New York City Marathon course map poster
The New York City Marathon starts at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island and crosses the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn. From there it runs through Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx, and finishes on West Drive at 67th Street in Central Park.
The race began in Central Park in 1970, and first ran through all five boroughs in 1976. In 2025 it had 59,226 finishers, the largest marathon ever held. Our print draws the 2026 course, from Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn up First Avenue and along Fifth Avenue into the park.
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The course
- Start
- Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island
- Finish
- West Drive at 67th Street, Central Park
- Passes through
- Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and The Bronx
Key facts
- First held
- 1970
- Month
- November
- Finishers
- 59,226 in 2025
- Organiser
- New York Road Runners
Along the way
- Verrazzano-Narrows BridgeFrom Staten Island into Brooklyn
- Fourth Avenue, Brooklynkm 3.2 to 6.4 (miles 2 to 4)
- 21.1 km (13.1 mi)Pulaski BridgeThe halfway point, from Brooklyn into Queens
- Queensboro BridgeFrom Queens into Manhattan
- First Avenue, Manhattankm 25.7 to 29 (miles 16 to 18)
- Willis Avenue BridgeFrom Manhattan into the Bronx
- Madison Avenue BridgeFrom the Bronx back into Manhattan
- Fifth Avenuekm 37 to 38.6 (miles 23 to 24), from East 90th to East 105th Street
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Questions
It starts at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, by the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and finishes on West Drive at 67th Street in Central Park.
Yes. The line follows the 2026 course. After East 135th Street and Alexander Avenue it turns onto East 141st Street, Third Avenue and East 138th Street, the first change to the Bronx section in 15 years.
On the first Sunday in November. The 2026 race is on Sunday 1 November.
Yes. The editor starts with the city as the title and the distance below it. Type your name, your finish time or the race date in the caption, and change any of the words you like.
Yes. Every course comes in portrait sizes, 12 × 16 in and 18 × 24 in, and in square sizes, 16 × 16 in and 20 × 20 in. When you change the shape, the map moves so the whole course still fits.
We draw each course along OpenStreetMap streets, following the organiser's official course map. It can differ slightly from the measured course, which follows the shortest line a runner can take.
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Design your New York marathon printRace names belong to their owners. Star Crossed Skies is not linked to or endorsed by any race or organiser. Course lines follow OpenStreetMap streets and can differ slightly from the measured course.