The ING New York City Marathon: Miles 1-14

Are you ready to get your run on in one of the largest marathons in the world? Then be sure to mark November 3, 2013 in your calendars for the ING NYC Marathon, which starts from Staten Island and ends at Central Park.

This year, we will be profiling each of the neighborhoods that the runners pass through mile by mile.

	Start: Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island With some 48,000 entrants in the NYC Marathon, Fort Wadsworth, a former active military fort that guarded the New York Harbor and now a part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, spreads out from the foot of the Staten Island side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and forms a spectacular staging area for a race.
	Mile 1: Staten Island Even though parts of Staten Island were hit hard by Superstorm Sandy last fall, causing the 2012 NYC Marathon to be cancelled, thousands of runners still participated to support cleanup and recovery efforts. What a perfect place to begin the first mile in a community that is getting back up on their feet. Eyewitness News profile: Mile 1
	Mile 2: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge At 13,700 feet (2.7 miles), the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is the longest span bridge in North America. Runners seem to forget the challenging hill at the bridge's foot on the Staten Island side, distracted by thrilling and breathtaking views that the bridge offers. Watch our profile of Mile 2
	Miles 3 & 4: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Entering the second of five boroughs in Brooklyn's neighborhood, runners will experience the diversity of Bay Ridge, as many immigrant families that settled here have remained a part of the community for several generations. The neighborhood has a growing Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Greek, Russian, Polish, Lebanese, Chinese and Middle Eastern population. Eyewitness News video: Mile 3 Eyewitness News video: Mile 4
	Mile 5: Sunset Park, Brooklyn Like its neighbor Bay Ridge, Brooklyn's Sunset Park has undergone transformation over the past few decades. An increase in the Latino population has helped Sunset Park become known as "Brooklyn's Little Latin America."
	Miles 6 & 7: Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn (46th Street to 22nd Street) Runners will next get a taste of Industry City, an area that is gradually becoming a destination for technology, the arts and retail businesses. The Gowanus Canal, which also started as an industrial neighborhood and now growing into an artistic community, is the start of the seventh mile. Video of Mile 6 See Mile 7
	Mile 8: Park Slope/Boerum Hill and Fort Greene, Brooklyn As the runners finish up the long stretch of Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue, they'll find a mix of historic houses, small locally-owned businesses and big-time entertainment venues on the borders of Park Slope and Boerum Hill. Watch Eyewitness News video of Mile 8
	Mile 9: Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Home to the Brooklyn Flea Market, which takes place on Saturdays from April through Thanksgiving and offers space for more than 150 local and regional vendors, Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Clinton Hill will be one of several distinctive buildings and locations the runners will pass by. Watch Eyewitness News video of Mile 9
	Mile 10: Bedford-Stuyvesant and South Williamsburg Bedford-Stuyvesant has produced a collection of iconic artists, performers and other entertainment figures. The neighborhood's most notable celebrities include Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Chris Rock and Mike Tyson. Surely, the runners will feel a jolt of inspiration. Watch Eyewitness News video of Mile 10
	Mile 11: South Williamsburg (Bedford Avenue) A dramatic change of atmosphere is upon the runners as they exit a party-like atmosphere in Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, with members living in isolation from many aspects of secular culture.
	Mile 12: Williamsburg-North into McCarren Park Once runners reach farther north into Williamsburg, they will notice Bedford Avenue start to narrow in, giving spectators the chance to get up close to runners and share their encouragement.
	Mile 13: McCarren Park and Greenpoint Bedford Avenue turns into Manhattan Avenue as runners enter the neighborhood of Greenpoint. During the 20th century, waves of Polish immigrants settled in this area, earning Greenpoint the nickname "Little Poland."
	Mile 14: Pulaski Bridge from Brooklyn into Queens Mile 14 offers runners some sights to remember. They get a view of the Manhattan skyline when crossing over the Pulaski Bridge and catch a glimpse of the Empire State Building when the course turns left from 11th Street onto 8th Avenue.