After a busy week, we have a busy slate of service advisories. I have two new long-term changes and then the weekend work follows. I’ll update President’s Day on Sunday night.
First, the 6’s Pelham Line rehab is nearing an end, and the final two stations are set to close at the end of February. Elder Avenue and St. Lawrence Avenue will close for eight months starting on February 28. The MTA is urging riders to take the Bx4, Bx4A or Bx27 buses to nearby stations.
Along the Queens Boulevard line, the news is worse. Train service along the E and F will be disrupted on nights and weekends through 2012. The MTA has a variety of projects to complete along these lines. Those include signal modernization along 53rd St., a new fan plant at Jackson Ave., track work in the 53rd St. tunnel and at 23rd St.-Ely Avenue and 47th-50th Sts. and connecting the Second Ave. Subway to the station at 63rd st. Sounds like fun.
Anyway, below are the weekend service changes. These come to me directly from New York City Transit and are subject to change without notice. Check signs in your local station and listen for on-board announcements. Subway Weekender has the map.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 19 to 5 a.m. Tuesday, February 22, Manhattan-bound 2 trains skip Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street due to tunnel structural repairs.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, February 19, Sunday, February 20 and Monday, February 21, Manhattan-bound 3 trains skip Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street due to tunnel structural repairs.
During the weekend overnight hours from 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. on Tuesday, downtown 4 trains skip 33rd, 28th, 23rd Streets, Astor Place, Bleecker, Spring and Canal Streets due to gap filler replacement at 14th Street-Union Square and work on the Broadway/Lafayette Street-to-Bleecker Street connection.
During the weekend overnight hours from 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Manhattan-bound 4 trains skip Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street due to tunnel structural repairs.
From 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Saturday, February 19, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Sunday, February 20, and from 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Monday, February 21, 5 trains run every 20 minutes between Dyre Avenue and Bowling Green due to work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer connection.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday. February 19 to 5 a.m. Tuesday, February 22, downtown 6 trains skip 33rd, 28th, and 23rd Streets, Astor Place, Bleecker, Spring and Canal Streets due to gap filler replacement at 14th Street-Union Square and work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer connection.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, February 19 to 10 p.m. Sunday, February 20, Brooklyn-bound D trains run on the N line from 36th Street to Stillwell Avenue due to track panel installation between 50th Street and 55th Street. There are no Brooklyn-bound D trains stopping at 9th Avenue, Ft. Hamilton Parkway, 50th, 55th, 71st, 79th Streets, 18th and 20th Avenues, Bay Parkway, 25th Avenue and Bay 50th Street stations.
From 12:01 a.m. to 4 a.m. Saturday, February 19, and at all times beginning 10:01 p.m. Sunday, February 20 until 6 p.m. Sunday, February 27, Brooklyn-bound D trains skip 25th Avenue due to the installation of platform stairs.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 19 to 5 a.m. Tuesday, February 22, E trains run on the F line between Roosevelt Avenue and West 4th Street due to work on the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System. The platforms at 5th Avenue-53rd Street, Lexington Avenue-53rd Street and 23rd Street-Ely Avenue are closed. Customers may take the R, G or shuttle bus. Free shuttle buses connect Court Square (G)/23rd Street-Ely Avenue (E), Queens Plaza (R) and the 21st Street-Queensbridge (F) stations. Note: During the overnight hours, E trains stop at 36th Street, Steinway Street, 46th Street, Northern Blvd and 65th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 19 to 5 a.m. Tuesday, February 22, Brooklyn-bound F trains run on the A line from West 4th Street to Jay Street-MetroTech due to cable work. There are no Brooklyn-bound F trains at Broadway-Lafayette Street, 2nd Avenue, Delancey Street, East Broadway or York Street.
From 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday. February 19 and Sunday, February 20, M trains skip Fresh Pond Road in both directions due to platform edge repair. Customers should use the Forest Avenue station instead. Free connections are available to the Q58, B13 and B20 buses.
During the overnight hours from 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and to 5 a.m. on Monday, Brooklyn-bound N trains run over the Manhattan Bridge between Canal Street and DeKalb Avenue due to the installation of platform tiles at Cortlandt Street. There are no Brooklyn-bound N trains at City Hall, Rector Street, Whitehall Street, Court Street and Jay Street-MetroTech. Customers may use the 4 at nearby stations instead.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, February 19 to 10 p.m. Sunday, February 20, Manhattan-bound N trains skip 30th Av, Broadway, 36th Av and 39th Av due to track panel installation from Astoria Blvd to 36th Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 21, Manhattan-bound N trains run on the D line from Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue to 36th Street due to track panel installation from 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 or 8th Avenue stations.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, February 19 and Sunday, February 20, Brooklyn-bound R trains run over the Manhattan Bridge between Canal Street and DeKalb Avenue due to the installation of platform tiles at Cortlandt Street. There are no Brooklyn-bound R trains at City Hall, Rector Street, Whitehall Street, Court Street, and Jay Street-MetroTech stations. Customers may use the 4 at nearby stations instead.
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The situation concerning the Culver Viaduct project is getting more convoluted all the time.
I just found out that THERE IS indeed a temporary platform at the Smith-9th Sts. station. (When I FIRST heard that story, I did not believe it. I thought that the other person had gotten the wrong information.)
So now, what I can’t figure out is why that platform is for the G train only and not the F train.
The G runs 4-car consists. The temporary platform isn’t long enough for the full-length F trains.
[…] such as this one. It’s a typical person-on-the-street piece from the Daily News about the station closures along the Pelham Line. As the final phase of this rehab project, the Elder and Lawrence Ave. stations are to be shut for […]
Since the MTA are working on the Saint Lawrence and Elder Avs stations on the (6) Train line in The Bronx, I was thinking “why not work on the other stations after Parkchester?” So starting at 5:00 AM Monday April 4th, 2011, they should close down the Pelham Bay Park bound platforms at Zerega Av, Middletown Road, and Pelham Bay Park (the never-been-used right side platform) and the Manhattan bound platforms at Buhre, Westchester Square-E Tremont, and Castle Hill Avs for 3-5 months due to platform rehabilitation. As soon as they’re done with those, they can work on the same stations, but on the opposite platforms! Bx4/Bx4A buses will be extended to Pelham Bay Park during this time.