Snow knocks out most weekend work

A snowy Brooklyn Museum looms over the IRT’s Eastern Parkway station. (Photo by Benjamin Kabak)

As I write this early Saturday evening, it’s once again snowing in New York City. It’s been a trying winter weather-wise with polar vortexes and seemingly endless snow storms, one after another, barreling down on the city. The subway system seems like it’s suffering a bit under the weight of the weather with problems more constant than usual and stations dirtier than usual. Just yesterday, in the Grand Army Plaza, stop, I watched a waterfall develop underground.

Meanwhile, the snow leads to other issues for the MTA. For the second or third time this year alone, the agency had to cancel a planned FASTRACK treatment due to weather, and instead of the regular slate of weekend work, crews are clearing snow from subway tracks and station platforms. With that in mind, you’ll see this weekend’s service changes are minimal. Everything else was canceled. Trains operate on a Saturday schedule for Presidents Day, and I’ll be back with a new post on Monday night.

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 14 to 4:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 18, 7 trains are suspended between Flushing Main St and Mets-Willets Point due to CBTC construction related work. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service.