Thousands of runners will take to New York City’s streets this 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 tens of thousands of runners – as well as dozens of street closures.
The route 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 52,000 runners from 150 countries are expected to participate.
Last year, the New York City Marathon set an event record and became the largest marathon in history with 55,643 finishers.
Why can’t one level stay open?
any ideas how to get to the city Sunday morning and how long it would take
They use both levels for runners – 52,000 is a lot of people to run over a bridge 🙂