrop of Manhattan skyscrapers, New York's Central Park has two picturesque ice-skating rinks that are open daily in the winter months: Lasker Rink (north-Park at 106th St) and…

The New York Rangers play their NHL ice hockey games at Madison Square Garden. The regular season runs from October to April. For full details of the schedule, please visit the Rangers' website.

The New York Knicks play their NBA basketball games at Madison Square Garden. The regular season runs from October until mid April. Please visit the NBA website for full details of all fixtures.

In celebration of Earth Day, Grand Central Station stages a week-long Giant Earth Images exhibition and a two-day Earth Fair. The fair includes various activities and lectures, including…

Join the Shorewalkers on their annual Great Saunter - a 32-mile walk around Manhattan's edge. The walk starts at South Street Seaport (corner of Fulton & Water Sts) and ends in the same place…

The TD Bank 5-Boro Bike Tour is the largest mass-cycling event in the USA. A river of 30,000 cyclists flows from Battery Park between the skyscrapers of Manhattan at the start of a 68km…

Brooklyn Botanic Garden's cherry trees flower in spring every year. To celebrate the new flowers and the new season, New York's Japanese community gathers to dance to the sound of flutes and…

The Belmont Stakes, at Belmont Park, is the oldest of the US Triple Crown Races. First run in 1867, it is one of the most famous horse races in the world, with a purse of US$1 million to the winner.

Each summer, as New York gets hot and sticky, the spectacular annual Manhattan Island Marathon Swim offers contestants a way to cool down. The swim is a 28.5-mile marathon through the waters…

Open to women of all ages and abilities, the Women's Mini-Marathon is a ten-kilometre race through Central Park, New York. The historic race was first held in 1972 and is named after the…

The 3.5 mile Chase Corporate Challenge Championship sees accountants, attorneys and company big-wigs get together to race down Manhattan's Park Avenue. Participating companies use the event to…

During June, the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens are awash with roses of every hue. Tens of thousands of the sensuous blooms cascade down arches, climb up lattices, clamber over pavilions and fill…

The music and extreme sports behemoth that is the Vans Warped Tour rolls into Hempstead, New York. It presents leading punk and hardcore bands on ten stages, extreme sports demos, a Guitar…

The triathlon is one of the most gruelling of all endurance sporting events. Nonetheless, New York's event attracts more than 1000 hardy competitors to swim the Hudson River, bike along the…