It’s a tough weekend to travel into Brooklyn from the West Side. There will be no 2 or 3 service south of Chambers St. Yuck. Otherwise, not a bad weekend. SubwayWeekender has the map.
Before I jump into the regular services advisories, though, I have a note from Transit on station reopenings in the Bronx as the five-year, $89-million effort to renovate Pelham Line stations wraps up. Says the release:
MTA New York City Transit announces that the Elder Avenue and St. Lawrence Avenue 6 stations rehabilitation project is near completion and they will reopen at 5 p.m. Sunday, October 16. Subway service will resume at both Elder Avenue and St. Lawrence Avenue stations which have been closed for eight months in both directions in order to accomplish station renovations.
Fare-free boarding on local buses and the late night extension of the Bx4 bus service in the area will be discontinued.
The project included new mezzanines, new platform floors, windscreens, tactile warning strips and canopy roofs, as well as electrical upgrades and the installation of fluorescent lighting. While service at these stations will be restored, there is still work to be completed, including the installation of new interior and exterior wall panels and the upgrading of the stations’ electrical and communications systems.
The stations will also be painted and artwork will be installed in the platform windscreens and mezzanine windows. The entire rehabilitation is scheduled for completion in early 2012. This will mark the end of the $89 million five-station renovation on the Pelham 6 line which included: Whitlock Avenue, Elder Avenue, Morrison Avenue-Soundview, St. Lawrence Avenue and Parkchester.
On with the changes…
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, there is no 2 service in Brooklyn due to track work south of Wall Street, platform edge rehabilitation at Hoyt Street and the installation of fiber optic cable ducts between Nevins Street and Hoyt Street. 2 trains run between the Dyre Avenue 5 station and the South Ferry 1 station.
- 5 trains replace the 2 in Brooklyn
- Downtown 2 trains are rerouted to the 1 at Chambers Street and operate to/from South Ferry
- Uptown 2 trains are rerouted to the 5 at East 180th Street and operate to/from Dyre Avenue.
Note: Customers may use a free out-of-system transfer between South Ferry and the Bowling Green 4, 5 station.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, there is no 3 service in Brooklyn due to track work south of Wall Street, platform edge rehabilitation at Hoyt Street and the installation of fiber optic cable ducts between Nevins Street and Hoyt Street. 3 trains operate between 148th Street and 14th Street. Customers should take the 4 instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, 4 train service is extended to and from New Lots Avenue due to track work south of Wall Street, platform edge rehabilitation at Hoyt Street and the installation of fiber optic cable ducts between Nevins Street and Hoyt Street. 4 trains operate local in Brooklyn.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, 5 service is extended to and from Flatbush Avenue due to track work south of Wall Street, platform edge rehabilitation at Hoyt Street and the installation of fiber optic cable ducts between Nevins Street and Hoyt Street. (See 2 train entry for details.)
At all times until 5 p.m. Sunday, October 16, 6 trains skip Elder Avenue and St. Lawrence Avenue in both directions due to station rehabilitation.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 10 p.m. Sunday, October 16, Manhattan-bound 7 trains run express from 74th Street to Queensboro Plaza due to track panel installation south of 33rd Street-Rawson Street.
(Overnights)
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, uptown A trains skip Spring, 23rd and 50th Streets due to track work south of Canal Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16, uptown C trains skip Spring, 23rd and 50th Streets due to track work south of Canal Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, Coney Island-bound D trains run on the N line from 36th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to structural repair and station rehabilitation from 71st Street to Bay 50th Street and ADA work at Bay Parkway. Notes: 71st Street station is closed October 15-28; customers should use free shuttle buses between 71st Street and 62nd Street. 18th Avenue station is closed October 15-24; customers should use the B1 or free shuttle buses between 18th and 20th Avenues.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, D trains run local in both directions between 34th Street-Herald Square and West 4th Street due to work on the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System Project.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, E trains run on the F line in both directions between 36th Street, Queens and 34th Street-Herald Square due to work on the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System Project.
- E trains travel the 63rd Street and 6th Avenue corridors making F station stops.
- E trains originate and terminate at 34th Street-Herald Square F station.
- Customers between West 4th Street and WTC, should use the A or C.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, Brooklyn-bound F trains run on the A line from West 4th Street to Jay Street-MetroTech due to electrical and substation work at Jay Street-MetroTech.
From 11 p.m. Friday, October 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, there are no G trains between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Church Avenue due to station painting at Classon and Clinton-Washington Avenues. G trains operate in two sections:
- Between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avs.
- Between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts.
Note: A trains provide connecting service between Hoyt-Schermerhorn and Jay Street-MetroTech.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 10 p.m. Sunday, October 16, Jamaica-bound J trains skip Hewes Street, Lorimer Street and Flushing Avenue due to track panel installation north of Hewes Street.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 10 p.m. Sunday, October 16, M trains operate every 20 minutes between Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle Avenue due to track panel installation north of Hewes Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 17, there are no Q trains between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Prospect Park due to tunnel column structural repair between Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Park. For service between 57th St-7th Ave and Atlantic Av-Pacific St, customers should take the N or R instead. For service between Atlantic Av-Pacific St and Prospect Park, customers should use the free shuttle buses.
(42nd Street Shuttle)
Throughout the weekend, the 42nd Street (S) shuttle operates overnight due to track work south of Wall Street, platform edge rehabilitation at Hoyt Street and the installation of fiber optic cable ducts between Nevins Street and Hoyt Street.
3 comments
OK, $89 million and 5 stations. The legal rule of thumb for whether you need to provide wheelchair accessibility in an upgrade is whether it will cost more than 20% of the project cost. 20% of $89 million is $17.8 million. That’s certainly enough for elevators at at least one station. So, which station did they put elevators in at, or did they just break the law as usual?
If the station painting is in the non-Culver section of the G, why is it the Culver section that’s being closed?
The only way to take one track out of service south of Bedford-Nostrand is to single-track between there and Hoyt-Schermerhorn. Trying to run service past Hoyt would interfere with the F and would make it impossible to maintain a 20 minute headway. (The next crossover south of Bedford-Nostrand is south of Bergen.)
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