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Here Are All Of This Sunday's NYC Marathon Street Closures
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Ben Yakas
Published Nov 5, 2016
Modified Nov 5, 2016
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The NYC Marathon is happening this Sunday, and the NYPD will be on high alert. "There are scores of officers in plainclothes that you will not be able to see," NYPD Chief Carlos Gomez said this week. "They will be mixing in with the crowds. These are officers that are especially trained to detect hostile activity."
The marathon kicks off at 8:30 a.m., as it always does, in Staten Island before moving up through Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, making a quick trip to the Bronx, and finally terminating at the south end of Central Park. If you don't have any horse (or human) in the race, you may want to avoid going out too far (especially above midtown in Manhattan), but if you do have friends and family to cheer on (or you just like cheering on people in general), here are some tips on where to go.
The most important tip, of course, is to expect roadblocks at streets where the actual race is happening. The following streets will be closed Sunday from 9 am to 6:30 p.m.:
In Staten Island
- Bay Street between Richmond Terrace and School Road
- Fingerboard Road between Bay Street and Tompkins Avenue
- Tompkins Avenue between Fingerboard Road and School Road
- School Road between Bay Street and Staten Island Expressway
- Lily Pond Avenue between Staten Island Expressway and McClean Avenue
- McClean Avenue between Lily Pond Avenue and New York Avenue
In Brooklyn
- Dahlgren Place between Verrazano Bridge and 92nd Street (Northbound)
- 92nd Street between Dahlgren Place and 4th Avenue
- 4th Avenue between 92nd Street and Flatbush Avenue
- Flatbush Avenue between 4th Avenue and Lafayette Avenue
- Lafayette Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Bedford Avenue
- Brooklyn Queens Expressway (Southbound) between Verrazano Bridge and 79th Street
- 7th Avenue between 79th Street and 75th Street/Bay Ridge Parkway
- 7th Avenue between 74th and 75th Street/Bay Ridge Parkway
- 74th Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue
- 6th Avenue between 74th and 75th Street/Bay Ridge Parkway
- Bay Ridge Parkway between 7th Avenue and 4th Avenue
- Fort Hamilton Parkway between 92nd Street and 94th Street
- 94th Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 4th Avenue
- Bedford Avenue between Lafayette Avenue and Nassau Avenue
- Nassau Avenue between Bedford Avenue/Lorimer Street and Manhattan Avenue
- Manhattan Avenue between Nassau Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue
- Greenpoint Avenue between Manhattan Avenue and McGuiness Boulevard
- McGuiness Boulevard between Greenpoint Avenue and 48th Avenue (Southbound)
- Pulaski Bridge (Southbound)
In Queens
- Pulaski Bridge (Southbound)
- 48th Avenue between 11th Street and Vernon Boulevard
- Vernon Boulevard between 48th Avenue and 10th Street
- 10th Street between Vernon Boulevard and 44th Drive
- 44th Drive between 10th Street and Hunter Street
- Hunter Street between 44th Drive and Crescent Street
- Crescent Street between Hunter Street and Queens Plaza South
- Queens Plaza South between Crescent Street and 23rd Street
- Queens Plaza North between Crescent Street and 23rd Street
- 23rd Street between Queens Plaza South and Queens Plaza North
- Queensboro Bridge (Eastbound)
In The Bronx
- Willis Avenue Bridge/Willis Avenue
- East 135th Street between Willis Avenue and Alexander Avenue
- Alexander Avenue between East 135th Street and East 138th Street
- East 138th Street between Alexander Avenue and Morris Avenue
- Morris Avenue between East 138th Street and East 140th Street
- East 140th Street between Morris Avenue and Rider Avenue
- Rider Avenue between East 140th Street and East 138th Street
- East 138th Street between Rider Avenue and Madison Avenue Bridge
In Manhattan
- Queensboro Bridge (Vehicle Entrance Ramp Eastbound)
- East 59th Street between 59th Street Bridge and 1st Avenue
- 1st Avenue between East 59th Street and Willis Avenue Bridge
- 60th Street between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue
- Madison Avenue Bridge
- Madison Avenue Bridge
- 5th Avenue between 138th Street and 124th Street
- 124th Street between Madison Avenue and Mount Morris Park West
- Mount Morris Park West between 124th Street between 120th Street
- 120th Street between Mount Morris Park West and 5th Avenue
- 5th Avenue between 120th Street and 90th Street
- 90th Street between 5th Avenue and East Drive (Central Park Southbound)
- East Drive between 90th Street and Grand Army Plaza
- Grand Army Plaza between East Drive and Central Park South
- 59th Street between 5th Avenue and Columbus Circle/8th Avenue/Central Park West
- Central Park Driveway/8th Avenue Approach to West Drive
- West Drive between 8th Avenue Approach and 96th Street Approach to West Drive
- 96th Street Approach to West Drive
- 67th Street Approach to West Drive
BUT WAIT, there's more: here are a few more additional closures in Manhattan for Sunday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., which is for the NYC Marathon Family Reunion:
- Central Park West between 59th Street and 96th Street
- 60th Street between Central Park West and Broadway
- 61st Street between Central Park West and Broadway
- 62nd Street between Central Park West and Broadway
- 63rd Street between Central Park West and Broadway
- 64th Street between Central Park West and Broadway
- 65th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 66th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 67th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 68th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 69th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 70th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 71st Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 72nd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 73rd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 74th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 75th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 76th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 77th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 81st Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 82nd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 83rd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 84th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 85th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- Columbus Avenue between 85th Street and Broadway
- Broadway between Columbus Avenue and Columbus Circle
In other words, maybe you should push back any plans of getting to Central Park Sunday.
For those who want a small taste of the route without any of the pressure of actually running, here's the NYRR's time-lapse video of it:
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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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