Service Changes are Part of Subway Action Plan, Station Repairs and Other Ongoing Maintenance and Upgrade Work for Improvements on Multiple Lines

These weekend service changes are part of the MTA Subway Action Plan, station improvements in Queens and Manhattan, and ongoing maintenance, repair and upgrade work throughout the MTA New York City Transit subway system to maintain and upgrade track, signal, station and other infrastructure in order to provide customers with safe and reliable service.  More information on the 2015-2019 MTA Capital Program is available here. 

This weekend, work crews will be dispersed throughout the entire subway system to perform a variety of critical tasks in the areas of track replacement and maintenance, signal modernization, station enhancements, electrical upgrades and communication improvements.  All this work is aligned with the MTA Subway Action Plan, a comprehensive plan to stabilize and modernize the subway system by attacking the key drivers of 79 percent of delay-causing major incidents and strategically targeting additional personnel and equipment to focus on critical parts of the system.   

For a simple, graphical guide that makes it easy to visualize how this weekend maintenance, upgrade and repair work will affect subway service – and what alternative travel options are recommended – consult The Weekender at web.mta.info/weekender.html.  The Weekender is accessible through the MTA website by clicking the “Weekender” tab within the Service Status Menu, and is also available as a free app for iPhone and Android devices.

TripPlanner+ is an online tool that provides customized travel guidance based on available service and takes weekend service diversions into account.  In addition, customers can receive customized subway status emails or texts by signing up at www.MyMTAalerts.com.

At all times until early 2020, trains skip 168 St in both directions due to elevator replacement work.  For alternate service take the AC at/to this station.  Transfer between  and  trains at 59 St-Columbus Circle.  A free out-of-system transfer with a MetroCard is available between the 207 St or 215 St  and 207 St .  Take the M5 to/from 157 St .  Late nights, the M5 will run between 168 St and 157 St.  This work is part of a major elevator replacement project at five separate “deep” stations in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.  The  line part of the 168 St station is 112 years old.  Some of the oldest components in these elevators and the accompanying machine rooms are more than 90 years old.  When completed, the elevator doors at 168 St  will open at both the front and rear sides at the lower mezzanine level.  The rear passageway behind the elevators at the lower mezzanine level will be reopened in order to improve customer flow.  For a graphical guide to these alternate travel directions click here. 

From 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, trains will stop at 79 St and 86 St in both directions due to structural steel maintenance at 86 St.    

From 9:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, Manhattan-bound trains will run express from Franklin Av to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr due to track maintenance at Grand Army Plaza.  As an alternative, use a Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College bound  or New Lots Av-bound  to complete your trip.  Transfer at Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr or Franklin Av.

From 9:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, and from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 23 and Feb. 24, Manhattan-bound trains will run express from Franklin Av to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr due to track maintenance.  As an alternative, use a Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College bound  or New Lots Av-bound  to complete your trip.  Transfer at Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr or Franklin Av.

From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, to 10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, uptown trains will skip 183 St, Fordham Rd, Kingsbridge Rd, and Bedford Pk Blvd due to track replacement between 183 St and Mosholu Pkwy.  As an alternative, use a downtown  to complete your trip.  Transfer at Mosholu Pkwy or Burnside Av.      

From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, trains will run every 16 minutes between Burnside and Woodlawn due to track replacement between 183 St and Mosholu Pkwy.  The last stop for some uptown trains will be Burnside Av; these trains will skip 170 St, Mt Eden Av, and 176 St.  Transfer at Burnside Av or 167 St to continue your trip. 

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, downtown trains will run express from Grand Central-42 St to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall due to track maintenance.  As an alternative use an uptown  local or  to complete your trip.  Transfer at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, 14 St-Union Sq, or Grand Central-42 St. 

From 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, and from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, trains will run every 20 minutes due to track maintenance near Grand Central-42 St. 

From 7:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, trains will not run between E 180 St and 149 St-Grand Concourse due to track maintenance between 3 Av-149 St and Jackson Av.  Take the  instead.   service will run in two sections: between Eastchester-Dyre Av and E 180 St, and between 149 St-Grand Concourse and Bowling Green.  Transfer between  and  trains at E 180 St and/or 149 St-Grand Concourse. 

From 7:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, Bronx-bound trains will skip 138 St-Grand Concourse due to track maintenance between 3 Av-149 St and Jackson Av.  Take the  instead.  Transfer between  and  trains at 125 St. 

From 6:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, and Sunday, Feb. 24, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall bound trains will skip Buhre Av, Middletown Rd, Westchester Sq, Zerega Av, and Castle Hill Av due to track maintenance near the Pelham Bay Park station.  As an alternative, use a Pelham Bay Park-bound  to complete your trip.  Transfer at Parkchester or Pelham Bay Park.

From 6:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, free shuttle buses and  trains replace  service between 34 St-Hudson Yards and Queensboro Plaza due to track maintenance.   trains will run between Flushing-Main St and Queensboro Plaza.  As an alternative, use  or  trains for service between Manhattan and Queens.  Transfer at Queensboro Plaza  or 74 St-Roosevelt Av .  Free shuttle buses will run along two routes: between 34 St-Hudson Yards and Times Sq-42 St, and between Queensboro Plaza and Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av. 

