Tens of thousands of runners will take to New York City’s streets this coming Sunday for the annual TCS New York City Marathon.
The 26.2 mile Marathon, which normally takes place on the first Sunday of November draws people from across the globe and spans the city’s five boroughs, beginning in Staten Island on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and traveling into Brooklyn, Queens, back into Manhattan via the Queensboro Bridge, into the Bronx, before heading to the finish line in Central Park.
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Upper level will be closed for the entirety of the event, beginning at 11pm on Saturday night and remaining closed until to 4pm on Sunday.
Additionally, the Lower level will be closed in both directions on Sunday from 7am to 2pm.
The race has been run since 1970 but has been canceled twice: in 2012 due to Superstorm Sandy and in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Approximately 60,000 runners from over 130 countries are expected to participate.
