Scenes from above the construction at the Fulton St. Transit Center. (Photos by Peter Kaufman/Ink Lake Blog)
Charitably, the MTA is three years away from wrapping up construction at the Fulton St. Transit Center complex, and as the agency moves ahead with the work at a fairly brisk pace, weekend travel into and out of Brooklyn gets snarled at the new hub. This week, as a lead-in to our service advisories, we have some good stuff out of the construction site.
First, we have some pictures of the Hub. Peter Kaufman of the Ink Lake Blog works above the construction site and has been snapping some pictures as work crews raise a building there. The three thumbnails open larger versions in new windows, and the building is slowly coming together. I look forward to watching the progress via Peter’s camera, and I thank him for the photos.
Underground, things are about to get very, very messy. The MTA is on the verge of replacing a ramp and two staircases that connect the lower-level Broadway/Nassau St. stop with the rest of the complex. Per the press release:
In this current phase of construction, the AC mezzanine, a ramp and two staircases will be removed and replaced over the course of two weekends: January 9-11 and January 16-18. In addition, other subway work taking place on those weekends will affect travel in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Effective Monday, January 18, a new temporary stair will replace the ramp that connects AC trains to the uptown 45 trains.
Also, the remaining platform stairs will each lead to a specific transfer or street exit. Riders are encouraged to consult way-finding signs and brochures that are available at station booths in midtown and lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn. Transit personnel will be on hand both weekends and on Monday, January 18 and Tuesday, January 19, to help direct customers.
One of the aforementioned brochures — detailing the various weekend work and its impact on those traveling through Fulton St. — is available here as a PDF.
To get users through the mess of service advisories, Transit has produced what they call a Life Sized Map of the change. These maps — three feet by four feet — are hanging up stations along the IRT lines that are affected by the Fulton St. work, and they help visualize the various reroutings plaguing popular subway lines. Riders, says Transit, are more apt to notice these maps than they are the oft-ignored service advisory signs that decorate subway stations every weekend. The LSM is embedded below, and you can click on it for a larger image. After the map — and the jump — this weekend’s service changes.
Weekend Service Advisories
As always, these weekend changes come to me via the MTA. They are subject to change without notice. Remember to listen to on-board announcements and check the signs at your local subway station. Also, be on the lookout for a bunch of pantsless train riders on Sunday afternoon because it’s once again time for the No Pants Subway Ride. The Subway Weekender map is available here.
From 11 p.m. Friday, January 8 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, 2 trains run local between 34th Street-Penn Station and South Ferry due to a track dig out at 50th Street, a cable pull at Nevins Street and track maintenance near Chambers Street and Park Place. Note: Late night, 2 trains run local between 96th Street and South Ferry.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, shuttle trains run between Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues due to a cable pull at Nevins street and track maintenance near Chambers Street and Park Place. Note: Atlantic Avenue-bound shuttle trains skip Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, 2 trains operate between 241st Street and Chambers Street, then are rerouted to the 1 line to South Ferry due to a cable pull at Nevins Street and track maintenance near Chambers Street and Park Place. For service between Manhattan and Brooklyn, customers should take the 2 to the South Ferry 1 station, use the free out-of-system transfer to the 4 or 5 at Bowling Green. Note: Days, 5 trains make all stops to Flatbush Avenue. Late night, shuttle trains operate between Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, there are no 3 trains between 14th Street and New Lots Avenue due to a cable pull at Nevins Street and track maintenance near Chambers Street and Park Place. For service between Manhattan and Brooklyn, customers should transfer between the 3 and the 2 at 14th Street, take the 2 to the South Ferry 1 station, use the free out-of-system transfer to the 4 at Bowling Green. The 4 will make all stops to New Lots Avenue.
From 11 p.m. Friday, January 8 to 7 a.m. Saturday, January 9 and from 11 p.m. Saturday, January 9 to 8 a.m. Sunday, January 10 and from 11 p.m. Sunday, January 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, 3 trains run local between 96th Street and Times Square-42nd Street due to a track dig out at 50th Street.
Note: 3 trains are extended to/from 14th Street all weekend.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, 4 trains are extended to/from New Lots Avenue to replace the 3 in Brooklyn due to a cable pull at Nevins Street and track maintenance near Chambers Street and Park Place.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, Manhattan-bound 4 trains skip Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street due to a cable pull at Nevins Street and track maintenance near Chambers Street and Park Place.
