Morning edition · October 25, 2026
A breast cancer fundraiser brought New Yorkers across the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, linking a familiar city landmark with a community effort whose fundraising continued beyond the walk itself.
CBS New York reported that thousands attended the October 24 Race for the Cure and crossed the bridge. Its Saturday evening report described survivors and supporters gathering for the event.
The Susan G. Komen organizer page, checked Sunday morning, displayed $887,898.31 raised against a $770,000 goal. That puts the displayed total $117,898.31 above its target. The page also listed 3,257 registrations.
Those figures describe an online fundraising and registration snapshot. Registration is not an independently counted crowd total, and the fundraising display should not be read as a final audited financial statement.
A city route with a community purpose
Komen’s event materials identified Foley Square as the gathering point and the Brooklyn Bridge as this year’s walking route. Organizers described the walk as approximately two miles and offered both in-person and virtual participation.
The program included a Hope Village celebration and a survivor parade. Its materials specifically recognized both survivors and people living with metastatic breast cancer, rather than presenting everyone affected by the disease as having the same experience.
For Brooklyn readers, the bridge connection makes this a local community story as well as a citywide fundraiser. The distinction between the event and the longer effort matters: Saturday’s gathering has ended, while the organizer’s page remains a place to review the campaign and its stated purpose.
Reading the numbers carefully
Komen says fundraising supports research, care and community work. The event’s total alone does not show how much money has already been spent on any particular service or establish a new medical result.
Readers considering support can review the organization’s own materials before contributing. This article reports the event and the displayed campaign figures; it does not provide individualized screening or treatment advice.
The featured photograph is an archival view of the bridge. It does not depict the October 24 walk, its participants or its attendance.