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The Fulton St. month ahead and weekend changes
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With a new month upon us, the MTA has released its look ahead at Fulton St. Here we go:
May 1-3
A/C trains bypass Broadway-Nassau St. in both directions.
No transfers between the A/C, 2/, and 4/5 at Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau.
No 2/3 trains at Fulton Street.
May 8-10
A trains bypass Broadway-Nassau St. in both directions.
No transfers between the A, 2/3 and 4/5 at Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau St.
C trains operate between 168th Street and 2nd Avenue F station (from West 4th Street C trains are rerouted along the F line to Broadway-Lafayette and Lower East Side-2nd Avenue F stations).
No 2/3 trains at Fulton Street.
May 15-17
No 4/5 trains at Fulton Street; customers should take the special J shuttle.
A trains bypass Broadway-Nassau St. in both directions.
No transfers between the A, 2/3 and 4/5 at Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau St.
No C service; customers should take the A instead. (Note: the 207th Street-bound A trains operate on the F line from Jay Street to West 4th Street.)
May 22-24
A trains bypass Broadway-Nassau St. in both directions.
No transfers between the A, 2/3 and 4/5 at Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau St.
C operates between 168th Street and Lower East Side-2nd Avenue F station.
May 29-31
AC trains bypass Broadway-Nassau St. in both directions.
No transfers between the AC, 2/3 and 4/5 at Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau St.
The rest of the service advisories are as follows. Grab ‘em in map form at Subway Weekender.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, there are no 2 trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn:
- 2 trains are will operate between Wakefield-241st Street and South Ferry. (2 trains will be rerouted at Chambers Street to the 1 line.)
- Customers traveling to and from Brooklyn may switch to the 4 at Bowling Green. (Free out-of-system transfers are available between the 2 at South Ferry and the 4 at Bowling Green.)
- Weekend 5 service is extended to Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn. Manhattan-bound 5 trains run express from Franklin Avenue to Atlantic Avenue.
- During the overnight hours, 2 shuttle trains operate between Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue. Atlantic Avenue-bound 2 shuttle trains run express from Franklin Avenue to Atlantic Avenue.
- Customers may transfer between the 4 and 2 shuttle trains at Atlantic Avenue.
These changes are due to a chip out at Borough Hall, a track dig out between Wall and Fulton Streets, and a cable pull south of Nevins Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, 2 trains run local between 96th Street and Chambers Street due to reconstruction work on the track bridge underpass at 96th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, 3 trains run local between 96th Street and Times Square-42nd Street due to reconstruction work on the track bridge underpass at 96th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, there are no 3 trains between 14th Street and New Lots Avenue due to a chip out at Borough Hall, a track dig out between Wall and Fulton Streets and a cable pull south of Nevins Street. For service between Manhattan and Brooklyn, customers should use 4 service which is extended to New Lots Avenue. During the overnight hours, 3 service is extended to 14th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, 4 train service is extended to/from New Lots Avenue to replace the 3 in Brooklyn due to a chip out at Borough Hall, a track dig out between Wall and Fulton Streets and a cable pull south of Nevins Street. Note: Manhattan-bound 4 trains skip Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight, Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2, 5 service is extended to Flatbush Avenue due to a chip out at Borough Hall, a track dig out between Wall and Fulton Streets and a cable pull south of Nevins Street. Manhattan-bound 5 trains skip Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza, and Bergen Street. Note: There is no 5 service in Manhattan and Brooklyn overnight.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, the last stop for some Bronx-bound 6 trains is 3rd Avenue-138th Street due to station rehabilitation and structural repair at Whitlock Avenue, Morrison-Sound View Aves., and Parkchester.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, Pelham Bay Park-bound 6 trains skip Elder and St. Lawrence Avenues and will stop at the Manhattan-bound Parkchester station platform due to station rehabilitation and structural repair at Whitlock Avenue, Morrison-Sound View Aves., and Parkchester.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, April 30 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, there are no A trains between Howard Beach and Far Rockaway due to station rehab work at Beach 60th and Beach 36th Streets. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service. Note: There is no Rockaway Park Shuttle S service between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, Brooklyn-bound A trains run express from 59th Street to Canal Street due to the Chambers Street Signal Modernization Project.
From 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight, Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2, Brooklyn-bound C trains run express from 59th Street to Canal Street due to the Chambers Street Signal Modernization Project.
