Today’s amNew York cover highlighted the myriad service advisories confronting subway riders each week.
Today’s amNew York cover amused me. For nearly seven years, I’ve tracked the weekend service advisories every Friday, and they are not exactly news. The MTA has been rerouting most routes for capital work for as long as I’ve hosted this site, and they haven’t gotten worse or better.
The resulting article was fairly nuanced but with some surprising contentions. Andrew Albert, a long-time MTA Board member, said that the diversions have gotten worse recently. “The norm, just a few diversions, you’re talking probably over two to three years ago,” he said. But I disagree. In one form or another, these have gone on apace for years. It’s inconvenient and annoying, especially as weekend ridership spikes. But it’s life amidst a system struggling to catch up after years of deferred maintenance.
With that in mind, here are this weekend’s changes. The heat — it’s still 88 degrees as of 11:20 on Friday — doesn’t make changes any better.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, July 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, there is no 1 train service between 34th Street-Penn Station and South Ferry due to Cortlandt Street station reconstruction. Customers should take the 2, 3 trains and free shuttle buses.
- Free shuttle buses operate between Chambers Street and South Ferry.
- 2 and 3 trains run local in both directions between Chambers Street and 34th Street-Penn Station.
Overnight Note: 3 trains run express between 148th Street and Times Square-42nd Street.
From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, July 20 to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 21, there are no 2 trains between 241st Street and Nereid Avenue due to removal of old and installation of new track panels south of 241st Street. The Bx39 bus (daytime and evening) and free shuttle buses (overnight) will provide alternate service.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, July 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, Coney Island-bound A trains run local from 59th Street-Columbus Circle to West 4th Street, then are rerouted via the F line to Jay Street-MetroTech due to asbestos abatement south of Chamber Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, Brooklyn-bound C trains are rerouted via the F line from West 4th Street to Jay Street-MetroTech due to asbestos abatement south of Chambers Street.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, July 19 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, July 20, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, July 20 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, July 21 and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, July 21 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, Coney Island-bound D trains run express from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to 36th Street due to track tie renewal at Union Street.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, July 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, downtown E trains run express from 34th Street-Penn Station to Canal Street due to asbestos abatement south of Chambers Street.
From 11:15 p.m. Friday, July 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, Coney Island-bound F trains are rerouted via the M line after 36th Street, Queens to 47th-50th Sts due to station work at Lexington Avenue-63rd Street for the Second Avenue Subway Project.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, July 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, there is no G train service between Court Square and Nassau Avenue. G trains operate between Nassau Avenue and Church Avenue. There is no G service at Greenpoint Avenue, 21st Street and Court Square.
Free shuttle buses operate on two routes:
- Via Manhattan Avenue between Nassau Avenue G and Court Square
- Via McGuinness Blvd between Lorimer Street L and Court Square
Customers may transfer between:
- G trains and shuttle buses at Nassau Avenue
- L trains and shuttle buses at Lorimer Street
- E and 7 trains and shuttle buses at Court Square
From 3:30 a.m. Saturday, July 20 to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 21, there is no J train service between Broadway Junction and Myrtle Avenue due to switch renewal north of Myrtle Avenue-Broadway and track panel installation at Kosciusko Street. J trains operate in two sections:
- Between Jamaica Center and Broadway Junction
- Between Chambers Street and Myrtle Avenue, and then rerouted via the M line to Metropolitan Avenue.
Free shuttle buses operate between Broadway Junction and Myrtle Avenue, making stations stops at Chauncey Street, Halsey Street, Gates Avenue and Kosciusko Street.
- Transfer between J trains and free shuttle buses at Broadway Junction and/or Myrtle Avenue.
- Transfer between J and L trains at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and/or Broadway Junction.
From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, L service operates in two sections due to switch work north of Rockaway Parkway:
- Between 8th Avenue and Broadway Junction
- Between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Parkway (every 24 minutes)
From 3:30 a.m. Saturday, July 20 to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 21, M service is suspended due to station renewal work at Fresh Pond Road, Forest, Seneca, Knickerbocker and Central Avenues. Customers should take the J train making all M stops between Myrtle Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue. (See J entry.)
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 20 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, N trains are rerouted via the R line in both directions between Canal Street and Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center due to general maintenance and prep work on the Manhattan Bridge prior to the Montague tube shutdown. N trains will stop at City Hall, Cortlandt Street, Rector Street, Whitehall Street, Court Street, Jay Street-MetroTech and DeKalb Avenue.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, July 19 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, July 20, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, July 20 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, July 21 and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, July 21 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, Coney Island-bound N trains run express from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to 36th Street due to track tie renewal at Union Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 20 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, Q trains are rerouted via the R line in both directions between Canal Street and DeKalb Avenue due to general maintenance and prep work on the Manhattan Bridge prior to the Montague tube shutdown. Q trains will stop at City Hall, Cortlandt Street, Rector Street, Whitehall Street, Court Street and Jay Street-MetroTech.
From 10:45 p.m. Friday, July 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 22, Manhattan-bound Q trains run express from Sheepshead Bay to Prospect Park due to track panel installation at Sheepshead Bay. Note: At all times until December 2013, Manhattan-bound Q platforms at Cortelyou Road, Beverley Road and Parkside Avenue are closed for station component work.
From 5:15 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, due to general maintenance and prep work on the Manhattan Bridge prior to the Montague tube shutdown, R trains are rerouted in both directions as follows:
- Via the D line between DeKalb Avenue and Broadway-Lafayette Street
- Via the M line between Broadway-Lafayette Street and Queens Plaza
N and Q trains make R stops between DeKalb Avenue and 57th Street-7th Avenue during this time.
From 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, Bay Ridge-bound R trains run express from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to 36th Street due to track tie renewal at Union Street.
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Maybe off-topic when it comes to the weekend changes, but VERY relevant to this blog:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07.....f=nyregion
Wow, that J routing up Myrtle is unusual. Kinda cool.
At least those normal weekend M riders doesn’t have to transfer to the J at Myrtle Ave one seat ride to Manhattan and transfer to the F.
Yeah. J is infrequent enough weekends that it would be nice if sending the M at least to Chambers was the normal service pattern, at least during weekends during daytime.
That might lead to confusion, since the M doesn’t go to Chambers on weekdays anymore. As a practical matter, it probably can’t go up 6th without when a lot of common GO’s are going on (such as the A/C via the F this weekend). Maybe Essex would be doable?
Is it possible to use Essex as a terminal from that direction? I’ve seen it used as a terminal for Brooklyn-bound J Trains before, but never Manhattan-bound. Another problem, if you use the center track to terminate the M, is an annoying transfer to the J if you want to go to Chambers.
Trains can terminate on the middle track from either direction. The only catch is that through J trains to Brooklyn have to use the outside track, but that’s a simple move.
Anybody who needs to transfer to the J to continue downtown will quickly learn to transfer anywhere between Myrtle and Marcy.
HOLY SHIT CHECK THIS OUT OMFG:
Already posted about it right here. You guys had a psychic conversation about it this weekend apparently.
This is iron-clad proof that the governor spent his weekend reading Second Avenue Sagas. Congratulations!
Yes, in fact this happens frequently for FASTRACK and will soon be regular weekend service.
“Coney Island-bound A trains”? 🙂