New York City Marathon 2026
📅 Sunday, November 1, 2026
📝 About New York City Marathon 2026
With over 50,000 finishers each year, the New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world, its course uniquely traversing all five boroughs from Staten Island to Central Park via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan. Founded in 1970 as a modest loop around Central Park with 127 entrants, the race was reimagined by legendary organizer Fred Lebow in 1976 as a citywide celebration that now draws over two million spectators lining the streets. The course's rolling terrain and late-race hills through the Bronx and into Central Park make it tactically distinct from flatter marathons like Berlin or Chicago. Entry is determined largely by a lottery system, and demand is so high that the acceptance rate is typically under 20 percent.
📋 Quick Facts
- Date
- Sunday, November 1, 2026
- Day of the Week
- Sunday
- Days Remaining
- 137
- Category
- Sports
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
There are 137 days until New York City Marathon 2026 on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
New York City Marathon 2026 is on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
With over 50,000 finishers each year, the New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world, its course uniquely traversing all five boroughs from Staten Island to Central Park via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan. Founded in 1970 as a modest loop around Central Park with 127 entrants, the race was reimagined by legendary organizer Fred Lebow in 1976 as a citywide celebration that now draws over two million spectators lining the streets. The course's rolling terrain and late-race hills through the Bronx and into Central Park make it tactically distinct from flatter marathons like Berlin or Chicago. Entry is determined largely by a lottery system, and demand is so high that the acceptance rate is typically under 20 percent.
New York City Marathon 2026 falls on a Sunday.