From 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, January 10, Bronx-bound 4 trains skip Mosholu Parkway due to replacement of damaged rails.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10, Manhattan-bound 5 trains skip Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street due to a cable pull at Nevins Street and track maintenance near Chambers Street and Park Place.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10, 5 trains are extended to/from Flatbush Avenue to replace the 2 in Brooklyn due to a cable pull at Nevins Street and track maintenance near Chambers Street and Park Place.
From 4:00 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, January 10, Manhattan-bound 7 trains skip 111th, 103rd, 90th, and 82nd Streets due to track panel installation.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, January 8 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, free shuttle buses replace A trains between Jay Street and Utica Avenue due to Jay Street station rehabilitation and construction of an underground connector. Note: A trains run local between 168th Street and Euclid Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, there are no C trains running due to Jay Street station rehabilitation and construction of an underground connector. Customers should take the A instead. Note: A trains run local between 168th Street and Euclid Avenue. Free Shuttle buses replace the A trains between Jay Street and Utica Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Saturday, January 9, Sunday, January 10 and Monday, January 11, uptown D trains run local from 59th Street-Columbus Circle to 125th Street due to a track chip out at 110th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, downtown D trains run local from 34th Street to West 4th Street due to substation rehabilitation.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Saturday, January 9, Manhattan-bound F trains run local from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue due to track cleaning.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, January 10, Manhattan-bound F trains run local from Roosevelt Avenue to 21st Street-Queensbridge due to track cleaning.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, Jamaica-bound F trains skip 169th Street due to cable replacement.
From 8:30 p.m. Friday, January 8 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to fan plant rehabilitation. Customers should take the E or R instead.
From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10, Queens-bound J trains skip Hewes Street, Lorimer Street and Flushing Avenue due to track repairs.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, Coney Island-bound N trains run on the R from Canal Street to 59th Street (Brooklyn) due to track repairs.
From 11 p.m. Friday, January 8 to 7 a.m. Saturday, January 9 and from 11 p.m. Saturday, January 9 to 8 a.m. Sunday, January 10 and from 11 p.m. Sunday, January 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, uptown Q trains run local from Canal Street to 34th Street-Herald Square due to a track chip out at Union Square.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, Brooklyn-bound Q trains run on the R from Canal Street to DeKalb Avenue due to track repairs.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 11, there are no Q trains between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Times Square-42nd Street due to fan plant rehabilitation. Customers should take the N train instead.
From 12:01 to 5 a.m. Sunday, January 10, downtown Q trains run local from 34th Street-Herald Square to Canal Street due to track cleaning.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10, R trains are rerouted on the F between 36th Street (Queens) and 57th Street-7th Avenue (Manhattan) due to fan plant rehabilitation. For service to Queens Plaza, Lexington Avenu/59th Street and 5th Avenue/59th Street, customers should take the N instead.
8 comments
At least the Fulton St. work IS progressing at a “fairly brisk pace”.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could say the same thing about the Second Ave. Subway work?
Where do you get the LSM JPEG file from? I wish the MTA would make more of these for the service changes though. It’s the next best thing to an official SubwayWeekender.
Yes, it’s quite encouraging to see them come up with a nice map like that so quickly. Of course, this is a bigger mess than usual. But I agree that they should do this more often.
Got the map from the MTA. I’ll suggest to them that they make these available on their website. They’re very helpful.
If they were smart, they’d hire the person who makes the subwayweekender maps and makes it mta.info/subwayweekender and there would be a whole series of maps that match up with the weekend service advisories and special repeating situations like this.
I’m ready for the whole Dey St connector thing and the various Cortlandt street stations to come back already. It can’t be too soon.
Like I’ve said before, the situation is ridiculous regarding the way they reopened the Cortlandt St. N/R/W station, then closed it again, and now reopened only half of it.
The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing, or I should say, “The left side of Church St. doesn’t know what the right side of Church St. is doing.
The ramps on the eastern side of the complex (connecting the A/C and southbound J/Z/M with the 2/3) were already closed for demolition a month or two ago – there’s a new staircase (seemingly temporary) in their place. There’s also no direct access from the southbound J/Z/M platform to the 2/3 mezzanine anymore – you have to go down to the A/C platform and back up. That had better be temporary. (It’s bad enough that, even once this entire project is complete, there still won’t be any way to get from the western end to the eastern end without using part of the A/C platform!)
I guess we’re going to see something similar on the western side of the complex in a week.