For the last few weeks, Brooklyn residents have been slammed with F train service advisories. With no service between Jay St. and Church Ave., shuttle buses have been covering Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Kensingon, and residents were not happy.
This weekend, the work is paused, and The Brooklyn Paper delved into the service situation. The article mostly focuses on rider complaints about service changes, but Jordan Galloway brings up a good point: The service changes signs do not go up in stations until Thursday night, leaving riders with little to no advanced warning. The MTA defending the practice, according to Galloway:
Seaton partly blamed riders for the confusion about the necessary weekend service changes, saying that those yellow construction signs that go up in stations on Thursday nights are actually the last link in the MTA’s customer service outreach, which includes e-mail alerts and announcements on the agency’s Web site two weeks prior to construction. Station signs go up at the last minute to prevent damage, he added.
The problem, of course, lies in the web. The MTA’s website is, as I’ve mentioned numerous times, an utter disaster. It hasn’t been substantially redesigned in over six years, and there’s far too much information with no discernible effort to highlight the more useful parts. To better improve customer service, Jay Walder should urge the MTA to overhaul its website. That way, New Yorkers can turn to it for subway alerts without having to dig around for them. Then, no one will be surprised by service changes.
With that said, on to the service advisories. Don’t forget to check out our map from Subway Weekender that shows just how the subway changes impact travel. Download this week’s map right here or by clicking on the image below. Remember: These weekend service changes come to me from the MTA and are subject to change without notice. Check signs in your local station and listen for on-board announcements for up-to-the minute changes. The specific alerts follow.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, downtown 1 trains skip 137th, 125th, 116th, 110th, and 103rd Streets due to flood mitigation measures at 103rd Street, 123rd Street, and 134th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, uptown 1/2 trains skip 50th, 59th, 66th, 79th, and 86th Streets due to Station Rehabilitation at 96th Street and 59th Street, and Tunnel Lighting Rehabilitation.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, downtown 4 trains run local from 125th Street to Brooklyn Bridge due to Broadway-Lafayette Street to Bleecker Street transfer construction.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, uptown 4 trains run express from Brooklyn Bridge to 14th Street, then local to 125th Street due to Broadway-Lafayette Street to Bleecker Street transfer construction.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, there are no 5 trains between Bowling Green and Grand Central-42nd Street due to Broadway-Lafayette Street to Bleecker Street transfer construction. Customers should take the 4 instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, uptown 6 trains run express from Brooklyn Bridge to 14th Street due to Broadway-Lafayette Street to Bleecker Street transfer construction.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 10 p.m. Sunday, November 1, Manhattan-bound 7 trains skip 111th, 103rd, 90th, 82nd, 74th, 69th, 52nd, 46th, 40th, and 33rd Streets due to track panel installation.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, uptown A trains skip 135th, 155th, and 163rd Streets due to track chip out.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, Brooklyn-bound A trains run local from 59th Street to West 4th Street, then on the F line from West 4th Street to Jay Street due to Chambers Street signal Modernization.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, A trains run local between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Euclid Avenue due to Chambers Street signal Modernization.
At all times until December 21, 2009, Manhattan-bound AS platforms at Beach 90th and Beach 105th Streets are closed for rehabilitation. Free shuttle buses replace S trains between Rockaway Park and Beach 60th Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1, uptown C trains skip 135th, 155th, and 163rd Streets due to track chip out.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1, there are no C trains between Chambers Street-World Trade Center and Euclid Avenue due to Chambers Street Signal Modernization. Customers should take the A instead. Note: C trains run on the E track to and from Chambers Street-World Trade Center.
From 5 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 10 p.m. Sunday, November 1, Coney Island-bound D trains run on the N line from 36th Street (Brooklyn) to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to track panel installation between 20th Avenue and 25th Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, D trains run local between 34th Street-Herald Square and West 4th Street due to the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System Modernization.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, Bronx-bound D trains run local from 125th Street to 145th Street due to track chip out.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Saturday, October 31, Bronx-bound D trains skip 170th and 174th-175th Streets due to track cleaning.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, November 1, Bronx-bound D trains skip 182nd-183rd Streets due to track cleaning.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, E trains are rerouted on the F line between Manhattan and Queens due to the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System Modernization:
- There are no E trains between 34th Street and World Trade Center.
- Queens-bound E trains run on the F line from 34th Street-Herald Square to 21st Street-Queensbridge; trains resume normal E service from Roosevelt Avenue to Jamaica Center.
- Manhattan-bound E trains run on the F line from 47th-50th Streets to 34th Street-Herald Square.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, Queens-bound E platforms at 5th Avenue, Lexington Avenue-53rd Street, 23rd Street-Ely Avenue, and Queens Plaza stations are closed due to the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System Modernization: Customers may take the R, G or 6 instead. Note: Free shuttle buses connect the Court Square G/23rd Street-Ely Avenue, Queens Plaza, and 21st Street-Queensbridge F stations.
At all times until November 7, 2009, Queens-bound EGR trains skip Northern Boulevard due to closure of the northern-side street stairway.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, Manhattan-bound F trains run on the A line from Jay Street to West 4th Street due to Tunnel Lighting Rehabilitation.
From 8:30 p.m. to midnight Friday, October 30, and from 6:30 a.m. to midnight Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System Modernization. Brooklyn-bound G customers may take the R to Queens Plaza and transfer to a shuttle bus connecting to Court Square. Queens-bound G customers may take the R instead.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, October 30 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, free shuttle buses replace L trains between Lorimer Street and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues due to a track chip-out at Jefferson Street station.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 2, Manhattan-bound N trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from DeKalb Avenue to Canal Street in both directions due to general maintenance.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1, Manhattan-bound R trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from DeKalb Avenue to Canal Street due to general maintenance.
3 comments
thank you MTA for screwing up every train on one of the busiest nights of the year!!!!!!!
horrible management
Agreed. Running so many diversion on the weekend of both Halloween and the NYC Marathon was truly idiotic.
Mostly I got slammed on Saturday and Sunday with the 4 train. It was a nightmare to get up to work.