{"id":353865,"date":"2026-09-22T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353865\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:16:09","slug":"the-nyc-marathon-route-is-changing-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353865\/","title":{"rendered":"The NYC Marathon Route Is Changing for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York City Marathon<\/a> is trimming two turns from its 26.2-mile course this fall, which may sound like small potatoes\u2014until you\u2019re tackling mile 20 on tired legs. More importantly, the change will make race day far less disruptive for some Bronx residents.<\/p>\n

When the marathon returns on Sunday, November 1, runners will follow a slightly different path through Mott Haven<\/a> between miles 20 and 21. This is the first course adjustment since 2011.<\/p>\n

Previously, runners crossed the Willis Avenue Bridge into the Bronx, then followed a seven-turn route that looped around a block containing a Western Beef supermarket and a 24-hour laundromat on East 140th Street. Road closures made access to those businesses difficult for much of the day, especially for residents of the nearly 1,800-unit Patterson Houses across Morris Avenue.<\/p>\n

This year, runners will turn from East 135th Street onto Alexander Avenue and continue north past East 138th Street rather than turning there. At East 141st Street, they\u2019ll make a left onto Third Avenue, followed by a right onto East 138th Street. From there, they’ll run directly across the Madison Avenue Bridge and back into Manhattan.<\/p>\n

The new route reduces the number of Bronx turns from seven to five and leaves the supermarket and laundromat outside the course, letting customers reach the businesses without hauling groceries or laundry bags across a stream of roughly 60,000 marathoners\u2014a race-day obstacle no neighborhood needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe TCS New York City Marathon wouldn\u2019t be what it is without the support of the communities the course runs through,\u201d New York Road Runners said in a statement<\/a>. The organization said the \u201cminor adjustments\u201d are intended to reduce the race\u2019s effect on the Bronx as the neighborhood has evolved.<\/p>\n

The update comes during a milestone year: 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the marathon\u2019s five-borough course. The race spent its first six years circling Central Park before expanding across all five boroughs in 1976. Although the exact streets have shifted over the decades, the modern route still begins on Staten Island, crosses five bridges and finishes in Central Park.<\/p>\n

For runners, the new Bronx section means fewer sharp turns during one of the race\u2019s toughest stretches. But for residents, it means easier access to food and clean clothes.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York City Marathon is trimming two turns from its 26.2-mile course this fall, which may sound…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4773,9,4774,56,63,65,64,4772],"class_list":["post-353865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-categories-sports-and-fitness","tag-new-york","tag-news-sports-fitness","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-sports-and-fitness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}