The New York City Marathon is set to get underway on Sunday with 50,000 runners across all five boroughs.
Groups start heading out on the 26.2-mile course beginning at 8 a.m. and friends, families, and spectators can watch from miles 3 to 26.
Marathon officials said no spectator viewing is allowed at the start or on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The race ends at 67 Street on West Drive, where there is a ticketed grandstand section or standing areas available inside Central Park.
The recommended viewing locations are:
- Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn (Miles 2-4)
- Fourth Avenue and Flatbush Avenue (Mile 8)
- Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Brooklyn (Miles 10-13)
- Pulaski Bridge (Mile 13.1)
- First Avenue, Manhattan (Miles 16-18)
- East Harlem (Miles 18-20)
- Charity Cheer Zone, First Avenue and 120th Street (Miles 19-20)
- Fifth Avenue, East 90th Street-East 105th Street (Miles 23-24)
- United Airlines Zone at Columbus Circle
Race officials recommend taking the subway to navigate the course area on Sunday.
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Here is the starting timeline from NYRR:
Local
8:00 a.m. Professional Wheelchair Division
8:22 a.m. Handcycle Category and Select Athletes with Disabilities
8:40 a.m. Professional Women’s Open Division
9:05 a.m. Professional Men’s Open Division
9:10 a.m. Wave 1
9:45 a.m. Wave 2
10:20 a.m. Wave 3
10:55 a.m. Wave 4
11:30 a.m. Wave 5
