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  • Photo of the Day: A glimpse inside Fulton St.

    Photo by Patrick Cashin/MTA

    Where:Inside the construction of the Fulton St. Transit Hub
    When: June 8, 2011

    The MTA recently sent staff photographer Patrick Cashin inside the Fulton St. Transit Center to snap a series of photos of the hub in progress. The results are now up on Flickr, and we see, after years of stops and stops, that the project is moving ahead quickly. Relocated murals are in place; walkways have been built; and currently shuttered platforms are undergoing renovations.

    The authority still maintains the Transit Center will be fully operational by the end of 2014, and various segments are opening up as work finishes up. By the time of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in a few months, the southbound Cortlandt St. station along the R should finally reopen, and Lower Manhattan’s transit center, albeit it with a very steep price tag, will untangle one of the more confusing subway stations around.

  • Amidst Fulton St. construction, history unearthed

    Whenever the MTA starts digging out subway infrastructure around Lower Manhattan, they seem to unearth history as well. Contractors wound up excavating a 350-year-old wall during construction of the new South Ferry terminal, and as work at the Fulton St. Transit Hub has continued, New York history has emerged in the process.

    Near the corner of Fulton St. and Pearl St. on what was once primo riverfront property on the East River, crews recently unearthed a well on land owned in the late 1600s by Stephanus van Cortlandt. Andy Newman of The Times has more on this historic find. The wall, he said, was five feet wide and around four feet deep. The water wasn’t potable though, and archaeologists believe it was for “early-industrial use.” Alyssa Loorya said, “Any work or jobs you would do around the property. Washing, cooling. Anything that we could use gray water for, they could have used gray water.”

    Within the well, excavators uncovered a ceramic bird from the early 18th century as well as a variety of other fragments from the era. City officials hope to put these on display in the lobby of the Department of Design and Construction in Queens. Meanwhile, city historians are intrigued by the historic well. “Everything you find,” Loorya said, “adds to the knowledge of material culture and lifeways of colonial New York.”

  • Fulton Street Transit Center finally sort of on time

    At Fulton Street, a Transit Center rises. (Photo via MTA)

    Few projects symbolize the frustration of major public works in New York City quite like the Fulton Street Transit Center. Planned as a post-9/11 revitalization project for Lower Manhattan, the Transit Center was originally supposed to be completed by 2007, but when federal funds dried up in the mid-2000s, the project languished. It will be finished in 2014 and at a cost of $1.4 billion, nearly twice as much as originally projected.

    Yesterday, the MTA again reiterated that the project is on time and on budget. Things are actually happening at Fulton Street. The press release has the details:

    The Fulton Street Transit Center is more than 50 percent complete and is on track for its scheduled overall June 2014 completion, with the MTA opening up various parts of the complex for public use before then. MTA Capital Construction continues to reach new milestones, most recently installing the first superstructure steel for the Transit Center Building on March 9, 2011.

    A 100-foot tall tower crane has been installed on Broadway and steel erection will continue over the next several months, finishing by the end of 2011. One train car length away, restoration of the historic Corbin Building is continuing on both the interior and exterior façade, with the north wall of the building fully restored to allow for the adjacent Transit Center Building to commence steel work. Restoration of the Corbin Building, an 1888 landmark, is expected to be complete by the end of 2012.

    The reconfiguration and rehabilitation of the Fulton Street A/C Station is one of the most complicated aspects of the entire complex and continues to progress well. All structural work has been completed on the A/C Mezzanine East and final finishes, including glass tiles and a LED wayfinding band, which are being installed on the corridor walls. Work also continues to progress on the new entrance at 135 William Street which is scheduled to open in July. An additional entrance at 150 Willam Street will be open by the end of 2011 and in 2012 a new elevator will be installed in the station at 129 Fulton Street.

    I’m quite curious to see how the LED wayfinding band operates. At some point, it will be operational, and it could serve as a harbinger for technology to come. A few maze-like stations throughout New York could use similar features.

    Ultimately, the current progress at Fulton Street is a testament to an MTA without unsettled leadership atop Capital Construction and a steady flow of funds for the project. With money and direction, construction projects in New York can actually move forward albeit at a rather slow pace.

  • Another day, another new station name

    In around 90 minutes, the Jay St.-MetroTech station that serves the A, C, F and R trains will open to the public, but it’s not the only new station name in the system. Also coming to us via Jeffrey from Twitter is this photo taken on the lower level of the Fulton St. complex. That tunnel, which serves as the final stop in Manhattan for the A and C, had long been called Broadway/Nassau St., leading to countless confused tourists (and more than a few lost locals).