From 5 a.m. Saturday, May 1 and 10 p.m. Sunday, May 2, Coney Island-bound D trains run on the N line from 36th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due track panel installation at 20th Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday, May 1, Manhattan-bound D trains skip 174th-175th Sts. and 170th Street due to a track chip out north of 170th Street.
From 12:30 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, Jamaica Center-bound E trains run local from 21st Street-Queensbridge to Forest Hills-71st Avenue due to a substation rehabilitation north of Roosevelt Avenue.
From 12:30 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, Manhattan-bound E trains run local from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Queens Plaza due to a substation rehabilitation north of Roosevelt Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, E trains are rerouted in Manhattan and Queens:
- No E service between West 4th Street and World Trade Center
- Manhattan-bound E trains skip Lexington Avenue-53rd Street, then after West 4th Street, reroute to the F and operate to 2nd Avenue.
- Queens-bound E service begins at 2nd Avenue and operates on the F line to 21st Street-Queensbridge, then resumes on the E line to Jamaica Center.
- Free shuttle buses connect the 21st Street-Queensbridge, 23rd Street-Ely Avenue/Court Square and Queens Plaza stations. Shuttle buses are subject to disruption on Sunday, between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for the Five Borough Bike Tour.
These changes are due to the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System Modernization.
From 12:30 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, F trains run local between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and 21st Street-Queensbridge due to a substation rehabilitation north of Roosevelt Avenue.
From 3:30 a.m. Saturday, May 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday, May 2, there are no J trains between Crescent Street and Jamaica Center due to track panel installation north of Woodhaven Boulevard. E trains and free shuttle buses provide alternate service via Jamaica-Van Wyck.
From 11 p.m. Friday, April 30 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, uptown Q trains run local from Times Square-42nd Street to 57th Street-7th Avenue due to a track dig out at Times Square.
From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2, Q trains run in two sections due to rail repairs:
- Between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Brighton Beach and
- Between Brighton Beach and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, April 30 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, there are no S trains between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park due to station rehabilitations at Beach 36th and Beach 60th Streets. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service via Howard Beach.
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Ben,
Will the A serve local stops in Brooklyn May 15-17? (e.g. Franklin Avenue). I’ll be back in NYC that week and if they’re going to be closing Franklin Avenue to the IND Fulton… that’s going to be a nuisance, to say the least. Glad my flight (JFK) isn’t that weekend.
Yep. When the C isn’t running, the A runs local in Manhattan and Brooklyn. You’ll be ok.
Ah, that’s good. Shame they’re not doing that when my flight comes in, would save me that terrible, awful cross-platform transfer at Utica ;p. (tongue-in-cheeck: in reality, every time I make that trip I always walk [roll] across the platform to an open C train from the A or vice versa)
Ben, better start changing the M to orange. At Metrotech, they replaced the brown M’s with Orange ones.
Seriously? That’s such a waste too because the Orange M isn’t going to stop at MetroTech. I’ll have to grab a picture of that the next time I’m in the neighborhood or have one of my friends there get it.
Yeah all the way at the end of the track, they put up these tiny little signs and the M is more of an orange than brown. It is a waste though, but they are redoing that whole station so I guess it completed it…
God, how can they do this to Fulton Street? Thousands of people live in this neighborhood, and it is getting impossible to get around on the weekends. Cutting off A/C and 2/3 PLUS the fact that JMZ never stops here on weekends leaves us with almost nothing. It’s fucking ridiculous. Just focus on one thing a time.
There aren’t enough weekends in a year to do only one thing at a time.
The 1 and 2 are available a few blocks over at Rector or at Chambers. The A and C are also available at Chambers. There’s also the R at Cortlandt (uptown), Rector, and City Hall. Lower Manhattan has an extremely dense network of subway services; even with one or two missing, you’re hardly stranded.
Yeah, how dare they turn Fulton Street into a modern, accessible and usable transit terminal? The horrors!
This isn’t LA and the subway doesn’t stop only every mile. When I used to live in Manhattan I had to walk by 3 then-inaccessible subway stations daily before I could even get to one with an elevator – W. 4th St (still inaccessible at the time), 9th St on the PATH, 14th St/6 Ave, all to walk all the way to Union Square – a walk I still managed to enjoy immensely because it represented a freedom that many disabled people don’t have at all. If I could do that in a wheelchair, then you can walk to the *next* station.