Good bye, 2010! So long, year of the service cuts and fare hikes! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!
As the year draws to a close, the MTA has all sorts of service advisories in place for New Years Eve and only a few for the weekend. First, subway and bus service today — Friday, December 31 — will operate on a Saturday schedule. Thus, a variety of routes including the 5 to Nereid Ave., 6 and 7 express service, rush hour A service to Rockaway Park, the B line, the E to 179th St., the M in Manhattan and Queens, the Q to Astoria and the Z will not be running.
For Times Square-bound revelers, don’t rely on the 42nd St./Times Square station. It will be closed to passengers attempting to exit the system. Additionally, the 1 and N/R trains will be bypassing 50th and 49th Sts. respectively as early as 7 p.m. tonight. Transit has urged customers to use the 57th St. station (N/Q/R) or Columbus Circle (A/C/D/1) instead. After the ball drops, trains through Times Square will run every 8-12 minutes until 3 a.m., and the 42nd St. shuttle will run all night.
With that said, let’s go to the weekend service advisories. As always, these come to me via New York City Transit and are subject to change without notice. Check the signs at your local station and listen to on-board announcements. Have a safe and happy New Year.
From 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, January 2, uptown 2 trains skip Bronx Park East, Pelham Parkway, Allerton Avenue and Burke Avenue due to track panel installation. Customers traveling to these stations may take the 2 to Gun Hill Road and transfer to the downtown 2.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, January 2 and Monday, January 3, Brooklyn-bound 2 and 4 trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway due to roadbed reconstruction. Customers traveling to these stations may take the Brooklyn-bound 2 or 4 train to Franklin Avenue and transfer to a Manhattan-bound 2 or 4.
From 12:01 a.m. Sunday, January 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 3, D trains run on the R line between DeKalb Avenue and 36th Street, Brooklyn due to switch renewal north of Pacific Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Sunday, January 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 3, Manhattan-bound N trains run on the D line from Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue to 36th Street, Brooklyn due to track panel installation north of Kings Highway to north of Bay Parkway. There are no Manhattan-bound N trains at 86th Street, Avenue U, Kings Highway, Bay Parkway, 20th Avenue, 18th Avenue, Ft. Hamilton Parkway and 8th Avenue stations. Customers traveling to these stations may take the N to 62nd or 36th Streets and transfer to a Coney Island-bound N.
From 12:01 a.m. Sunday, January 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 3, Coney Island-bound N trains run on the R line from DeKalb Avenue to 59th Street, Brooklyn and Manhattan-bound N trains run on the R line from 36th Street, Brooklyn to DeKalb Avenue due to switch renewal north of Pacific Street.