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Weekend work impacting travel everywhere

by Benjamin Kabak

Apologies for the delay in publishing these changes this weekend. I was out of town last night without an Internet connection. For those of you who don’t yet like the MTA’s new Weekender offering, there’s always Subway Weekender with the more traditional map. As always, these come to via NYC Transit and are subject to change without notice.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, Flatbush-bound 2 trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway due to conduit installation (for new fiber optic cable) between Nostrand Avenue and Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18, New Lots-bound 3 trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway due to conduit installation (for new fiber optic cable) between Nostrand Avenue and Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road.

(Overnight)
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18, and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, New Lots-bound 4 trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza, Eastern Parkway, Nostrand Avenue and Kingston Avenue due to conduit installation (for new fiber optic cable) between Nostrand Avenue and Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road.


From 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18, Flushing-bound 7 trains skip 33rd, 40th, 46th 52nd and 69th Streets due to the installation of cable trays and brackets.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, shuttle trains and buses replace A train service between Howard Beach and Far Rockaway due to the rebuilding of existing piers and bearings on the South Channel Bridge and the replacement of drain pipes at the South Channel Bridge and Hammel’s Wye. Rockaway Park shuttle trains operate between Far Rockaway and Rockaway Park. Free shuttle buses operate between:

  • Howard Beach and Far Rockaway (non-stop)
  • Howard Beach and Rockaway Park, making one stop at Broad Channel


From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, September 17, there is no A or C train service at Fulton Street in either direction due to work at the Fulton Street Transit Center.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18, there are no C trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn due to the Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation. C trains are rerouted on the F line between West 4th Street and 2nd Avenue (last stop). Customers for Spring, Canal and Chambers Streets should take the A or E. Customers for Brooklyn, take the A or F. Note: F trains operate on the C line between Jay Street-MetroTech and Euclid Avenue.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, Manhattan-bound D trains run on the N line from Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue to 36th Street (Brooklyn) due to structural repair and station rehabilitation from 71st Street to Bay 50th Street and ADA work at Bay Parkway. Note: At all times until Friday, October 28, the southbound D is bypassing 71st Street due to stair reconstruction. So, there is no D service at 71st Street this weekend.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, Coney Island-bound D trains run local from DeKalb Avenue to 36th Street (Brooklyn) and Manhattan-bound D trains run local from 59th Street (on the N line) to DeKalb Avenue due to work on the Culver Viaduct. Note: The D stops at DeKalb Avenue in both directions this weekend.

(Overnight)
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, September 18, Jamaica Center-bound E trains skip Van Wyck Blvd. due to cable work north of Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, free shuttle buses replace F service between Jay Street-MetroTech and 18th Avenue due to work on the Culver Viaduct including: installation of new signals, signal boxes, cable, insulated joints and rail between Bergen Street and 4th Avenue-9th Street. F trains operate in two sections:

  • Between 179th Street and Jay Street-MetroTech, and then are rerouted to the C to Euclid Avenue
  • Between 18th Avenue and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue

Free shuttle buses operate in three sections:

  • Between Jay Street-MetroTech and 18th Avenue (Limited) making stops at Church Avenue and Ditmas Avenue only.
  • Between Jay Street-MetroTech and 4th Avenue-9th Street, making stops at Bergen Street, Carroll Street and Smith-9th Streets only.
  • Between 4th Avenue-9th Street and Church Avenue, making stops at 7th Avenue, 15th Street-Prospect Park and Ft. Hamilton Parkway only.

Manhattan-bound customers should consider transferring to the R at 4th Avenue-9th Street.


From 12:01 a.m. to 12 noon, Sunday, September 18 Queens-bound F trains skip Van Wyck Blvd. and Sutphin Blvd. due to cable work north of Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, there is no G train service between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Church Avenue due to work on the Culver Viaduct including: installation of new signals, signal boxes, cable, insulated joints and rail between Bergen Street and 4th Avenue-9th Street. Customers should take the A or F from Hoyt-Schermerhorn to Jay Street-MetroTech for shuttle bus to Church Avenue. See F entry for shuttle bus information.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, there are no L trains between 8th Avenue and Broadway Junction due to CBTC track and signal work between Bedford Avenue and 3rd Avenue. The M train, M14 and free shuttle buses provide alternate service. M train service is extended to 57th Street-6th Avenue. The M14 bus replaces L service between 1st and 8th Avenues. Free shuttle buses operate:

  • Between Broadway Junction and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs.
  • Between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Lorimer Street-Metropolitan Ave G station
  • Between Lorimer Street-Metropolitan Ave G station and the Marcy Avenue J, M station

Note: Manhattan-bound customers should transfer to the A, F or J train at Broadway Junction or the M at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs.


