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Weekend work impacting 11 subway lines

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Benjamin Kabak

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Service changes! You know the drill. Subway Weekender has the map.


From 4 a.m. Saturday, April 23 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 24, Bronx-bound 2 trains skip Jackson, Prospect and Intervale Avenues, Simpson, Freeman, and 174th Streets and East Tremont Avenue due to track panel installation at Freeman and 174th Streets.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 25, Brooklyn-bound 2 trains skip Burke and Allerton Avenues, Pelham Parkway and Bronx Park East due to signal work.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 25, 3 trains run between 148th Street and New Lots Avenue in both during the day and late night hours due to platform edge, mechanical and electrical work at Fulton Street.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 25, there are no 4 trains between Utica Avenue and Brooklyn Bridge due to platform edge, mechanical and electrical work at Fulton Street. The 3 and special J shuttle trains provide alternate service. Note: 4 trains run local between 125th Street and Brooklyn Bridge in both directions due to track work south of 42nd Street-Grand Central.


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 25, 5 service is suspended due to work on the East 180th Signal Modernization project, the Fulton Street Transit Center, and track work south of 42nd Street-Grand Central. Free shuttle buses between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street, 2 and 4 trains and special J shuttle trains between Brooklyn Bridge-Chambers Street and Broad Street provide alternate service.


During the early morning hours, from 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, April 25, downtown A trains skip 50th Street, 23rd Street and Spring Street due to track work north of Canal Street.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24, downtown C trains skip 50th, 23rd, and Spring Streets due to track work north of Canal Street.


From 12:01 a.m. to 12 noon, Saturday, April 23, Bronx-bound D trains run local from West 4th Street to 34th Street due to asbestos removal south of 34th Street.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 25, downtown E trains skip 23rd Street and Spring Street due to track work north of Canal Street.


During the overnight hours from 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 22 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23, from 11:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 24, and from 11:30 p.m. Sunday, April 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 5, Manhattan-bound E trains skip 65th Street, Northern Blvd., 46th Street, Steinway Street and 36th Street due to track work north of 36th Street.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 25, Queens-bound F trains run on the M line from 47th-50th Sts. to Queens Plaza due to track work south of 57th Street.


During the early morning hours from 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, April 25, Brooklyn-bound N trains operate over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street to DeKalb Avenue due to platform tile installation at Cortlandt Street. There are no Brooklyn-bound trains at City Hall, Rector Street, Whitehall Street, Court Street or Jay Street-MetroTech. Custmers may use the special J shuttle at nearby stations instead.


From 5 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24, Brooklyn-bound R skip 65th Street, Northern Blvd., 46th Street, Steinway Street and 36th Street due to track work north of 36th Street.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24, Brooklyn-bound R trains operate over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street to DeKalb Avenue due to platform tile installation at Cortlandt Street. There are no Brooklyn-bound trains at City Hall, Rector Street, Whitehall Street, Court Street or Jay Street-MetroTech. Custmers may use the special J shuttle at nearby stations instead.


During the early morning hours from 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, April 25, the 36th Street-bound R shuttle trains run local from 59th Street to 36th Street in Brooklyn due to track work north of 36th Street.

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6 responses to “Weekend work impacting 11 subway lines”

  1. Alex C

    Blue wall going up at Lexington/63 St. Looks like they’re starting to do work there for 2 Ave connection. Maybe finally taking down those walls that hides the 2 Ave-bound tracks. Obviously still 6 years left there, good to see some progress showing.

    *Imagines alternate universe where adequate funding, better management and contractors lead to 2 Ave subway opening this year*

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    1. al

      The westbound track is going to be connected to the recently bored southbound tunnel via blasting. I wonder if they’re gong to do it from the north or the south.

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      1. Jerrold

        How could it be from anywhere except the south?
        Or do you mean, “Are they going to create a stub intended to be the start of the construction of Phase 3”?

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        1. Jerrold

          I MEANT TO SAY:

          How could it be from anywhere except the NORTH?
          Or do you mean, “Are they going to create a stub intended to be eventually used for the start of the construction of Phase 3??

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    2. Scott E

      There is really no reason that work couldn’t go on at 63rd/Lex while the second tunnel is being mined – both cosmetic and in terms of construction of an entrance on the east side of the platform. In fact, in January,the MTA awarded a contract for “63rd St. Station Lexington Avenue Station – Station Reconstruction Including Rehabilitation and Construction of Entrances, Second Avenue Subway Project” for $176.45 million, fully funded by federal dollars. I think since the structure already existed, it qualified for President Obama’s “Shovel-ready” economic stimulus dollars.

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  2. Al

    I feel sorry for those 4 train riders. Hopefully the J train takes care of that.

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