Brooklyn Marathon 2018: What You Need To Know

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — For the first time in the Brooklyn Marathon's history, runners will be set free from the bounds of Prospect Park and set loose upon the streets of Brooklyn.

More than 12,000 runners are expected to compete in the marathon and half marathon slated to kick off outside the Brooklyn Museum at 7 a.m.

The new route will give runners the chance to be cheered in neighborhoods across the borough (find out where on the Brooklyn Marathon's spectator guide), but also means many Brooklyn streets will be closed and parking will be limited between 7 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Police are warning New Yorkers to expect street closures and increased traffic along the following streets:

• Grand Army Plaza
• Eastern Parkway between Flatbush and Kingston avenues
• Washington Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard
• Empire Boulevard between Washington and Flatbush avenues
• Ocean Avenue between Flatbush and Parkside avenues
• Parkside Avenue between Ocean Avenue and Park Circle
• West Drive between East Drive and Center Drive South
• Lake Drive between West Lake and East Lake drives
• East Drive between South Lake and West drives
• Center Drive between East and West drives
• Park Circle between South Lake Drive and Ocean Parkway Entrance Ramp
• Ocean Parkway between Ocean Parkway Entrance Ramp and Quentin Road

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