Here’s how the subways will be running this Presidents’ Day weekend
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Many New Yorkers are looking forward to a long weekend, but it won’t be without its fair share of service changes. On Monday, MTA services will operate on special schedules, with Metro-North and the LIRR offering off-peak fares throughout the day. The worse news is that subways and buses will be on a Saturday schedule, meaning that many of the planned service interruptions listed below will extend into Monday, and in some cases, even Tuesday.
Over the weekend
1Â trains skip 168 Street in both directions.
Uptown 4 trains run express from Brooklyn Bridge to 14 Street-Union Square in Manhattan. Manhattan-bound 4 trains skip 161 Street, 167 Street, 170 Street, Mt Eden Avenue, and 176 Street. 4 trains will only be running every 16 minutes.
5Â trains are only running every 20 minutes.
Pelham Bay Park-bound 6Â trains run express from Brooklyn Bridge to 14 Street-Union Square in Manhattan. Brooklyn Bridge-bound 6Â trains run express from Pelham Bay Park to Parkchester in the Bronx.
Hunters Point Avenue and Vernon Blvd-Jackson Avenue 7 trains board at the Flushing-bound platform.
Through Tuesday, Uptown A trains will skip 72, 81, 86, 96, 103, 110, 116, 135 St, 155 and 163 Streets in Manhattan. Downtown A trains will stop at 163, 155, and 135 Streets.
Through Monday, Uptown C trains skip 72, 81, 86, 96, 103, 110 and 116 Streets in Manhattan. For service between 145 Street and 168 Street, take the A. C trains will run every 12 minutes.
EÂ trains run local in both directions from 71 Avenue to Queens Plaza.
There will be no L service between Broadway Junction in Brooklyn and 8 Avenue in Manhattan, take the M14 or a free shuttle bus.
There is no B service on weekends.
The 62 Street/New Utrecht Avenue Station D, N transfer passageway is closed due to elevator repairs. Uptown D trains stop at 135 Street in Manhattan. D trains will run every 12 minutes.
Through Tuesday, F trains will run local in both directions between 21 Street-Queensbridge and 71 Avenue in Queens. There will be no F service between Church Avenue and Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn, hop on a free shuttle bus instead.
M service is extended to the 96 Street Q Station in Manhattan.
Downtown N trains skip 49 Street in Manhattan. There will be no N service between Ditmars Blvd and Queensboro Plaza, but free shuttle buses will be available. Coney Island-bound N platforms at Fort Hamilton Pkwy, New Utrecht Avenue, 18 Avenue, and 20 Avenue are temporarily closed. N trains run every 12 minutes.
Uptown Q trains will make local stops at Prince Street, 8 Street, 23 Street, and 28 Street in Manhattan. Downtown Q trains skip 49 Street in Manhattan. Q trains will run every 10 minutes.
Downtown R trains skip 49 Street in Manhattan.
There is no W service on weekends.
There won’t be any J service between Crescent Street in Brooklyn and Jamaica Center in Queens, take the E or hop on a free shuttle bus.
There is no Z service on weekends.
On Monday, February 18
The New York City Subways and MTA Staten Island Railway will run on a Saturday schedule. Some of the planned service changes listed above will impact service on Monday as well.
The Long Island Rail Road will be on a holiday schedule, with two extra Ronkonkoma Branch trains in the morning and evening. Off-peak fares will be in effect all day.
The Metro-North Railroad will operate on a Saturday schedule, offering off-peak fares all day. The Hudson Rail Link, Newburgh-Beacon Ferry, and Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry will not operate. For travelers going West of the Hudson, the Port Jervis Line and Pascack Valley Line will be on a weekend schedule.
The Staten Island Railway will be on a Sunday schedule.
Per the whims of the MTA, there will probably be other problems, and the problems stated above are subject to change and worsen.