Busy Friday. Sorry for the silence. Before I delve into this weekend’s service changes, note that the MTA says countdown clocks will be offline on Saturday. It’s strange to think of the subway without the clocks. Even though they’re a new-to-us technology, they’ve become an integral part of our daily commutes. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’ll often take the IRT over the BMT/IND just for the piece of mind of knowing when my train will arrive. How did we ever survive without them?
Meanwhile, the rest of this weekend’s goings-on:
From 4 a.m. Saturday, September 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday, September 9, downtown 2 trains run express from East 180th Street to 3rd Avenue-149th Street due to track panel installation south of Prospect Avenue.
From 6 a.m. Saturday, September 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday, September 9, there is no 3 train service between Franklin Avenue and New Lots Avenue due to switch renewal south of New Lots Avenue and track panel installation at Sutter Avenue. 4 trains and free shuttle buses provide alternate service. 3 trains run between 148th Street and Franklin Avenue and via the 2 line between Franklin Avenue and Flatbush Avenue
- Take 4 trains between Franklin Avenue and Utica Avenue (trains make local stops)
- Transfer between the 3 and 4 trains at Franklin Avenue
- Free shuttle buses operate between Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue
- Transfer between 4 trains and free shuttle buses at Utica Avenue
From 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m., the 3 operates between 148th Street and Times Square-42nd Street only.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, September 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday, September 9, there are no 4 trains between Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue due to switch renewal south of New Lots Avenue and track panel installation at Sutter Avenue. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service.
- 4 operates between Woodlawn and Utica Avenue, making local stops between Franklin Avenue and Utica Avenue
- Transfer between trains and free shuttle buses at Utica Avenue
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 8 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 10, downtown 4 trains skip 138th Street-Grand Concourse due to station rehabilitation at 149th Street-Grand Concourse.
From 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9, there are no 5 trains between East 180th Street and Bowling Green due to track panel installation south of Prospect Avenue. 5 trains operate between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street.
For service between:
- East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse, take the 2 instead.
- 149th Street-Grand Concourse and Bowling Green, take the 4 instead.
Downtown 2 trains run express from East 180th Street to 3rd Avenue-149th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Sunday, September 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 10, uptown 6 trains run express from 3rd Avenue-138th Street to Parkchester due to ADA work at Hunts Point Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 8 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 10, Manhattan-bound A trains are rerouted via the F line from Jay Street-MetroTech to West 4th Street, then run local to 59th Street-Columbus Circle due to track work from High Street to Fulton Street.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m., Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m., Monday, September 10, F trains replace A shuttle service between Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Blvd. due to Culver Viaduct rehabilitation work and tunnel lighting installation. Service to/from Far Rockaway is not affected.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9, there is no C train service between Manhattan and Brooklyn due to Culver Viaduct rehabilitation work and tunnel lighting installation.
C trains are rerouted via the F line between West 4th Street and 2nd Avenue, the last stop.
- To/from Spring Street, Canal Street and Chambers Street, take the A or E instead.
- To/from Brooklyn, take the A or F instead.
- F trains are rerouted via the C between Jay Street-MetroTech and Euclid Avenue.
