The Finish/Post-Finish

Make a post-finish plan for race day and be aware that cellular saturation may prevent you from using your phone in and around the post-finish area. If you’re meeting friends and family, have a meeting location outside the runners-only area. Your friends and family can track you using the NYRR App Powered by Tata Consultancy Services.

Runners will exit Central Park at West 77th Street; MarathonFoto will take pictures and video of all finishers on Central Park West. Once on Central Park West, you may exit the runners-only area at West 75th Street, West 74th Street, or West 69th Street, or continue south to Family Reunion.

Runners who pre-checked a bag can retrieve that bag in the post-finish area located on Central Park West between West 69th Street and West 70th Street until 7:00 p.m. After 7:00 p.m., all unclaimed bags will be moved to the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub where they will be available for pickup on Marathon Monday, November 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

For the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon, there will be dedicated lactation spaces that provide pumping accommodations and amenities at the start village and finish line, as well as along the course at miles 8, 17, and 22. Manual and electric Medela breast pumps will also be available, giving participants easy options for pumping. Personal breast pumps will be transported from the start to the finish lactation tents. No expressed milk will be transported at this time.

Everyone entering Family Reunion will be subject to bag inspection and screening. You may want to arrange to meet family and friends at a predetermined location away from Family Reunion.

Family Reunion will be located on West 63rd Street through West 66th Street, with screening points for friends and family on Columbus Avenue. Family Reunion will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We suggest meeting your friends and family in Family Reunion at the letter corresponding to the first letter of your last name.

• West 66th Street: A-D
• West 65th Street: E-K
• West 64th Street: L-R
• West 63rd Street: S-Z

We recommend that your friends and family not bring large bags, strollers, or other bulky items to Family Reunion and that they arrive approximately 20–30 minutes after your anticipated finish time, as it can take runners some time to reach Family Reunion.

Friends and family can track runners with the free NYRR App Powered by Tata Consultancy Services.  

In the interest of safety, and to allow streets and park drives to reopen as scheduled, the TCS New York City Marathon course will remain open to all participants who can maintain a 16-minute-per-mile pace. Those participants who are not able to maintain this pace should be aware that fluid stations and other course amenities may not be available, and participants on the parts of the course staged on city streets may be asked to board the Tail Sweep bus or move to the sidewalks. A team of NYRR staff and volunteers will support those participants on the sidewalks as they make their way to the finish until the official 10:00:00 p.m. E.T. finish time.

Official finishers are recorded through 10:00:00 p.m. E.T., regardless of their start times. These finishers will receive:

• A finisher medal
• An official event result listing at results.nyrr.org
• 9+1 credit toward non-complimentary guaranteed entry to the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon
• A star (or Six Star Medal, if eligible) in the Abbott World Marathon Majors Six Star Medal program

Participants crossing the finish line after 10:00:00 p.m. E.T. will not be recorded as official finishers and will not receive an official event result listing. These participants will receive a finisher medal.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters will be present during the following times:

• Finish Line - Spectator Information/Support 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
• Post-Race - Top Finishers Press Conference 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
• Finish Line - Family Reunion 2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.