From 9:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, uptown trains will run express from Canal Street to 125 St due to track replacement between Canal St and 125 St.  As an alternative, use a downtown  local, , or  to complete your trip.  Transfer at 125 St, 59 St-Columbus Circle, 42 St/Port Authority, 34 St-Penn Station, 14 St, W 4 St, or Canal St.  As a reminder,  trains do not run overnight.    

Beginning 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22,  service will end early due to track replacement.  As an alternative, use  and/or  trains.  As a reminder,  service does not run on weekends. 

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, free shuttle buses will replace trains between Briarwood and Jamaica Center due to track replacement between Jamaica-Van Wyck and Jamaica Center Parsons-Archer.   trains will run between World Trade Center and Briarwood, and via the  line to/from 179 St.  Free shuttle buses will make all  line station stops between Union Tpke and Jamaica Center.  Transfer between trains and buses at Union Tpke or Briarwood.  For service between Manhattan and JFK Airport, take the  to/from Howard Beach-JFK Airport. 

From 9:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, uptown trains will skip Spring St and 23 St due to track replacement.  As an alternative, use a downtown  local, , or  to complete your trip.  Transfer at 34 St-Penn Station, 14 St, or Canal St. 

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, trains will run local in both directions in Queens due to signal modernization. 

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, trains will run local in both directions between 21 St-Queensbridge and 71 Av due to signal modernization. 

At all times until summer 2019, trains skip 111 St in both directions due station rehabilitation work.  The elevated 111 St station opened for service in 1917, and its structure has not been replaced since the station was built.  The platform girders at 111 St will be replaced as part of structural improvements at several Jamaica Line stations, that will benefit thousands of customers who rely on the line between Manhattan and Queens, and provide a safe station environment for many more decades to come.  For more details about this critical structural repair project, refer to this prior press release.  As an alternative, use nearby stations at 104 St or 121 St to complete your trip.  Take the Q56 bus to/from 104 St and 121 St  stations; free transfer with MetroCard.  Additional free transfers with MetroCard will be available between Q37, Q56 and the subway at 104 St, 121 St, or Woodhaven Blvd stations.  The Q56 will run with enhanced service between 111 St and 121 St.  For a graphical guide to these alternate travel directions click here.

From approximately 10:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25,  trains will operate between Rockaway Pkwy and Broadway Junction due to reliability improvements. Trains will not run between Broadway Junction and 8 Av in Manhattan. More information on this critical work is available here. 
During this work,  trains will provide additional service into Manhattan between Metropolitan Av and 47-50 Sts, via the  line between 47-50 Sts and Lexington Av/63 St, and via the  line between Lexington Av/63 St and 96 St.
Free shuttle buses will also operate along three routes, detailed below. Transfer at Myrtle Wyckoff Avs , Broadway Junction , Marcy Av , Delancey-Essex Sts /M14A, or 14 St/6 Av  and M14 bus. A graphical guide to these changes is available here. 

• Loop serving Marcy Av , Hewes St , Broadway , Lorimer St, and Bedford Av
• between Lorimer St and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs;
• between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Broadway Junction.   

Beginning 9:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, service will end early between Forest Hills-71 Av and 47-50 Sts due to signal modernization.  Take the  and/or .  For Queens, take the  via transfer at 34 St-Herald Sq.  For Court Sq, Lexington Av-53 St and 5 Av/53 St, take the  via transfer at W 4 St.  

From 10:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, special weekend  service will run between Metropolitan Av and 47-50 Sts, and via the  to/from Lexington Av/63 St, and via the  to/from 96 St due to reliability improvements on the  line. 

At all times until spring 2019, Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound trains skip Fort Hamilton Pkwy, New Utrecht Av, 18 Av, and 20 Av, due to station rehabilitation work on the Sea Beach Line.  When finished, this will yield a better travel experience for customers, including the installation of elevators at 8 Av and New Utrecht Av stations, providing mobility impaired customers with better accessibility, upgraded communication systems, installation of Help Point intercoms, new stairways and handrails, reconstructed platforms and overpasses, repairs to canopies and columns, and artwork.  For service to these stations, use a Manhattan-bound  train to complete your trip.  Transfer at Bay Pkwy or 8 Av.  For New Utrecht Av-62 St, take the  instead.  Transfer between  and  trains at 36 St.  

At all times until July 2019, trains will run local in both directions between 59 St and 36 St in Brooklyn due to structural rehabilitation work to repair and replace steel columns, lighting, ventilators, and deteriorated concrete, and perform water mitigation work to address water seepage in the express tunnel between the 59 St and 36 St stations.   trains will stop at 53 St and 45 St in both directions.

From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, to 10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24,  trains will run between Coney Island-Stillwell Av and Queensboro Plaza due to station improvements. Free shuttle buses replace trains between Ditmars Blvd and Queensboro Plaza, making all  line station stops between those two stations. Transfer between trains and buses at Queensboro Plaza.

From 9:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, uptown trains will skip 49 St due to electrical improvements.  As an alternative, use a downtown  local or  to complete your trip.  Transfer at 5 St-7 Av or Times Sq-42 St.    

From 9:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, and from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 23 and Feb. 24, uptown trains will skip 49 St due to electrical improvements.  As an alternative, use a downtown  local or  to complete your trip.  Transfer at 5 St-7 Av or Times Sq-42 St.