The NYC Marathon starts on Staten Island, with the official starting area at Fort Wadsworth, and runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn to begin the course.

Details you might find helpful:

• Start area: Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. Entrants and guides access this staging area.

• First leg: Runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn, then proceed through several boroughs before finishing in Central Park, Manhattan.

• Timing and viewing: The race begins with waves starting in the morning from Fort Wadsworth, with events and tracking available for spectators and participants.

If you need exact start times for a specific year, spectator viewing spots along the route, or current road closures, I can pull the latest details.