Last week, on Friday, The Times, as I noted, examined the confounding state of weekend subway service. Clyde Haberman attempted to make sense of the array of service change posters that dot the subways every weekend.
While many New Yorkers are perplexed by weekend service changes, there are ways — other than this handy weekly post — to get the subway service changes in your e-mail before the weekend. Enter the MTA’s Subway Service Advisory E-mail Notification Program or, as they like to call it, Know Before You Go.
The MTA revamped the e-mail advisory program late last October, and it’s been a big hit among straphangers. As of March 21, according to NYC Transit numbers, the program had 75,266 subscribers, one of whom is I. Of those subscribers, around 64,417 get the weekend bulletins; 10,849 receive the oft-overlooked weekday advisories; and 9,697 are 100 percent in-the-know with both weekend and weekday e-mails. So be confused or be prepared.
On with the service advisories:
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, there are no 2 trains between Atlantic Avenue and Chambers Street. Uptown 2 trains replace the 5 from Bowling Green to 149th Street and uptown 5 trains replace the 2 from Chambers Street to 149th Street. These changes are due to several projects, including station rehab at Chambers Street and tunnel lighting in the Clark Street tunnel and Wall Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, there are no 3 trains running. The M7, M102 and free shuttle buses replace the 3 between 148th Street and 135th Street. Downtown 2 trains replace the 3 from 135th Street to Chambers Street. Uptown 5 trains replace the 3 from Chambers Street to 135th Street. The 4 trains will make all 3 stops between Atlantic Avenue and New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn. These changes are due to third rail work at 145th Street.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, April 12 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 13, Bronx-bound 4 trains skip 170th Street, Mt. Eden Avenue, and 176th Street due to track panel installation between 167th Street and Burnside Avenue stations.
From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 12, Manhattan-bound 6 trains run express from Parkchester to Hunts Point.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, there is no C train service. Customers should take the A instead. A trains run local between 168th Street and Euclid Avenue. Free shuttle buses replace A trains between 168th Street and 207th Street. Transfer is available between the Broadway or Ft. Washington Avenue shuttle buses and A trains at 168th Street. These service changes are necessary due to station rehab work at 47th-50th Sts/Rockefeller Center station and tunnel lighting between 168th and 207th Street.
From 11 p.m. Friday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, free shuttle buses replace A trains between Far Rockaway and Beach 90th Street due to track tie replacement work from Beach 67th Street to Far Rockaway.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, Bronx-bound D trains skip 182nd-183rd Streets due to station work between Tremont Avenue and Bedford Park Blvd. stations.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, downtown D trains run on the A line from 59th Street to West 4th Street due to station rehab work at 47th-50th Sts/Rockefeller Center station.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, D trains run in two sections due to station rehab work 47th-50th Sts/Rockefeller Center station:
– Between 205th Street and Broadway-Lafayette and
– Between Broadway-Lafayette and Coney Island-Stillwell.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, Queens-bound E trains skip 74th Avenue due to ADA upgrade work and installation of steel and platform edge work at Union Turnpike station.
From 11 p.m. Friday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, the last stop for some Coney Island-bound trains is Kings Highway due to installation of a metal deck at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue RTO Facility.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, Queens-bound F trains skip 75th Avenue due to ADA work upgrade and installation of steel and platform edge work at Union Turnpike station.
From 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-75th Avenue and Court Square due to communications installation. Customers should take the E or R trains instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 14, free shuttle buses replace J trains between Essex and Chambers Streets due to station rehab work at Chambers Street station.
From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, L trains run in two sections due to switch work south of Broadway Junction station:
– Between 8th Avenue and Broadway Junction and
– Between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Parkway (every 24 minutes)
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, Astoria-bound N trains skip 39th Street, 36th Street, Broadway and 30th Street due to rail work near Queensboro Plaza station.
From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, Q trains run in two sections due to rail work between Brighton Beach and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue:
– Between 57th Street and Brighton Beach and
– Between Brighton Beach and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue