Changes Part of Subway Action Plan, Enhanced Station Initiative &

Other Ongoing Maintenance, Repair and Capital Construction Work

For Changes Affecting 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A C D E F J M N Q R

These weekend service changes are part of the NYC Subway Action Plan, the Enhanced Station Initiative in Brooklyn and Queens and on-going capital construction work on the MTA New York City Transit subway system.  These programs maintain and upgrade track, signal, station and other infrastructure in order to continue to provide MTA customers with safe and reliable service.  For more information on the 2015-2019 Capital Program, click 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 of this work is aligned with the NYC Subway Action Plan already in place and set to deliver improvements within one year.  The plan attacks the key drivers of 79% of the major incidents causing delays in the system and focuses on critical components of the system that have the highest incidence of failure.

The Weekender is your guide to understanding planned service changes in effect for system maintenance and construction.  It makes it easy for subway riders to visualize exactly how weekend work will affect subway service.  Customers may visit www.mta.info and check out “The Weekender,” accessible by clicking the  “Weekender” tab located within the Service Status Menu.

The “Weekender for Mobile App” includes MTA Subway Time data and is available for iPhone in the Apple app store, and in the Google Play store for Android devices.  This free-to-download app shares the same features as the desktop version, including a subway diagram that displays the service to be provided each weekend, and all service changes.  Users can pinch or expand the map to multiple zoom levels, and tap to choose one of three ways to view service diversions: Service by Line, Service by Borough and Service by Station. 

Customers can also download the apps at http://web.mta.info/apps/weekenderApp.html.

TripPlanner+ provides travel information that takes weekend service diversions into account.  In addition, customers can receive customized subway diversion e-mails delivered to their inbox by signing up for the E-mail Subscription Program by clicking here.   Customers who rely on these lines should allow for additional travel time.

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30, uptown  trains run express from Times Sq-42 St to 72 St due to continuous welded rail and track replacement.

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30,  service will be suspended in Brooklyn due to Fix&Fortify Sandy Recovery Work in the Clark St Tunnel.  This project is part of MTA’s ongoing efforts to fix assets damaged during Sandy, and include repairs and rehabilitation of tracks, signals, pump rooms, fire protection system, and power and communication cables. 

• In Brooklyn,  service will operate local to Crown Hts-Utica Av to replace the . Free shuttle buses will run from Crown Hts-Utica Av to New Lots Av.   service will be extended to Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College to replace the .   and  trains will run local in Brooklyn.  Service will not be available at the Clark St and Hoyt St stations.  As an alternative, use the nearby Borough Hall and Nevins St  Transfer at Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr for  trains for service to Manhattan.
• In Manhattan, downtown  trains will be rerouted.  trains will run between the Bronx and South Ferry, making local stops between 34 St-Penn Station and South Ferry.   service will run between Harlem-148 St and 14 St.  Service will not be available at the Park Place and Wall St stations.  Use the nearby Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall and Wall St  stations instead.
• A free out-of-system transfer is available between the South Ferry  and Bowling Green Transfer between South Ferry  and  at South Ferry-Whitehall St.  Transfer at Times Sq-42 St for  trains to Brooklyn. 

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 28 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30, downtown  trains run local from 96 St to Times Sq-42 St due to track maintenance. 

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30,  trains are suspended in both directions between Eastchester-Dyre Av and E 180 St due to station rehabilitation work.   service operates between South Ferry and E 180 St.   service operate between Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College and Wakefield-241 St.  Free shuttle buses operate between E 180 St and Eastchester-Dyre Av.  Transfer between buses and  trains at E 180 St.   

From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, October 28 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, October 29, uptown  trains run express from 3 Av-149 St to E 180 St due to track maintenance.   

From 11:30 p.m. Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30,  trains are suspended in both directions between Crown Hts-Utica Av and New Lots Av due to track replacement, switch work, and platform repairs.  Free shuttle buses make all station stops between Crown Hts-Utica Av and New Lots Av.  Transfer between  trains and shuttle buses at Crown Hts-Utica Av.  

From 5:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, October 28 and Sunday, October 29, Crown Hts-Utica Av-bound  trains skip 176 St,  Mt Eden Av, 170 St, 167 St, and 161 St due to track maintenance and tie renewal Use a Woodlawn-bound  train to complete your trip.  Transfer at 149 St- Grand Concourse or Burnside Av. 

From 11:45 p.m. on Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30,  service will operate local to Crown Hts-Utica Av and  service is extended to Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College due to Fix&Fortify Sandy Recovery Work in the Clark St Tunnel.   trains will run local in Brooklyn to replace the .  A free out-of-system transfer is available between the South Ferry  and Bowling Green  stations. 

From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, October 28 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, October 29,  service is suspended in both directions between Pelham Bay Park and Parkchester due to electrical improvements.   service will operate between Parkchester and Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall.  Free shuttle buses will make all  line station stops between Pelham Bay Park and Parkchester.

From 3:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday, October 28, and Sunday, October 29, Flushing-Main St bound  trains run express from Queensboro Plaza to Mets-Willets Point due to track panel installation.  

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 28 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30,  trains run local in both directions between Euclid Av and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts due to electrical improvements as part of the Subway Action Plan. 

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30, uptown  trains run express from Canal St to 59 St-Columbus Circle due to signal improvements.

