By: Brianna Nunley

Thousands of Brooklyn residents supported their neighbors, friends and family running the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 3, with beers, witty signs and a lot of high-fives.

The 26.2-mile race included over 50,000 runners, with 4,440 runners representing Brooklyn. The men’s race was won by Abdi Nageeye from the Netherlands, with a time of 2:07:39. Kenyan Sheila Chepkirui won the women’s race with a time of 2:24:35, while Sofia Camacho Ferral from New York won the non-binary race with a time of 2:31:29.

The race began in Staten Island. Runners raced across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn, passing through Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Park Slope, Gowanus, Clinton Hill, Williamsburg and Greenpoint before moving onto Queens, the Bronx and to the finish line in Manhattan.

There was a lot of creativity put into the signs to encourage the runners, especially between mile eight and nine in Clinton Hill.

“It’s great to come out and see them and push them to run as a community,” said Tiffany Spain, a native of Clinton Hill.

The collective effervescence seen in Brooklyn during the marathon not only inspired runners to finish the race, but also felt like an outpouring of love for the entire city of New York.