    Now, as part of the overall redesign at Fulton St., Broadway/Nassau is no more. The A and the C stop at Fulton St., and the system in Lower Manhattan is that much easier to navigate. As the sign says, “One Name, Many Connections.”

  • Fulton St. Hub finally sticking to a schedule

    In Transit Fantasyland, the Fulton St. Hub would have been completed last year at a cost of $700 million. Instead, after years of delays, redesigns and cost overruns, the MTA in 2007 eventually set a completion date of 2014 and a budget of $1.4 billion. “What I present today, I stand by. I expect you to hold me accountable to it,” Capital Construction President Michael Horodniceanu said a few years ago, and it appears as though the authority is indeed sticking to its schedule.

    As Matt Dunning of The Tribeca Trib reports, the Fulton St. Hub is still on pace for a 2014 opening. “The job is going well,” Uday Durg, a program executive at the MTA, said to a Community Board 1 meeting recently. “All of our contracts are moving on schedule and are tracking on budget.”

    As Dunning notes, 2011 will see the continued gradual opening of parts of the hub. Southbound R trains will again pick up and drop off passengers at Cortlandt St. by 9/11/11, the tenth anniversary of the 2011 attacks. A new entrance for the West Side IRT will open on William St., and a temporary tunnel between the IND platform and the East Side IRT stop will be available for use as well. With the Corbin Building shored up and funding in place, the plagued project is finally getting well off the ground.

  • A Transit Center grows at Fulton St.

    The foundation for the Fulton St. Transit Center as seen from above. (Photo: Peter Kaufman/Ink Lake)

    The MTA announced today a milestone at the site of the future Fulton St. Transit Center. Both the underpinning for the Corbin Building and the foundation for the Fulton Street Transit Center are complete, and progress remains on pace for a 2014 opening of the long-awaited complex.

    “We have reached a significant milestone by completing the foundation of what will become a landmark transportation facility,” Michael Horodniceanu, president of MTA Capital Construction, said. “Anyone who has had to navigate the myriad of ramps, stairs, and confusing signs at Fulton Street understands the importance of providing our customers with a more seamless experience at this major downtown hub. The Transit Center will improve travel for hundreds of thousands of daily commuters and lower Manhattan residents and visitors while providing a modern and convenient retail location.”

    When completed, the $1.4 billion transit center will vastly improve the Lower Manhattan transit experience for over 300,000 daily customers. Both street access and station navigation will be vastly improved, and the upgrades include better circulation and reduced overcrowding for the A/C platform as well as a new underground concourse that will connect the R at Cortlandt St. and the 4/5 at Broadway with the PATH Hub and the World Financial Center. The completed transit center will also feature 25,000 square feet of new retail.

    With the foundation complete, the MTA will now began to build up the center itself, and in a few months, the structure will begin to peak above the blue construction fence. In the press release touting this milestone, the MTA praised Skanska, the contractor, for keeping the project on time. Of course, original plans called for the then-$750 million transit center to open in late 2009. “On time,” then, is all relative.

  • At Fulton St., a building grows and a name changes

    The Fulton St. Transit Center hasn’t made headlines lately, and for that, the MTA must be thrilled. As the decade of cost overruns and missed deadlines, the $1.4 billion complex is on pace for a June 2014 opening. Today, DNA Info’s Julie Shapiro took a tour behind the construction fence, and the MTA runs through the regular rigamarole of construction. In a nutshell, everything is on target.

    I, meanwhile, have another glimpse from above. Peter from Ink Lake blog sent in the photo atop this post, and the shape of the transit center is coming into view. Below the construction equipment, however, is something even more intriguing. One part of the Fulton St. complex is undergoing a name change.

    For years, the A/C IND stop at Fulton St. hasn’t been called such. It is instead the Broadway/Nassau St. stop, and the nomenclature has been confusing for decades. As Peter noted earlier this week, this station stop will soon be called Fulton St. as well. In fact, the tiles in the walls of Brooklyn-bound side already say Fulton St. while the uptown side of the station still says Broadway/Nassau.

    The odd naming patterns, says Peter, make sense historically. He writes, “All the lines except the IND, run perpendicular to Fulton Street, and thus intersect it. The A/C, runs along Fulton, and the streets it intersects with are Broadway on the western end of the station and Nassau in the easterly direction.” While one Subchatter criticizes the typography, the new name will unify the station and reduce confusion. Plus, says, Transit, because this deep platform no longer has its own street entrances, the different name served no purpose.

