NYC Marathon Road Closures In Brooklyn, Sunday, Nov. 5
This Sunday, November 5, is the New York City Marathon and, as happens every year, streets along the route will be closed from 9am to 6pm. Affected thoroughfares stretch from the Verrazano Bridge down in Bay Ridge up Fourth Avenue and to Flatbush Avenue. The route then moves to Lafayette Avenue on to Bedford Avenue.
Below is the list of street closures in Brooklyn so you can start planning ahead to avoid foot and car traffic as much as possible.
Brooklyn Route
- Dahlgren Place between Verrazano Bridge and 92nd Street (Northbound)
- 92nd Street between Dahlgren Place and 4th Avenue
- 4th Avenue between 92nd Street and Flatbush Avenue
- Flatbush Avenue between 4th Avenue and Lafayette Avenue
- Lafayette Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Bedford Avenue
- Brooklyn Queens Expressway (Southbound) between Verrazano Bridge and 79th Street
- 7th Avenue between 79th Street and 75th Street/Bay Ridge Parkway
- 7th Avenue between 74th Street and 75th Street/Bay Ridge Parkway
- 74th Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue
- 6th Avenue between 74th and 75th Street/Bay Ridge Parkway
- 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
- Bedford Avenue between Lafayette Avenue and Nassau Avenue
- Nassau Avenue between Bedford Avenue/Lorimer Street and Manhattan Avenue
- Manhattan Avenue between Nassau Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue
- Greenpoint Avenue between Manhattan Avenue and McGuiness Boulevard
- McGuiness Boulevard between Greenpoint Avenue and 48th Avenue (Southbound)
- Pulaski Bridge (Southbound)
Check out the NYC DOT website for more information on bridge and street closures this weekend.
City officials are promising beefed up security along the marathon route this Sunday, following Tuesday’s fatal terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan.
“It will be a very safe event,” NYPD Chief of Department Carlos Gomez said of the marathon, which is expected to have over 50,000 runners and 2.5 million spectators.