Delays, disruptions, and despair: Nearly every subway line to see service changes this week
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This week’s slate of planned subway service changes rivals the weekend’s—and maybe even exceeds it. Service on parts of the B and D will continue to end early, 5 service between E 180 Street and Bowling Green will end at 8:30 p.m. from Monday to Thursday, and the L is only running every 24 minutes during the day. The A and C are the only lines without scheduled work, but unplanned signal issues are likely to shake things up there as well.
Uptown 1 trains will run express from Chambers Street to 34 Street-Penn Station in Manhattan, from 9:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday to Friday.
Uptown 2 trains run express from Chambers Street to 34 Street-Penn Station from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday to Friday. Also, Monday to Friday, from 9:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. Wakefield-bound 2 trains skip Eastern Pkwy, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street in Brooklyn.
Monday to Thursday, 9:45 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. Harlem-bound 3 trains skip Eastern Pkwy, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street in Brooklyn.
Downtown 4 trains will skip 116, 110, 103, 96, 77, 68 and 51 Streets in Manhattan. Tuesday to Friday, from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Woodlawn-bound 4 trains will skip Eastern Pkwy, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street in Brooklyn. On those days, from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Woodlawn-bound 4 trains will skip 183 Street, Fordham Road, Kingsbridge Road and Bedford Park Blvd. Some uptown 4 trains will skip 170 Street, Mt Eden Avenue, and 176 Street. Throughout the week, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 4 trains will only run every 16 minutes.
5 service between E 180 Street and Bowling Green will end at 8:30 p.m. each night from Monday to Thursday. Take the 2 or 4 instead.
Monday to Friday, from 9:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. Downtown 6 trains will skip 116, 110, 103, 96, 77, 68 and 51 Streets in Manhattan.
From Tuesday to Friday, beginning at 12:01 a.m. each night E Trains will run local in both directions between Queens Plaza and 71 Avenue. Monday to Friday, from 9:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. Jamaica Center-bound E trains run via the F from W 4 Street to 47-50 Streets in Manhattan.
There’s no L service between Broadway Junction and 8 Avenue, Monday to Friday, from 10:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. Take the M14 and free shuttle buses instead. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. L trains run approximately every 24 minutes between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Pkwy.
B service will end at 8:30 each night, Monday to Thursday, until March 7.
D service between 161 Street-Yankee Stadium and 205 Street in the Bronx will end at 9:30 p.m. throughout the week. Free shuttle buses will be available. Uptown D trains will run local from 59 Street-Columbus Circle to 145 Street in Manhattan from 8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. each night. Monday to Friday, beginning at 7 p.m. each night, Manhattan-bound D and N trains make local stops at 25 Street, Prospect Avenue, 4 Avenue-9 Street, Union Street and DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn.
F trains will run local in both directions between 21 Street-Queensbridge and 71 Avenue from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m.
M service between 71 Avenue in Queens and Essex Street in Manhattan will end early Monday to Thursday, from 8:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.—take the E, F, or R instead.
Astoria-bound N trains run via the Q from DeKalb Avenue to Canal Street, Monday to Friday, from 10:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. Until April 19, from 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, Astoria-bound N trains skip 39 Avenue, 36 Avenue, Broadway, and 30 Avenue. From 7 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. N and R trains run approximately every 12 minutes.
Q trains run every 30 minutes between Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center and Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn, from 12:01 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. Tuesday to Friday.
There won’t be any W service between 57 Street-7 Avenue in Manhattan and Ditmars Blvd in Queens, Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through April 19. Take the N instead. W trains will run every 20 minutes in Manhattan.
Per the whims of the MTA, there will probably be other problems, and the problems stated above are subject to change and worsen.