At all times until Fall 2017,  trains skip Prospect Av in both directions due to the MTA’s Enhanced Station Initiative project.  Following an extensive overhaul of the Prospect Av station, customers will benefit from improved features like brighter, more comfortable platform environments, digital screens for real-time arrival information, informational dashboards, station art, electronics charging stations and new platform edges.  For service to/from this station use the nearby 4 Av-9 St  or 25 St  stations via the B37 and B63 local buses. 

From 11:45 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Friday, October 27 to Monday, October 30, Manhattan-bound  trains run express in Brooklyn from 59 St/36 St to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr due to Enhanced Station Initiative work at Prospect Av.  Use a Coney Island-Stillwell Ave bound  local train to complete your trip. 

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30, uptown  trains skip Spring St and 23 St due to signal improvements and switch maintenance.      

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 28 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30, Jamaica Center/Jamaica-bound  trains run local from Queens Plaza /21 St-Queensbridge  to 71 Av due to signal improvements along Queens Boulevard.   

At all times until early 2018, Manhattan-bound  trains skip Avenue U, Avenue P, Avenue N, Bay Pkwy and Avenue I due to station renewal work on the Culver Line .  When finished, more than 27,000 daily customers will benefit from repaired staircases, fare control areas, walls, floors, platform girders, new platform windscreens, rubbing boards, tactile warning strips, improved lighting and artwork. 

• For service to these stations, take a Manhattan-bound  train to Kings Hwy or 18 Av and transfer to a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound .
• For service from these stations, take a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound  train to Kings Hwy or Avenue X and transfer to a Manhattan-bound .

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30, Jamaica-179 St bound  trains skip 14 St and 23 St due to signal improvements and switch maintenance.     

At all times until Fall 2017, Manhattan-bound  trains skip 121 St and 104 St due to station rehabilitation work.

• For service to these stations, use the nearby 111 St or Woodhaven Blvd stations instead.  Or, take the Manhattan-bound  to 111 St or Woodhaven Blvd and transfer to a Jamaica Center-bound .
• For service from these stations, use the nearby 111 St or Woodhaven Blvd stations instead. Or, take the Q56 bus and transfer to/from  service at nearby 111 St.

At all times until April 2018,  service is suspended in both directions between Myrtle Av and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs due to the Myrtle Viaduct Reconstruction project.   service will operate in two sections:

• Between Delancey-Essex St and Myrtle Av, and via the  to/from Broadway Junction, days/evenings.
• Between Metropolitan Av and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs.
• Free shuttle buses operate between Myrtle Av (Broadway) and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs.

At all times until Fall 2018, Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound  trains skip Fort Hamilton Pkwy, New Utrecht Av, 18 Av, 20 Av, Kings Hwy, Avenue U and 86 St due to station rehabilitation work at nine stations on the Sea Beach Line.  When finished, this will yield a better travel experience for our customers including the installation of elevators at 8 Av and New Utrecht Av stations, providing our 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, take the Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound  to Bay Pkwy or Coney Island-Stillwell Av and transfer to a Manhattan-bound .
• For service from these stations, take a Manhattan-bound  to Bay Pkwy or 8 Av and transfer to a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound .
• For New Utrecht Av-62 St, take the  Transfer between  and  trains at 36 St or Coney Island-Stillwell Av.

At all times until Spring 2018,  trains skip 30 Av and 36 Av in both directions due to MTA’s Enhanced Station Initiative project.  When this extensive overhaul is completed at the 30 Av and 36 Av stations, customers will benefit from improved features such as enhanced signage for easier navigation, including digital, real-time train arrival information at subway entrances, glass and wire mesh platform windscreens, new security cameras and railings, artwork, new glass barriers and LED lighting throughout for increased light and transparency and a new staircase for exiting from the 30 Av Astoria-bound platform to the street-level intersection of 30th Avenue and Newtown Avenue.  For alternate service during this closure, use the nearby open Astoria line stations for  service at Broadway, Astoria Blvd, and 39 Av, or go to the Steinway St or 36 St  stations.  Or, use the following convenient bus route(s):

• Q102 to open Astoria line stations, Queensboro Plaza or Queens Plaza .
• Q18 to Northern Blvd .
• Q66 to Steinway St , Northern Blvd , 21 St-Queensbridge , Queensboro Plaza , and Queens Plaza .
• Q69 and Q100 Ltd to 21 St-Queensbridge , Queens Plaza , Queensboro Plaza .

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd bound  trains skip 39 Av and Broadway due to station enhancements.  Use a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound  train to complete your trip.    

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 28 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30, Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound  trains stop at 45 St and 53 St due to electrical improvements as part of the Subway Action Plan.    

At all times until Fall 2017  trains will skip the Prospect Av in both directions due to MTA’s Enhanced Station Initiative project.  Following an extensive overhaul of the Prospect Av station, customers will benefit from improved features like brighter, more comfortable platform environments, digital screens for real-time arrival information, informational dashboards, station art, electronics charging stations, and new platform edges.  Use the 4 Av-9 St  or 25 St  stations via the B37 and B63 local buses.

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 30,  trains are suspended in both directions between Bay Ridge-95 St and 36 St in Brooklyn due to electrical improvements as part of the Subway Action Plan.  Free line closure buses will make all  line station stops between Bay Ridge-95 St and 59 St.  Transfer between trains and free line closure buses at 59 St  station.

From 4:45 a.m. Saturday, October 28 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, October 29,