12-04-2025
Jersey City Marathon 2025 road closures, route map and results for Sunday's race
Runners are lacing up for the
2025 Jersey City Marathon and Half Marathon
on Sunday, which means there are road closures throughout the city.
The 2025 route, which is a 2026 Boston Marathon qualifying event, takes runners through the New Jersey city's diverse and culturally-rich neighborhoods.
Here's what to know as the third annual race gets underway, including street closures, a map of the route and where to find the results.
The marathon starts at 7 a.m. in the Newport neighborhood on Sunday, April 13, 2025.
Runners should be onsite by 6 a.m., but those who purchased the option to
pick up a bib
on the day of the race should arrive closer to 5 a.m. to avoid the crowds.
Bag check
opens at 5:30 a.m. and closes promptly at 7 a.m., according to the race organizers.
Runners must be on a 15 minute/mile pace or faster in order to finish,
organizers say
. The Half Marathon finish line closes at 10:30 a.m., while the full Marathon finish line closes at 1:35 p.m.
The starting line for the full and half marathon is in the Newport Center, at the corner of Washington Boulevard and North Garage Driveway, across from the Newport PATH station. Both races finish at the Newport Green area, but runners in the full marathon complete a second loop before ending at the green.
This is along the part of the Hudson River where a helicopter carrying six people
crashed into the water
on Thursday. It was not immediately clear if the crash and
NTSB investigation
would impact the race.
Here's a map of the course:
The marathon is a USA Track & Field sanctioned event with a certified course. In fact, the course is one of the fastest and flattest in the U.S., organizers say.
For spectators, the best places to watch are near the start and finish lines, and on Grand Street, organizers say.
Click here
to view an interactive course map.
Click here
for the turn-by-turn directions runners will follow.
Parking restrictions for the race started Friday and last through approximately 3 p.m. Sunday. There is no parking on any of the streets that are closed for the race during this time.
Here's the full list of street closures starting at 6 a.m. Sunday:
Click here
for details for Jersey City residents.
Results for the Jersey City Marathon and Half Marathon will be posted
here
on Sunday.
Users can download the
Race Joy app
to track individual runners. You can also sign up for text or email alerts on specific runners
here
.
