New York City Marathon, Baggage

Baggage and Poncho

The dates below are for 2024. They will be updated when the 2025 dates have been published. All details are not confirmed yet for 2025.
From 2021 the baggage handling was different from what it used to be, when you had to select if you wanted to check baggage from the start or receive a poncho after the finish.
Everyone receives a warm poncho after finishing.
An optional pre-raceday bag check has replaced traditional race-day bag check. You select if you want the pre-raceday bag cehck in your NYRR Dashboard. If you select to check a bag, you must do it at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on Friday or Saturday from 9:00am to 5:00pm. You retrieve that bag after they finish the race in the post-finish area located on Central Park West between 70th Street and 71st Street until 7:00 pm. After 7:00 pm, all unclaimed bags will be moved to the NYRR Run Center where they will be available for pickup on Marathon Monday, November 4 from 10:00am to 8:00pm.
Selection starts on August 13 at 12:00pm. It is open until September 10 at 11:59pm. You select it from your NYRR Dashboard.
All finishers will exit the park at 77th st.

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The red line is the last 2.3 miles of the Marathon course.
The green line is the walk to get out of the park.
The Blue, striped, area is the runners-only area. Only runners are allowed there.

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