Overview
- NYPD says there are no specific or credible threats and will field thousands of officers along the course with aviation, harbor, K-9 and bomb squad units, plus bag inspections and banned items at Central Park’s finish area.
- Extensive closures are set across all five boroughs, including the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge upper level closing at 11 p.m. Saturday and full bridge closure from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, with additional restrictions on the Queensboro, Pulaski, Willis and Madison Avenue bridges; mass transit is strongly advised.
- Racing begins with the professional wheelchair divisions at 8:00 a.m., the professional women at 8:35 a.m., the professional men at 9:05 a.m., and five runner waves from 9:10 a.m. through 11:30 a.m.
- Viewers can watch pre-race coverage starting at 7:00 a.m. and live race coverage from 8:00 a.m. on ABC7 New York and ESPN2, track runners via the official NYRR tools, and watch the finish-line feed online later in the morning; note clocks fall back overnight for daylight saving time.
- More than 50,000 runners and about two million spectators are expected on the 26.2-mile course, which has its blue guide line freshly painted and runs from Staten Island to a Central Park finish.