Runners on Ocean Parkway during the 2012 half marathon. Photo by Allan Shweky. The Brooklyn Half Marathon is back and bigger than ever. New York 1 is reporting [http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/181354/coney-island-ending-of-brooklyn-half-marathon-to-have-special-meaning-post-sandy] that the marathon has grown from 6,000 runners in 2011, to 15,