where is the nyc marathon

The NYC Marathon is held across all five boroughs of New York City, starting in Staten Island near Fort Wadsworth and ending in Central Park in Manhattan. The route traditionally traverses the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn, then through Queens and The Bronx, before finishing in Central Park. Runners complete 26.2 miles under a typical finish window late afternoon to early evening on the first Sunday in November each year.