From 6 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 17 and from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday, September 18, M service is extended to 57th Street-6th Avenue F station due to CBTC track and signal work between Bedford Avenue and 3rd Avenue on the L line.


From 4 a.m. Saturday, September 17 to 10 p.m. Sunday, September 18, southbound N trains run express from Astoria Boulevard to Queensboro Plaza, skipping 30th Avenue, Broadway, 36th Avenue and 39th Avenue due to track panel installation between Astoria Boulevard and 36th Avenue.


From 10 p.m. Friday, September 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, uptown N trains skip Prince, 8th, 23rd, and 28th Streets due to platform edge rehabilitation at 34th Street.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18, uptown R trains skip Prince, 8th, 23rd, and 28th Streets due to platform edge rehabilitation at 34th Street.

(Rockaway Shuttle)
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 19, there are no S (Shuttle) trains between Broad Channel and Beach 90th Street due to the rebuilding of existing piers and bearings and the replacement of drain pipes on the South Channel Bridge. Shuttle trains operate between Rockaway Park and Far Rockaway. Free shuttle buses operate between Rockaway Park and Broad Channel. (See A entry for shuttle bus information.)

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11 comments

Jerrold September 17, 2011 - 6:34 pm

TO BEN:

Today I took a little trip downtown to see the now fully reopened Cortlandt St. station.

One thing I noticed:
The underpass between the two sides is part of the Dey St. passageway.
Many people were angry to find out that the Dey St. passageway will be
only an out-of-system connection. But the one part of it that is now open is inside the “fare zone”. I wonder if that implies that the entire passageway will be inside the zone after all.

Of course, they might be intending to put turnstiles where the false walls at both ends of the underpass now are.
But wouldn’t that make it impossible to use the passageway to walk between the WTC transportation hub and the Fulton St. Transit Center?

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Redbird September 17, 2011 - 8:03 pm

As far as I know, the Dey Street passageway will be an in-system transfer. At the south end of the Cortlandt Street there is a passageway that does not connect to the north side of the station, but that is there only to provide a secondary means of access to the southbound platform.

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Jerrold September 17, 2011 - 8:47 pm

BEN, do you know anything about this?
I mean, DID they decide to change it to an in-system transfer?

(If so, that’s good news, and the Wikipedia article should be updated.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dey_Street_Passageway

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Andrew September 17, 2011 - 9:47 pm

The FEIS explicitly states that it will be an out-of-system passageway.

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Lance September 17, 2011 - 11:46 pm

The Dey Street Passageway will remain as an out-of-system transfer to the rest of the lines at Fulton St. A different passageway will connect the Cortlandt St station to the World Trade Center (E) line station, which will also connect the (R) to the (2), (3), (A) and (C) lines at Park Place/Chambers St.

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Brian September 18, 2011 - 6:45 pm

if it was a full in system passageway which would connect two A train stations (Fulton and Chambers) which wouldnt make too much sense

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Andrew September 18, 2011 - 9:49 pm

It would connect the 4/5 and J/Z to the E and R, which would actually be quite useful.

Larry September 17, 2011 - 10:41 pm

This “Weekender” has the information about replacement service in a note, but it is not presented in any useful graphic form. For example, all the stations not being served by C trains are highlighted by flashing dots — which is confusing. All I want to know is what is running, and where — so I can discover how I might get to wherever I want to go.

Ben, your secondavenuesagas.com weblong weekend service map has a much more comprehensible graphic weekend service guide — showing only what a person needs to know.

For example, it clearly shows that the C is routed to Second Ave., as well as its absence from running in and to Brooklyn this weekend. Also, you explain the reason for the service interruption — which I like. (Knowing about the important work that is taking place makes taking the detour more palatable for me.)

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Frank B. September 18, 2011 - 2:31 am

Could someone please explain to me how the Rockaways Beach 116th-Mott Avenue Shuttle Works?

I’m aware of Hammel’s Wye for the Mott Avenue Bound Trains, but what about the Beach 116th Street-Bound trains? Do they relay through Broad Channel? Or is the train a true shuttle that only utilizes that one Mott-Avenue Bound Platform at each station?

Thanks.

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Andrew September 18, 2011 - 8:18 am

Hammels Wye in both directions. Trains single-track through Hammels Wye but not the rest of the line.

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Frank B. September 20, 2011 - 7:24 am

Ah. Thank you.

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