NYC Marathon

NYC Marathon 2023: Where to watch along the course

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Among the runners participating in this year’s RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon will be three men in their 60s and 70s who are proving that age is just a number. John Chandler reports.

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.

Here is the starting timeline from NYRR:

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

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