About New York Road RunnersNew York Road Runners (NYRR)In 2018, NYRR is celebrating 60 years of helping and inspiring people through running. Since 1958, New York Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization. NYRR’s commitment to New York City’s five boroughs features races, community events, youth running initiatives, school programs, and training resources that provide hundreds of thousands of people each year, from children to seniors, with the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to Run for Life. To learn more, visit www.nyrr.org.
United Airlines NYC Half – March 18, 2018• The United Airlines NYC Half will take 22,500 runners from around the world on a 13.1 mile
tour of New York City. In addition, the 2018 United Airlines NYC Half will host 1,000 youth runners—including those from Rising New York Road Runners, NYRR’s flagship youth program—for the fourth consecutive year in a free 1500-meter race that starts and finishes in Times Square. Participants ages 8-18, including youth wheelchair racers, will have the opportunity to dash through Times Square in an out-and-back 1500-meter race alongside some of the world’s top professional athletes and half-marathoners of all ages in pursuit of new personal bests.
• The event will be broadcast live in the New York area on WABC-TV, Channel 7, nationally on ESP3 via WatchESPN, and will be shown internationally via a variety of global broadcast partners.
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2018 NYC Half Turn-by-Turn Course Element
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ALLSTREETCLOSURESWILLBEGINBETWEEN6-6:30AMATNYPDDISCRETION
• ProceedAcrossManhattanBridgeUpperRoadwayo InManhattanboundtrafficlanes
• TurnRightontoCanalSt(FirstRunner7:14AM,LastRunner9:30AM)o FluidStation2(BetweenForsythStandEldridgeSt)o MedicalStation2(BetweenForsythStandEldridgeSt)
o EntertainmentZone(onEastBroadway,atCanalSt- inpartnershipwiththeChinatownBID,non-amplified)
• TurnLeftontoEastBroadway(FirstRunner7:16AM,LastRunner9:32AM)o EastBroadwaybecomesGrandSt
o 4MileMark(neartheEastBroadwayrampturnonGrandStreet)
o EntertainmentZone(onEastBroadway,atGrandSt,inpartnershipwiththeChinatownBID,non-amplified)
• TurnLeftontoColumbiaSt(FirstRunner7:18AM,LastRunner9:35AM)o FluidStation3(BetweenRivingtonStandHoustonSt)– onrunnersright
• TurnRightontoEHoustonSt(FirstRunner7:19AM,LastRunner9:37AM)o NYRRBarricadesforturnontoHoustonSt
o EntertainmentZone(onHoustonatColumbia)– acousticguitarplayer,non-amplified
ALLSTREETSWILLREOPENAPPROXIMATELY1HOURFOLLOWINGTHELASTRUNNER
NYPD Towing/No Parking (LES ONLY)
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Street LocationDescription No Parking/TowingBegins Parking Resumes
CanalStreet- bothsides
BothsidesofCanalStreet,betweenManhattanBridgeexitrampfromBrooklyntoEssex/RutgersAvenueintersect
Saturday, March17,10PM Sunday,March18,11AM
EastBroadwayAvenue-bothsides
BothsidesofBroadwaybetweenRutgersAvenueintersectandGrandStreet
Saturday, March17,10PM Sunday,March18,11AM
ColumbiaStreet- bothsides
BothsidesofColumbiaStreetbetweenGrandStreetintersectandHoustonStreet
Saturday, March17,10PM Sunday,March18,11AM
HoustonStreet:Southsidelanesonly.