- Uptown A trains are rerouted via the F from Jay Street-MetroTech to West 4th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 8 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 10, D trains run local in both directions between 36th Street (Brooklyn) and DeKalb Avenue due to Culver Viaduct rehabilitation work and tunnel lighting installation.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, September 7 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 10, there is no F train service between Jay Street-MetroTech and 18th Avenue due to Culver Viaduct rehabilitation work and tunnel lighting installation. F trains operate in two sections:
- Between 179th Street and Jay Street-MetroTech and then rerouted via the C line to/from Euclid Avenue*
- Between 18th Avenue and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue
Free shuttle buses operate in three sections:
- Between Jay Street-MetroTech and 18th Avenue, 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
- Between 4th Avenue-9th St and Church Avenue, making stops at 7th Avenue, 15th Street-Prospect Park and Ft. Hamilton Parkway
*From 12:01 a.m. to 6a.m. nightly, the F operates to/from Lefferts Blvd, replacing the A shuttle service.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, September 7 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 10, there are no G trains between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts and Church Avenue due to Culver Viaduct rehabilitation work and tunnel lighting installation. Customers may take the A or F for connecting service between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts and Jay Street-MetroTech. G trains operate in two sections:
- Between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Aves
- Between Bedford-Nostrand Aves and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts, every 20 minutes
From 4 a.m. Saturday, September 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday, September 9, there is no J train service between Crescent Street and Jamaica Center due to structural steel repair and painting north of Cypress Hills. J trains operate between Chambers Street and Crescent Street. Free shuttle buses and E trains provide alternate service. Free shuttle buses operate between Crescent Street and 121st Street, and connect with the E at Jamaica-Van Wyck, where service to/from Sutphin Blvd and Jamaica Center is available.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 8 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 10, M service is suspended due to station renewal work at Fresh Pond Road, Forest, Seneca, Knickerbocker and Central Avenues. Free shuttle buses operate between Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle Avenue, making all station stops.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 8 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 10, downtown N trains run express from 34th Street-Herald Square to Canal Street due to track work at 14th Street.
From 10 p.m. Friday, September 7 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 10, uptown Q trains run local from Canal Street to 34th Street-Herald Square due to electronic systems installation at Herald Square.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9, downtown R trains run express from 34th Street-Herald Square to Canal Street due to track work at 14th Street.
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Benjamin, I’m an avid follower of your blog and appreciate all of the hard work you put into it-particularly the weekend work updates. That said, I sorely miss Shawn’s http://www.subwayweekender.com/ . One picture was worth a thousand words. The MTA’s Weekender app is a good try, but does not come close to how easy (and portable) Shawn’s graphic depiction of detours was to use (particularly offline.). I know it took a lot of effort for him to produce the map on a weekly basis and he had to eventually give it up. Do you know of anyone else who does something similar?
http://subwayweekender.wordpress.com
THANK YOU! (and thanks to lance522!)
Ugh shuttle buses on the F are so terrible…that’s a high-ridership line without a whole lot of alternate transit nearby, at least when you get into the lower reaches of Park Slope and Windsor Terrace.
Has anyone tried the shuttle buses yet? How often do they run?
Yes, and I don’t think it was even announced about WHY they are doing that this weekend. I thought that all of this business would never happen again when they finally finished all that work along the the F line, except for Smith-9th Sts.
I live in Manhattan, but I have friends in Windsor Terrace who are damn mad about this matter.
If both southbound tracks have to be taken out of service, what else would you do?
I live in Windsor Terrace and we came home last night from Manhattan (Raiders of the Lost Ark in IMAX!) and had to take two buses, from Jay to 4th Ave. and then 4th Ave. to Ft. Hamilton. Why do they run this bus in three sections? Why can’t they just run it the whole way from Jay to 18th Ave.?
There certainly IS a great deal of confusion caused by having three different shuttle buses. Apparently they run one of the buses directly from Jay St. to 18th Ave. for the sake of people who are traveling between Manhattan and stations south of 18th Ave. I believe that that bus goes on the Prospect Expressway in order to make the trip take less time. Also, they seem to be figuring that people can use the R train to go from Manhattan to 4th Ave./9th St., and then jump on the shuttle bus that starts out from there. All in all, I feel sorry for the people of Park Slope and Windsor Terrace while this crap is going on.
You should have been (but obviously weren’t) directed to use the R train as a bridge to the second bus. Rather than run enough buses to satisfy everybody going to seven stops (but only carrying their heaviest loads between Jay and Bergen), the idea was to run two shorter routes, each serving the population at three stops. The R train has plenty of capacity to spare between Jay and 9th, and it’s faster than a bus sitting in Court St. traffic.
But it’s crucial that riders for the second bus be directed to the R train, or else it all breaks down.
Best bet for Windsor Terrace is just to walk to the Prospect Park avenue R train. Those shuttle buses are terrible.
On the local shuttle bus running through Boerum Hill/Cobble Hill/Caroll Gardens, they used to have two stops (corresponding to the subway entrances) for Bergen St. During the last 4 or so diversion weekends, they’ve reduced it to just one, leaving a long walk for many residents. No attention to customer needs.