Home Service Advisories A busy weekend of work at Fulton St.

A busy weekend of work at Fulton St.

by Benjamin Kabak

Updates coming later. In the meantime, you know the drill. As a note, I’m working on a glossary of track work terms to provide some context on this service changes. If anyone has technical knowledge of the terms Transit uses each work, please contact me.


Please note: From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, there are no transfers between A, 2/3 and 4/5 trains at Fulton Street-Broadway-Nassau. In Manhattan, free transfers are available between 4/5 trains at Fulton Street and A/E/2/3 trains at the World Trade Center/Chambers Street/Park Place station. Customer must exit and re-enter the system when making this connection. In Brooklyn, customers may transfer at Nevins Street between 2/3 and 4 trains. Manhattan-bound A trains are running on the F line from Jay Street to West 4th Street.


From 11 p.m. Friday, March 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, Manhattan-bound 4 trains run express from Burnside Avenue to 125th Street due to a track chip-out at 149th Street-Grand Concourse.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, downtown 4/6 trains run express from 14th Street-Union Square to Brooklyn Bridge due to gap filler replacement at 14th Street-Union Square and the Broadway-Lafayette Street to Bleecker Street construction.


From 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, March 7, downtown 4 trains run local from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street due to a track cable pull.


From 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, March 7, downtown 5 trains run local from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street due to a track cable pull.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, Pelham Bay Park-bound 6 trains run express from 3rd Avenue-138th Street to Hunts Point Avenue due to track chip out at Longwood Avenue.


At all times until September 2010, the Whitlock Avenue and Morrison-Sound View Avs. stations are closed for rehabilitation. Customers should use the Elder Avenue 6 station or the Simpson Street 25 station instead. The Bx4 bus provides alternate connecting service between stations.


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, there are no 7 trains between Times Square-42nd Street and Queensboro Plaza due to track panel installation on the Davis Street curve, installation of a new switch at Hunters Point Avenue, track chip-out at Vernon Blvd.-Jackson Avenue and construction of the Long Island City-Court Square to 45th Road-Court House Square transfer.
The N and Q and free shuttle buses provide alternate service. Note: The 42nd Street S shuttle runs overnight and Q train service is extended to/from Ditmars Blvd.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, Queens-bound A trains run local from 168th to 145th Streets and from 125th to 59th Streets, then make express stops to Jay Street, then resume local service to Euclid Avenue due to the installation of conduits for the public address system. The Queens-bound A will skip 50th Street, 23rd Street, Spring Street, and Fulton Street-Broadway Nassau.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, Manhattan-bound A trains run local from Euclid Avenue to Jay Street, then are rerouted to the F line to West 4th Street. Trains resume local A service to 59th Street (D trains are running local between 59th Street and 145th Street to replace C service.) This is due to the Chambers Street Signal Modernization project.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, there is no C train service due to the Chambers Street Signal Modernization project. Customers may take the A or D instead. Note: D trains run local between 145th Street and 59th Street. A trains run local with exceptions.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, there are no D trains between Pacific and 34th Streets due to the Broadway-Lafayette to Bleecker Street transfer construction. The N and free shuttle buses provide alternate service.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, D trains run local between 145th Street and 59th Street due to installation of conduits for public address system.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, E trains run local between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Queens Plaza due to track maintenance.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, F trains run local between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and 21st St-Queensbridge due to track maintenance.


From 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to track maintenance. Customers may take the E or R instead.


From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7, Manhattan-bound J trains skip Flushing Avenue, Lorimer Street and Hewes Street due to track repairs.


From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7, and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m., Monday, March 8, N trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge between DeKalb Avenue and Canal Street due to Jay Street station rehabilitation and construction of the underground connector to Lawrence Street.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, N trains run local between Pacific Street and 59th Street in Brooklyn due to Broadway-Lafayette to Bleecker Street transfer construction.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, Q train service is extended to/from Ditmars Blvd. to supplement lost 7 service in Queens.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, uptown Q trains run local from Canal Street to 57th Street-7th Avenue due to a concrete pour at Union Square.


From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, there are no R shuttle trains between 36th Street and 59th Street in Brooklyn due to Broadway-Lafayette to Bleecker Street transfer construction. Customers may take the N instead.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7, R trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge between DeKalb Avenue and Canal Street due to Jay Street Station Rehabilitation and Construction of Underground Connector to Lawrence Street.


From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, the 42nd Street S shuttle runs overnight to replace 7 trains in Manhattan (due to track panel installation on the Davis Street curve.)


From 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 8, free shuttle buses replace S trains between Rockaway Park and Beach 67th Street due to station rehabilitation at Beach 98th and Beach 90th Streets.

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