    For a glimpse at the before-and-after photos of the station wall, click through the jump. (more…)

  • The Fulton St. month ahead and weekend changes

    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.

  • A glimpse at Fulton St. and weekend service advisories

    Friend-of-SAS Peter of Ink Lake blog fame sent us another photo of the ongoing construction at the site of the future Fulton St. Transit Hub. As we can see, the building is slowly starting to take shape, and the oculus will one day arise from this steel frame. Meanwhile, many of this weekend’s service advisories are based around the work at Fulton St. Let’s get to them.

    As always, these come to me from the MTA and are subject to change. Listen to on-board announcements and check the signs as you travel this weekend. Subway Weekender has your map.


    From 11 p.m. Friday, April 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, 2/3 trains run local between Times Square-42nd Street and 96th Street due to a track dig out at 50th Street and a concrete pour at 79th Street.


    From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18, and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, 3 service is extended to/from 34th Street-Penn Station due to a track dig out at 50th Street and a concrete pour at 79th Street.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, downtown 46 trains run express from 14th Street to Brooklyn Bridge due to gap filler replacement at 14th Street and work on the Broadway-Lafayette to Bleecker Street transfer.


    From 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, there are no 5 trains between Dyre Avenue and 149th Street-Grand Concourse due to rail work at East 180th Street and a cable pull on the Dyre Avenue line. Free shuttle buses and 2 trains provide alternate service.


    From 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, free shuttle buses replace A trains between Far Rockaway and Beach 90th Street due to station rehabilitation at Beach 36th Street and Beach 60th Street.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, 207th Street-bound A trains run on the F line from Jay Street to West 4th Street, then local to 59th Street due to work on the Chambers Street Signal Modernization Project.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, A trains run local between Hoyt-Schermerhorn and Euclid Avenue due to work on the Chambers Street Signal Modernization Project.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, A trains skip Broadway-Nassau Street in both directions due to construction at the Fulton Street Transit Center complex.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, C trains run on the F line between West 4th Street and 2nd Avenue. This change is due to work on the Chambers Street Signal Modernization Project. Customers to Manhattan may take a downtown A or E at West 4th Street. For Brooklyn, customers may take the A or F instead.


    From 11 p.m. Friday, April 16 to 6 a.m. Saturday, April 17, from 11 p.m. Saturday, April 17 to 7 a.m. Sunday, April 18, from 11 p.m. Sunday, April 18 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, Manhattan-bound D trains skip 175th-175th and 170th Streets due to a track chip out north of 170th Street.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, Manhattan-bound D trains run on the N line from Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue to 36th Street, then express to Pacific Street, bypassing DeKalb Avenue and continuing on its regular route. This change is due to renewal of a track switch north of 9th Avenue.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, Jamaica-bound E trains run on the F line from West 4th Street to Roosevelt Avenue due to work on the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System Modernization.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, the Jamaica-bound platforms at 5th Avenue, Lexington Avenue-53rd Street and 23rd Street-Ely Avenue are closed due to work on the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System Modernization. Customers should take the R6 or shuttle bus instead. Note: Free shuttle buses connect the Court Aquare-23rd Street-Ely Avenue, Queens Plaza and 21st Street-Queensbridge stations.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, Manhattan-bound E trains run express from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue due to track cable work.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, F trains replace the C between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets and Euclid Avenue due to Jay Street station rehabilitation and construction of the underground connector to Lawrence Street station. Note: During daytime hours trains run express; during the late night hours, trains run local.


    From 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, there is no G train service between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to Jay Street station rehabilitation and construction of the underground connector to Lawrence Street station. Customers should take the E or R instead. Note: R trains run local with exceptions.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, G trains replace the F between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to Jay Street station rehabilitation and construction of the underground connector to Lawrence Street station.


    From 3:30 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 18, 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.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, Manhattan-bound N trains run express from 36th Street to Pacific Street due to repair of pump room equipment near DeKalb Avenue.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, N trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge between Canal Street and DeKalb Avenue due to station rehabilitation and construction of the underground connector at the Lawrence Street station. Note: Manhattan-bound N trains skip DeKalb Avenue.


    From 11 p.m. Friday, April 16 to 7 a.m. Saturday, April 17, from 11 p.m. Saturday, April 17 to 8 a.m. Sunday, April 18 and from 11 p.m. Sunday, April 18 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, uptown Q trains run local from Times Square-42nd Street to 57th Street-7th Avenue due to a track dig out north of Times Square.


