Trivia: Where is the NYC Marathon start line?
Central Park
Harlem
Ellis Island
Staten Island
The correct answer is Staten Island
So why is this answer correct? : The famed New York City Marathon starts at the base of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Staten Island. Runners travel across all five boroughs before concluding their 26.2 miles in Central Park. The longest stretches of the race are in Brooklyn (miles three through 12) and Manhattan, where runners go uptown from miles 16 through 18, then finish from miles 21 to 26.2. The race is held annually on the first Sunday in November.