GoKawiilNYC Sanitation Dept to clear Halloween parade route in 8 hours before marathon start
New York City's Halloween parade, expected to draw 80,000 costumed participants and 2 million spectators, will end just eight hours before the TCS New York City Marathon begins with 60,000 runners and 2.5 million spectators. The Department of Sanitation will deploy hundreds of trucks and workers overnight to clean and prepare city streets for the marathon, even though the two events' routes do not overlap.