    From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18, 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 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18, and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, there are no R shuttle trains between 59th Street and 36th Street (Brooklyn) due to repair of pump room equipment near DeKalb Avenue. Customers should take the N instead.


    From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18, Manhattan-bound R trains run express from 36th Street to Pacific Street due to repair of pump room equipment near DeKalb Avenue.


    From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18, Manhattan-bound R trains run express from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue due to track cable work.


    From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18, R trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge between Canal Street and DeKalb Avenue due to Jay Street rehabilitation and construction of the underground connector to the Lawrence Street station. Note: Manhattan-bound R trains skip DeKalb Avenue.


    From 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 19, A trains replace Rockaway Park Shuttle S train between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park due to station rehabilitation at Beach 36th and Beach 60th Streets.


    At all times until April 19, 2010, the Broad Channel-bound S platform at Beach 98th Street is closed for rehabilitation.

  • A Fulton St. update and more service advisories

    In an effort to keep New Yorkers informed of the status of work at the Fulton St. complex, Transit sent out a month-at-a-glance poster earlier this week. I’ve printed the poster below. The work, according to Transit, will impact the IND platform at Broadway/Nassau this month. The work includes reinforcing the girders over the platform and digging pits on the platform so that crews can partially construct elevator shafts throughout all levels of the station. One day, a transit hub will arise.

    After the poster come this week’s service advisories.

    Below are the weekend’s service advisories. As always, these comes to me via Transit and are subject to change without notice. Listen to all on-board announcements and pay attention to signs in your local station. These are available in map form from Subway Weekender.


    From 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, there are no 1 trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. The 2/3 trains provide alternate service, running local between 14th Street and Chambers Street. Free shuttle buses replace 1 trains between Chambers Street and South Ferry. Please note that during the day 1 trains skip 18th, 23rd, and 28th Streets in both directions. During the overnight hours, 1 trains skip 18th, 23rd, and 28th Streets only in the uptown direction. These service changes are due to Port Authority work at the World Trade Center site and concrete pours at 50th Street and 79th Streets.


    From 11 p.m. Friday, April 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, 23 trains run local from 96th Street to Chambers Street due to concrete pours at 50th Street and 79th Street. Note: Overnight, 3 trains run local between 96th Street and 34th Street.


    From 11 p.m. Friday, April 2 to 6 a.m. Saturday, April 3, and from 11 p.m. Sunday, April 4 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, Manhattan-bound 4 trains run express from Burnside Avenue to 125th Street due to a track chip out near 149th Street.


    From 6:30 a.m. to 12 noon, Sunday, April 4, there are no 5 trains between 149th Street-Grand Concourse and East 180th Street due to track engineering near Jackson Avenue. Customers should take the 2 instead.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, downtown A trains run local from 59th Street-Columbus Circle to Canal Street due to a track chip out at West 4th Street.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, A/C trains skip Broadway-Nassau St. in both directions due to construction work at the Fulton Street Transit Center.


    From 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, free shuttle buses replace A trains between Far Rockaway and Beach 90th Street due to track panel work.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, Bronx-bound D trains run on the N line from Stillwell Avenue to 36th Street due to switch renewal north of 9th Avenue.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, E trains are rerouted to the F line between Roosevelt Avenue and West 4th Street due to work on the 5th Avenue interlocking signal system. Customers should take the 6FR or shuttle bus instead. Note: Free shuttle buses connect the Court Square G/23rd Street-Ely Avenue E, Queens Plaza E, and 21st Street-Queensbridge F stations.


    From 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, there is no G train service between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to fan plant work near Queens Plaza. During the day, customers should take the R. During the overnight hours, customers should take the E, making local stops between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and 36th Street. Note: Beginning 11:30 Friday, April 2, free shuttle buses connect the Court Square G/23rd Street-Ely Avenue E, Queens Plaza E, and 21st Street-Queensbridge F stations.


    From 3:30 a.m. Saturday, April 3 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 4, there is no J train service between Crescent Street and Jamaica Center due to track panel installation north of Woodhaven Boulevard. Free shuttle buses and the E train provide alternate service.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, Queens-bound N trains are rerouted to the R line from DeKalb Avenue to Canal Street due to track maintenance.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, Manhattan-bound Q trains are rerouted to the R line from DeKalb Avenue to Canal Street due to track maintenance.


    From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, uptown Q trains run local from Canal Street to 57th Street-7th Avenue due to a concrete pour at Times Square.


    From 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, A trains replace the Rockaway Park Shuttle S between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park due to track panel work.