Q Train Report: Daytime and Late-Night Work This Week

This week Ditmas Park is getting hit with a double dose of service changes on the Q line, according to the MTA. 

As usual, Coney Island-bound trains will run express from Prospect Park to Sheepshead Bay between 9:45 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 11-12.

But for those who ride after midnight, things are even worse. 

Between 11:45 p.m. and 5 a.m. Monday through Friday Dec. 10 - 14  and  Dec. 18 - 21, trains run every 30 minutes between Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and Stillwell Avenue and Stillwell Avenue in both directions.

This means that  the train will drop you at the D/R platform on the Pacific Street side. Then you walk to the Q platform on the Atlantic side (or vice versa for Manhattan-bound) and wait for the next leg, which could take up to 30 minutes.

The MTA has provided this schedule, to help to try to minimize the wait:

Departures to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr: 

Stillwell Av Brighton Beach Kings Hwy Newkirk Plaza Prospect Park 11:51 PM 11:56 PM 12:03 AM 12:08 AM 12:16 AM 12:21 AM 12:26 AM 12:33 12:38 12:46 12:51 12:56 1:03 1:08 1:16 Then every 30 minutes until: 4:21 4:26 4:33 4:38 4:46

Departures to Stillwell Av: 

Atlantic Av-
Barclays Ctr Prospect Park Newkirk Plaza Kings Hwy Brighton Beach 12:35 AM 12:42 AM 12:47 AM 12:54 AM 1:02 AM 1:05   1:12   1:17   1:24   1:32   1:35   1:42   1:47   1:54   2:02   Then every 30 minutes until: 5:05   5:12   5:17   5:24   5:32  

Note: At 7 Av and Prospect Park, all trains board at the Manhattan-bound platform. 
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Good luck!