2025 NYC Marathon

2025 NYC Marathon: Race route and start times

Ahead of this weekend’s 2025 New York City Marathon, here’s what you need to know about the race.

Eduardo Munoz

Born in Leeds, Joe finished his Spanish degree in 2018 before becoming an English teacher to football (soccer) players and managers, as well as collaborating with various football media outlets in English and Spanish. He joined AS in 2022 and covers both the men’s and women’s game across Europe and beyond.

Update: Nov 1st, 2025 05:08 EDT

For the 54th time in the event’s history, the streets of the Big Apple host the New York City Marathon this weekend - with more than 55,000 runners set to put themselves to the test over 26.219 miles (42.195 kilometers).

When is the NYC Marathon? What time does it start?

The 2025 NYC Marathon is to take place this Sunday, November 2. It gets underway in various stages, or ‘waves’, in order to stagger its participants and make sure things run smoothly on the streets.

Here’s a list of the various NYC Marathon categories and their start times:

8:00 a.m. - men’s professional wheelchair division
8:02 a.m. - women’s professional wheelchair division
8:22 a.m. Handcycling category and select athletes with disabilities
8:35 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

2025 NYC Marathon: Race route and start times — Eduardo Munoz

What is the 2025 NYC Marathon route?

The NYC Marathon passes through the five boroughs of New York City: Starting in Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, the route crosses the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn, before turning up to Queens.

The race then crosses over into Manhattan and the Bronx, before turning back down to finish at West 67th Street in Central Park.