If you’re wondering which streets will be closed in your neighborhood for the New York City Marathon on Sunday — or you just want to know where you can stand to watch the 50,000 or so runners expected to participate — look no further. The Department of Transportation has released the following list of street closures for the five boroughs.
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge will be closed to all vehicular traffic on Sunday, Nov. 1 between 7 a.m. and approximately 3 p.m. for the TSC New York City Marathon. Motorists traveling to Brooklyn or Staten Island via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge must use alternate routes.
In addition, on Saturday, Oct. 31 the upper level of the bridge will be closed to traffic in both directions beginning at 11 p.m. to allow for roadway preparation. Over-dimensional vehicles and vehicles containing hazardous materials will not be permitted to cross the bridge in either direction once that closure takes place.
The Bay Street and Lily Pond Avenue exits in Staten Island will close at 3 a.m. on Sun., Nov. 1 and reopen at around 3 p.m.
Motorists can call the Verrazano-Narrows Marathon Traffic Hotline at 718-692-5656 to hear information about the closures.
Those who need help finding an alternate route should call 511 or visit the website at 511NY.org. For other marathon-related roadway closures throughout the city, call the NYC hotline at 311.
Staten Island
Bay Street between Richmond Terrace and School Road
School Road between Bay Street and Staten Island Expressway
Brooklyn
Dahlgren Place between Verrazano Bridge and 92nd Street (North Bound)
92nd Street between Dahlgren Place and Fourth Avenue
Fourth Avenue between 92nd Street and Flatbush Avenue
Flatbush Avenue between Fourth Avenue and Lafayette Avenue
Lafayette Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn Queens Expressway (South-bound) 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 Sixth Avenue and 7th Avenue
6th Avenue between 74th Street and 75th Street/Bay Ridge Parkway
Bay Ridge Parkway between Seventh Avenue and Fourth Avenue
92nd Street between Gatling Place and Fort Hamilton Parkway
Fort Hamilton Parkway between 92nd Street and 94th Street
94th Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Fourth Avenue (North-bound)
Fourth Avenue between 94th Street and Flatbush Avenue (South-bound)
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
Pulaski Bridge (South-bound)
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
23rd Street between Queens Plaza South and Queens Plaza North
Queensboro Bridge (East-bound)
Manhattan
Queensboro Bridge (Vehicle Entrance Ramp East-bound)
East 59th Street between 59th Queensboro Bridge Ramp and First Avenue
First Avenue between East 59th Street and the Willis Avenue Bridge
Madison Avenue Bridge
Fifth 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
Fifth Avenue between 120th Street and 90th Street
90th Street between Fifth Avenue and East Drive (Central Park South-bound)
East Drive between 90th Street and Grand Army Plaza
Grand Army Plaza between East Drive and Central Park South
Central Park South between Fifth Avenue and Columbus Circle/Eighth Avenue/Central Park West
Central Park Driveway/Eighth Avenue Approach to West Drive
West Drive between Eighth Avenue Approach and 96th Street Approach to West Drive
96th Street Approach to West Drive
67th Street Approach to West Drive
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
Madison Avenue Bridge
5 Responses
Basically dont drive
Every year this is the same disgrace. It’s time to stop it. Write to the Mayor, your Congressman, etc. People cannot go to Simchos because the Varazzano is closed. We pay enough toll for this short bridge. I am making a Bris tomorrow and my siblings cannot come from Brooklyn.
To tschoumi if your siblings wanted to come to your Bris they could have went around by going through the FDR Drive to the George Washington Bridge or the Holland or Lincoln tunnel to New Jersey & taken the outerbridge crossing or the Goethals bridge.
I’m happy for those people who’ve got the perfect excuse not to come to a simcha.
Eli51 I mean they could have also ran the Marathon from Brooklyn to Lakewood and then they would have been able to use the Bridge! Owe, maybe not, then they would be going in the wrong direction.