Before getting to the weekend service changes, I want to thank everyone who contributed a guest column during my vacation this week. While readers may agree or disagree with those other points of view, it’s always interesting to hear what other people have to say about our subway system.
Without further ado, the service changes. Maps are available, as always, at Subway Weekender.
Free shuttle buses replace 1 trains between 238 and 242 Sts
Aug 16 – 17, 6 AM Sat to 7 PM Sun
Downtown 2 trains replace the 5 from 149 St-Grand Concourse to Nevins St
Downtown 5 trains replace the 2 from 149 St-Grand Concourse to Chambers St
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
No 3 trains between New Lots Av and 14 St
In Manhattan, take the uptown 2 or the downtown 5
In Brooklyn, take the 4 instead
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
Free shuttle buses replace 4 trains between Woodlawn and Bedford Pk Blvd
Aug 16 – 17, 4 AM Sat to 10 PM Sun
Bronx-bound 6 trains run express from 3 Av to Hunts Point Av
Aug 16, 12:01 AM to 5 AM Saturday
Flushing-bound 7 trains skip 33, 40, 46, 52, and 69 Sts
Aug 16 – 17, 4 AM Sat to 10 PM Sun
Downtown A trains run local from 168 St to Canal St
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
Uptown A trains run local from West 4 to 168 Sts
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
Manhattan-bound A trains run on the F from Jay to West 4 Sts
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
No C trains running
Take the A in Manhattan
Take the F in Brooklyn
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
F trains replace the C in Brooklyn
G trains replace the F between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts and Coney Island
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
No G trains between 71-Continental Avs and Court Sq
Take the E or R instead
Aug 15 – 18, 8:30 PM Fri to 5 AM Mon
G trains replace the F between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts and Coney Island
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
J trains run in two sections:
- Between Jamaica Center and Essex St
- Between Essex and Chambers Sts
Aug 16 – 18, 1 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
Free shuttle buses replace M trains between Metropolitan Av and Myrtle Av-Broadway
Aug 16 – 17, 4 AM Sat to 10 PM Sun
Brooklyn-bound N trains run on the R from Canal St to DeKalb Av
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
Downtown Q trains run local from 57 to Canal Sts
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
Q trains run in two sections:
- Between 57 and Pacific Sts
- Between Atlantic and Stillwell Avs
To continue your trip, walk through the passageway between Pacific St and Atlantic Av
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM to 5 AM Sat to Mon
Manhattan-bound R trains run on the V from Queens Plaza to Broadway-Lafayette St,
then over the Manhattan Bridge to DeKalb Av
Aug 16 – 18, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
Free shuttle buses replace the Franklin Av S between Franklin Av and Prospect Park
Aug 17, 6 AM to 6 PM Sunday
6 comments
Hold on a sec… free shuttle buses between 238th and 242nd on the 1? Seriously?
Why not just tell people to use the Bx9?
Or, you know, walk. It’s about four blocks. I think people could manage. What a waste of money.
I would just walk, but I’m thinking that maybe if you’re 80 years old and using a cane that option might not be such a good one.
Which is pretty much the demographic makeup of Riverdale.
But neither of those two stations is handicap accessible and they both feature staircases from the platform to the street level. I’m guessing the copious amounts of 80 year olds with canes who live in Riverdale aren’t going to be using the subways up there anyway.
It’s been a while since I went to high school up there, but I don’t remember the geriatric subway crowd along the IRT in the Bronx as being too overwhelming!
I just remembered, it’s also the last stop on the Westchester Bee-Line bus that connects to the 1. It doesn’t head any further down Broadway.