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Weekend work impacting 15 subway lines

by Benjamin Kabak

A few things before the service advisories: First, Second Ave. Sagas is turning five, and I’m hosting a party. Details and the RSVP site are right here. I hope you all can make it.

Second, this weekend marks the start of Phase 3 of the Culver Viaduct rehab project, and the MTA has a whole slew of changes for Brooklyn. Starting Monday and continuing through the spring, the follow changes are in effect:

  • No Coney Island-bound F or Church Avenue-bound G service at 15th Street-Prospect Park and Ft. Hamilton Parkway stations.
  • All southbound trains stop on the express track at Church Avenue and 7th Avenue stations.
  • Coney Island-bound F and Church Avenue-bound G trains are accessed via a temporary pedestrian overpass to a temporary platform at the 4th Avenue-9th Street station.
  • Smith-9th Sts station remains closed.

The changes are not without controversy. While this time around Brooklyn residents are prepared for the changes, the recent spate of groping incidents and attempted sexual assaults have the neighborhood on edge. City Councilman Brad Lander has asked the authority to provide more buses through the area, but the authority declined. So neighborhood patrols will instead try to provide safe walks for those uncomfortable trekking home during the winter while these stations are shut. It’s a less-than-ideal situation.

And now on with the service changes. Subway Weekend has the map.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, there is no 2 service in Brooklyn due to track work south of Wall Street and platform edge rehabilitation at Hoyt Street. 2 trains run between the Dyre Avenue 5 station and the South Ferry 1 station.

  • 5 trains replace the 2 in Brooklyn (Manhattan-bound trains run express From Franklin Avenue to Atlantic Avenue.)
  • 2 trains run local between 34th Street-Penn Station and Chambers Street.
  • 2 trains are rerouted to the 1 between Chambers Street and South Ferry.
  • 2 trains replace the 5 between East 180th Street and Dyre Avenue.
  • 5 trains replace the 2 between East 180th Street and 241st Street.

Note: Customers may use a free out-of-system transfer between the 2 at South Ferry and the 4 or 5 at Bowling Green station. (Repeats next two weekends.)


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, there is no 3 service in Brooklyn due to track work south of Wall Street and platform edge rehabilitation at Hoyt Street. Customers should take the 4 instead. Manhattan-bound 3 trains run express from Franklin Avenue to Atlantic Avenue. 3 trains operate between 148th Street and 14th Street. (Repeats next two weekends.)


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, 5 service is extended to and from Flatbush Avenue due to track work south of Wall Street and platform edge rehabilitation at Hoyt Street. See 2 train entry for details. (Repeats next two weekends.) Note: 5 trains run express along Lexington Avenue in both directions at all times.


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, November 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, there is no 7 train service between Times Square-42nd Street and Queensboro Plaza due to cable and electrical work between Grand Central-42nd Street and Hunters Point Avenue, painting of the elevated steel structures and cable replacement in the Steinway tube. (Repeats the next weekend.) Customers should use the E, N, Q, S and free shuttle buses for alternate service.

  • Use E, N or Q between Manhattan and Queens
  • Free shuttle buses run between Vernon Blvd-Jackson Avenue and Queensboro Plaza
  • Q service is extended to and from Astoria-Ditmars Blvd during the daytime hours
  • In Manhattan, the 42nd Street shuttle operates overnight


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, Queensboro Plaza-bound 7 trains operate express from 74th Street to Queensboro Plaza due to track panel installation south of 33rd St-Rawson Street. Customers must backride for missed stations. For service into Manhattan, customers may take the 7 to 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue and transfer to Manhattan-bound E or F trains.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, Manhattan bound A trains run via the F line from Jay Street-MetroTech to West 4th Street, then local to 59th Street-Columbus Circle due to electrical work.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, there are no C trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn due to F suspension for work on the Culver Viaduct. C trains run via the F line between West 4th and 2nd Avenue, the last stop. Note: F trains run via the C between Jay Street-MetroTech and Euclid Avenue.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, Coney Island-bound D trains run on the N line from 36th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due repairing steel in the line structure, platform edge rubbing board replacement and concrete repairs between 9th Avenue and Bay 50th Street. (Repeats next weekend.) Note: Brooklyn-bound D trains run local from DeKalb Avenue to 59th Street; Manhattan-bound D trains run local from 36th Street to DeKalb Avenue.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, Jamaica Center-Bound E trains run express from Roosevelt Avenue to 71st Street due to stop cable replacement along the Queens Boulevard line.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, free shuttle buses replace F trains between Jay Street-MetroTech and 18th Avenue due to the Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation Project.
F trains run in two sections:

