Nine Years at Mile 18: Our Marathon Sunday in Our Town

Nine years running, the first Sunday in November goes like this: the NYC Marathon comes up First Avenue, 87th Street gets closed off, and the sidewalk outside our family's hardware store becomes a stage. This year Our Town wrote it up.

Thank you, Our Town

Big thanks to Genevieve Hartnett for spending the day on the block and writing a great story, to Lorraine Duffy Merkl for the photo, and to Our Town and Straus News for always covering the neighborhood's small businesses.

Who made it happen

• Muddy Wine, back again. Keyboardist Matthew Lee is the guy who jumped out of the 2024 race at our corner to finish the set. This year he just played.
• Harrison, the LaGuardia High indie rock band.
• Avery Nice, who repainted the 87th Street mural in the original 2017 colors.
• Marcus Santos and his cigarette box banjos and gourd guitars.
• Our uncle and his table of Russian treasures.

It's not a business day for us. It's a day to hang with our customers and neighbors at mile 18, right in Thunder Alley. If you found us during the race, come by the shop sometime. See you next year.

Full story in Our Town. Brothers Guitar Shop, 316 East 84th Street.