BetweenColumbiaStreetandFDRDriveintersect Saturday, March17,10PM Sunday,March18,11AM
Manhattan Community Board 3 Outreach -Residential
Name Address City State Zip Phone Email Contact TitleSewardParkCooperative
413GrandStreet NewYork NY 10002 2129791480
MaryMelendez
OfficeManager
HillmanHousing(CooperativeVillage)
530GrandStreet NewYork NY 10002 2126775858
MasarykTowers
77ColumbiaStreet NewYork NY 10002
GrandStreetSettlement 80PittStreet NewYork NY 10002212-674-1740
EmilyLederman
CommunityOrganizingandPolicyAdvocate
HenryStreetSettlement
265HenryStreet NewYork NY 10002 2127669200
[email protected] ReneeEpps
ChiefOfficerofFacilities
Manhattan Community Board 3 Outreach –Churches
Name Address City State Zip Phone Email Contact TitleSt.Mary's Church
440GrandStreet NY NY 10002212-674-3266
[email protected] Pat secretary
OurLadyofSorrows
213StantonStreet NY NY 10002212-673-0900
[email protected] Jackie secretary
St.BarbaraGreekOrthodoxChurch
27ForsythStreet NY NY 10002212-226-0499
PrimitiveChristianChurch
209EBroadway NY NY 10002212-673-7868
[email protected] Sunny secretary
Manhattan Community Board 3 Outreach –Community GroupsNorthAvenueANeighborhoodAssociation8SaintMarksPlaceTenantsAssociationSaraDRooseveltParkCommunityCoalition12thStreetBlockAssociation(AvesA-B)2ndStreetBlockAssociation(1stAve-AveA)FriendsofMeltzerPark(FOMP)9thStreetA-1BlockAssociationBoweryAllianceofNeighbors515East5thStreetTenantsAssociationRutgersSlipBlockAssociationLowerEastSideDwellersNeighborhoodAssociationSewardParkaroundCanalEast(SPaCE)OrchardStreetBlockAssociationEast 5thStreetBlockAssociationBoweryBlockAssociationEast4StreetAvenuesA-BBlockAssociationAssociationofLatinoBusinessOwnersandResidentFirstStreetBlockAssociationLaPlazaCulturaldeArmandoPerezA1E10thStBlockAssociation
10thStuyvesantStreetsBlockAssociationEastVillageOwnersRentersAssociation(EVORA)9BCTompkinsSq BlockAssociationAllTheWayEast4thStreetBlockAssociationEightBCDBlockAssociationFriendsoftheLowerEastSideSewardParkConservancy10StantonStreetTenantAssociationIncSevenLoavesInc akaGOHProductionsFriendsofPier35ResidentsofTwoBridges(ROTB)SuffolkStBlockAssociationFriendsofCorlears HookPark(FoCHP)LoisaidaUnitedNeighborhoodGardens(LUNGS)East11thStreetBlockAssociationLowerEastSidePreservationInitiativeStantonStreetTenantsAssociationSSTATUFF-LESTheChinatownCoreakaTCC6BCBotanicalGardenEast3rdStreetBlockAssociation
Manhattan Community Board 3 Outreach –Local media
• NewYorkRoadRunnerswillbeplacingadvertisementtheweeksofMarch5th andMarch12th intheEastVillagerandVillager publications,tobepublishedonFriday,March9th andFriday,March16th
• NYRRwillhavealladvertisementstranslated• EastVillageradvertisementwillbetranslatedintosimplified
Chinese,Russian,SpanishandEnglish• Villager advertisementwillbetranslatedintoEnglishandSpanish
• NYRRisstillworkingwithTheChinesePresstoimplementaplan
Fluid Station 2 and Medical Station 2Canal St between Forsyth St and Eldridge St
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TIME: FLUID STATIONSTAFFANDVENDORARRIVAL
2:00AM Toilets
2:30AM AttenuatorTrucks
2:45AM FSManager
3:15AM FSEquipment
2:45AM Tables
3:15AM PotableWaterTruck
4:20AM Ice5:00AM Volunteers2:30AM NYPDArrival6:30AM StreetClosure
Guide:
Medical
Toilet
RunnerFlow
Hydrant
AttenuatorTruckThis image cannot currently be
Fluid Station 3Columbia St between Rivington St and E Houston St
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TIME: FLUID STATIONSTAFFANDVENDORARRIVAL
2:30AM Toilets
2:30AM AttenuatorTrucks
2:45AM FSManager
3:00AM FSEquipment
3:00AM Tables
3:45AM PotableWaterTruck
4:40AM Ice5:00AM Volunteers2:30AM NYPDArrival6:30AM StreetClosure
Guide:
Toilet
RunnerFlow
Hydrant
AttenuatorTruck
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Course Entertainment:
Canal + E. Broadway
Band TBD
Canal+E.Broadway6:45AMOn-siteandsettingup7:15AM:ShowReady7:30AM:MusicBegins(lowerlevel)9:30AM:LastRunnerClear10:15AM:Break-down&Load-out
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Course Entertainment:
Grand +E. Broadway
Band TBD
Grand+E.Broadway6:45AMOn-siteandsettingup7:15AM:ShowReady7:30AM:MusicBegins(lowerlevel)9:30AM:LastRunnerClear10:15AM:Break-down&Load-out