Hotels for New York City Marathon 2027

The NYC Marathon is one of the world's most iconic running events, drawing over 50,000 participants and hundreds of thousands of spectators through all five boroughs. Where you stay matters: proximity to Midtown Manhattan—where the race starts and major viewing spots cluster—can mean the difference between a seamless experience and hours of early-morning transit.

The TCS New York City Marathon, first held in 1970, is the largest marathon in the world — the 2024 race recorded more than 55,000 finishers — and one of the seven Abbott World Marathon Majors. Founded by Fred Lebow, it began as a low-key event of several laps around Central Park before expanding in 1976 to the five-borough route that now defines it.

Runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from Staten Island, head up through Brooklyn and Queens, over the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan, briefly into the Bronx and home to the finish in Central Park. The point-to-point course has a famously early and remote start at Fort Wadsworth, reached by the Staten Island Ferry or official buses from Manhattan.

Early November usually brings crisp running weather, and the city fills for race weekend. The sensible base is Manhattan, near the finish and the expo at the Javits Center, with an early journey out to the start.