Which city hosts the finish of the annual New York City Marathon?

New York City hosts the finish of the annual New York City Marathon.

The race is organized by New York Road Runners and traditionally takes place on the first Sunday in November. Its course crosses all five boroughs of New York City: Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan. The finish is in Central Park.

The inaugural race in 1970 used repeated laps around Central Park and had 55 finishers. The course expanded across the city in 1976, creating the five-borough route that became one of the world’s best-known urban marathons.

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge provides the start, while Central Park provides the finish. This is why the answer is New York City rather than Central Park: Central Park is the finishing location, but the event itself is staged throughout the city.