  • Between 179th Street and Jay Street-MetroTech, then rerouted via the C to Euclid Avenue
  • Between 18th Avenue and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue

Free shuttle buses run in three sections:

  • Between Jay Street-MetroTech and 18th Avenue (Limited), making stops at Church Avenue and Ditmas Avenue only
  • Between Jay Street-MetroTech and 4th Avenue-9th Street, making stops at Bergen Street, Carroll Street and Smith-9th Sts only
  • Between 4th Avenue-9th Street and Church Avenue, making stops at 7th Avenue, 15th Street-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Parkway


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, Brooklyn-bound F trains run on the M line from Roosevelt Avenue to 47th-50th Sts-Rockefeller Center due to Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station reconstruction.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 14, there are no G trains between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Church Avenue due to station painting at Classon Avenue and Clinton-Washington Avs. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service via Jay Street- MetroTech. G trains run in two sections:

  • Between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Aves
  • Between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts.

See F entry for shuttle bus information.


From 4 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 10 p.m. Sunday, November 13, Jamaica Center-bound J trains skip Hewes Street, Lorimer Street and Flushing Avenue due to track panel installation north of Hewes Street. (Repeats the next weekend.)


From 4 a.m. Saturday, November 12 to 10 p.m. Sunday, November 13, M trains run every 24 minutes between Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle Avenue (every 20 minutes overnight) due to track panel installation at Hewes Street. (Repeats the next weekend.)


From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, Manhattan-bound Q trains run express from Kings Highway to Prospect Park due to station rehab work at Avenue M and Newkirk Avenue.


From 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 12 and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, November 13, Q service is extended to and from Astoria-Ditmars Blvd. in order to provide more Queens-Manhattan alternatives due to the 7 suspension between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza.


From 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight, Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, 71st Avenue-bound R trains run express from Roosevelt Avenue to 71st Street due to stop cable replacement along the Queens Boulevard Line.

(42nd Street Shuttle)
During the weekend, the 42nd Street (S) shuttle extends operating hours through the night and early morning hours in order to provide cross-town service due to the 7 suspension between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza.

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7 comments

Alex C November 11, 2011 - 11:52 pm

The Park Slope crowd is flipping out over this too much. They survived the last service change of this kind in the spring, they’ll survive this. As always, I’m appalled at all the articles where they talk about walking from 7 Ave as if they absolutely have to. Because just taking the F/G to Church and back-tracking 1-2 stops is too much for them. Oh the humanity.

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petey November 12, 2011 - 12:16 pm

help? last night at 8 pm i went to the downtown lex at 86th street, and found it shut down. trains were emptying there and then going back uptown. talk among the passengers was that someone had fallen on the tracks at 28th or 23rd street, and was pinned under a train. but i see nothing about this at the daily news, the times, or NY1. does onyone have a link or any info?

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petey November 13, 2011 - 9:10 pm

no?

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Sarah November 15, 2011 - 10:22 am

I was on the train on Friday night that hit that man. I haven’t been able to find any news, either, only your post. I’m trying to determine if he was alright.
Yes, it was at 28th street, but it was the express 5 train in the middle track. We weren’t even going to stop at 28th street. So, it wouldn’t make sense that the man had simply fallen. They turned off power on the tracks and got him out… he actually looked ok… Let me know if you are able to find any info.

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stan November 13, 2011 - 8:49 pm

“no G trains between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Church Avenue due to station painting at Classon Avenue and Clinton-Washington Avs.”

so they’re cancelling service between H-S and Church due to two stations being painted that are not even between H-S and Church?

huh?

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Kai B November 13, 2011 - 9:05 pm

Something about timing. When the trains terminate at H-S they can better determine how often the workers have to stop their work to let a train pass.

Whenever they run the “change at Bedford-Nostrand” schedule they only run trains to H-S.

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Eric November 14, 2011 - 12:42 pm

We just probably just be grateful that they’re maintaining any G stations that aren’t a transfer to the L.

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