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New York City Half Marathon 2027

✓ Verified date — March 21, 2027
Date
March 21, 2027
Location
New York, USA
Distance
21.1 km
Difficulty
Easy
Field
30,229 finishers

The 2027 New York City Half Marathon takes place on Sunday, March 21, 2027 in New York, USA. Park-to-park course starting near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, running through the park and down Flatbush Avenue. Race-week weather is typically 2°C to 12°C.

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The course

Park-to-park course starting near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, running through the park and down Flatbush Avenue. It climbs over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan, continues up the FDR Drive, passes Grand Central Terminal and runs through a car-free Times Square before finishing in Central Park. The bridge climb is the course's defining feature; otherwise mostly flat.

Course summary source: runningusa.org

Course map & elevation

No GPS track for this course yet.

We haven't mapped the New York City Half Marathon route yet. Elevation data will appear here once a licensed or organizer-verified course map is available.

Race-week weather

Typical high

12°C

Typical low

2°C

Year-to-year swing

±1.4°C

Rain

3.5 mm/day

Based on 2020-2025 of race-week history, with peak gusts around 22 km/h.

Difficulty

Easyrolling terrain
Climbing1/3
Downhill0/3
Heat1/3
Altitude0/3

Race facts

Official race site
nyrr.org ↗
Start time
07:00
Field size
30,229 finishers (2026)
Boston qualifier
No

Distances: 21.1 km

When is the New York City Half Marathon 2027?

The 2027 New York City Half Marathon takes place on Sunday, March 21, 2027.

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Predict your finish time

Enter one recent race result and get predicted finish times across 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon.

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Enter a recent race result to predict your finish time at another distance, using Riegel's formula.
Hours
Minutes
Seconds

Predicted Finish Time

52:07

Pace / km

5:13

Pace / mile

8:23

DistancePredicted Time
5K25:00
10K52:07
Half Marathon1:55:00
Marathon3:59:47

Predictions assume similar fitness, course, and conditions — they are a starting point for goal setting, not a guarantee.

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