As the annual New York City Marathon gears up for Sunday, residents and travelers should prepare for significant road closures along the marathon route. The 26.2 marathon route starts in Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island before traveling across the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn. The race begins with the professional wheelchair division at 8 a.m., with the final wave of runners taking off at 11:30 a.m. The marathon route then moves into Brooklyn, over the Pulaski Bridge into Queens, the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan, the Madison Avenue Bridge into the Bronx and the Willis Avenue Bridge into Manhattan. The finish line is located at West 67th Street in Manhattan’s iconic Central Park. Two million spectators are expected to line up along the route to cheer on the 50,000 participants. The five bridges listed above will be closed, along with dozens of roads across the boroughs. Key Road Closures Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge: The upper level will close Saturday night at 11 p.m. and reopen on Sunday at 4 p.m. The lower level will close at 7 a.m. on Sunday, reopening at 2 p.m. Other Road Closures Along the Route: Roads across Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx will close between 6:45 and 8:30 a.m. on Sunday and will reopen on a rolling basis after runners pass, starting at 1:15 p.m. in early parts of the route and extending as late as 6:45 p.m. for Central Park South. While roads will reopen as the race progresses, spectators and remaining runners have been told to stay on sidewalks to keep streets clear. The following streets will be closed on Sunday, Nov. 3: Marathon Staten Island Richmond Terrace between Jersey Street and Bay Street Wall Street (aka Richmond County Ballpark Driveway) between Richmond Terrace and Bank Street Jersey Street between Richmond Terrace and Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard between Jersey Street and Bay Street Bay Street between Richmond Terrace and School Road Fingerboard Road between Bay Street and Tompkins Avenue Tompkins Avenue between Fingerboard Road and School Road School Road between Bay Street and Staten Island Expressway Lily Pond Avenue between Staten Island Expressway and Father Capodanno Boulevard McClean Avenue/Battery Road between Lily Pond Avenue and New York Avenue Hylan Boulevard between Bay Street and Olga Place Steuben Street between Olga Place and West Fingerboard Road West Fingerboard Road between Steuben Street and Hylan Boulevard Sand Lane between Hylan Boulevard and Father Capodanno Boulevard Father Capodanno Boulevard between Sand Lane and Lily Pond Avenue Verrazano Bridge Brooklyn Dahlgren Place between Verrazano Bridge and 92nd Street (Northbound) 92nd Street between Dahlgren Place and 4th Avenue Brooklyn Queens Expressway (Southbound) between Verrazano Bridge and 79th Street Gatling Place/79th Street BQE Entrance Ramp between 83rd Street and 79th Street 7th Avenue (Southbound) between 79th Street and 74th Street 74th Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue 6th Avenue between 74th Street and 75th Street/Bay Ridge Parkway 75th Street/Bay Ridge Parkway between 7th Avenue and 4th Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway between 92nd Street and 94th Street 94th Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 4th Avenue 4th Avenue between 94th Street and Flatbush Avenue Flatbush Avenue between 4th Avenue and Lafayette Avenue Lafayette Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Bedford Avenue Bedford Avenue between Lafayette Avenue and Nassau Avenue Nassau Avenue between Bedford Avenue/Lorimer Street and Manhattan Avenue Manhattan Avenue between Nassau Avenue […]