NYC Marathon in Bay Ridge – November 2, 2025
The NYC Marathon will be held on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
The runners start in Staten Island and travel over the Verrazzano Bridge to get to Bay Ridge.
Fifty thousand people will be running through 4th Avenue from around 9:00 am to around 4:00 pm.
What streets are closed in Bay Ridge? From 6:00 am – 6:00 pm these streets are closed:
When does the Verrazzano Bridge close?
Every runner is given a color – blue, orange or pink and that determines what streets they are running on.
What time do the first runners come into Bay Ridge?
There are the waves of runners:
- 8:00 a.m. Professional Wheelchair Division
- 8:22 a.m. Handcycle and Select Athletes with Disabilities
- 8:35 a.m. Women’s Open Division
- 9:05 a.m. 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
On Saturday, November 1st – Parking signs will be put up. If you car is parked on 4th Avenue or any street that was needed for the marathon, your car has been relocated to a nearby street. You can search for your car’s location here.
How can I get around with a car in Bay Ridge?
If you need to get around on Sunday, November 2ndf, put your car below 4th Avenue on Saturday, November 1st. Then you can travel across 2nd Avenue to get to places in Brooklyn.
If you can avoid driving on the Belt, avoid it. The Belt Parkway is open, but in previous years the police closed Exit 2 because it cars were backed up on the highway. Exit 1 on the Belt was open.
Third Avenue is open, but there is usually more traffic because 4th is closed.
Trains are not affected by the marathon, so you can cross underground at subway stations.
How can I walk across 4th Avenue where the runners are?
People just wait for a time when there are no runners and then they cross the street (but if it is a busy time during the marathon, that might not happen for a little bit). See the picture above shows a Father and children booking across the street during the marathon. Below is a man briskly walking while there are no runners.
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You can go to the subway station, go down the stairs, walk across and up the other stairs. You can do this at the 95th Street, 86th Street, 77th Street and Bay Ridge Avenue stations.
Where’s a good place to stand in Bay Ridge to watch the Marathon?
Anywhere on 4th Avenue is good. Many people love being near 92nd or 79th Streets to welcome the runners. The people on 79th Street are so spirited!!
1) The first band is The Tash Brothers outside of Bay Ridge Honda on 4th Avenue and 88th Street starting at 8:00 am.
Some people like being near St. Anselm school near the water tables – 4th Avenue and 83rd Street.
The best signs can be seen down in Sunset Park – near the Irish Have – 58th and 4th Avenue.
John Rafferty will be playing outside of The Irish Haven starting at 8:00 am.
After the Marathon:
Hugs,
marlene
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