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What to expect and avoid in NYC’s Halloween, voting, marathon and daylight saving weekend
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Catalina Gonella
Published Oct 26, 2026 at 2:14 p.m. ET
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Get your costumes, running shoes, ballots and alarm clocks ready. New York City is about to have one hell of a weekend.
It’ll start with Halloween on Saturday — when tens of thousands of people will descend on the West Village for the annual Village Halloween Parade. Just a few hours later, a very different crew will flood the city streets — TCS New York City Marathon runners. Luckily, daylight saving time ends on Sunday, so they’ll get an extra hour of sleep. Meanwhile, all weekend long, New Yorkers will head to the polls for the last opportunity to vote early in this year’s midterm election.
It’s a lot. But don’t fret, New York. We’ve compiled the information you need to get through this busy weekend:
Early Voting
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3 — but early voting began on Oct. 24, and will run through Sunday, Nov. 1. Polling sites will be closed on Monday before they reopen on Tuesday.
Note that your early voting site may be different than your Election Day site, and that hours differ by day. So before you head out, check your early polling site and its hours here.
For more information on the elections taking place, check out our 2026 voting guide here.
Village Halloween Parade
It’s a New York City tradition. This year’s parade on Oct. 31 is the 53rd of its kind, and the theme is Body and Soul, with performance artist Joey Arias serving as grand marshal.
The parade will step off at 7 p.m. from Canal Street and 6th Ave., and head north on 6th Avenue to 15th Street.
Anyone in costume is welcome to march in the parade for free. Tickets are available on the event’s website that allow participants to skip the line for $125. It’s also free to spectate anywhere on either side of the parade route — though the area is expected to get crowded, so head there early to grab a spot. There are also ticketed VIP seating areas near the live telecast available on the event website for $250 or $450.
Whether you plan on marching or watching, be sure to check subway service changes ahead of time. Trains on the A and C lines will be rerouted in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Uptown A trains will be running on the F line between Jay St-MetroTech and W 4 St-Wash Sq, and uptown C trains will be running on the F line between Jay St-MetroTech and 34 St-Herald Sq. For more information, check the MTA website.
If you prefer to watch from afar, this year’s parade will be televised and streamed live at 8 p.m. on Spectrum News NY1.
TCS New York City Marathon
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the New York City Marathon’s five borough course. The race on Nov. 1 starts on Staten Island at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and snakes through Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx before ending in Central Park in Manhattan. More than 50,000 runners are expected to participate, and more than 2 million spectators are expected to be cheering them on along the route.
Obviously, New Yorkers should expect road closures along the marathon route, which you can find here. The professional races start at 8 a.m., with the first mass waves kicking off at 9:10 a.m.
Daylight Saving
Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 2 a.m. We’ll be “falling back” an hour, meaning clocks will go back to 1 a.m., giving Halloween party animals an extra hour of raging and marathon runners an extra hour of sleep.
It also means the sun will set an hour earlier on Sunday, around 4:52 p.m. The sunset will continue to set slightly earlier every day until Dec. 3 through 12, when it will set at 4:28 p.m., the earliest sunset of the year.
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