4th Of July NYC Travel: MTA Changes Service Over Long Weekend

NEW YORK CITY — Service changes are afoot at the MTA this Fourth of July holiday weekend. There will be additional afternoon train service at the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad and Staten Island Railway to help New Yorkers get an early start to the three-day holiday on Friday, according to the transit agency.

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Subways And Buses

Subways and buses will be on a Saturday schedule on Monday.

Brooklyn-bound A and C trains will operate via the F line between West 4th Street-Washington Square in Manhattan and Jay Street-MetroTech in Brooklyn due to track work in the line tunnel and there will be no D service in the Bronx between 161 and 205 streets due to structural work in the Concourse line tunnel, so customers should take the parallel 4 line instead, according to the MTA.

Due to track work, the G line operates in two sections between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand avenues and between Bedford-Nostrand avenues and Hoyt-Schermerhorn, but customers can transfer between segments at Bedford-Nostrand avenues and the work ends at 3:00 p.m on Monday to allow customers to travel to the fireworks show located on the East River, the MTA said.

Manhattan-bound N trains will operate via the D line between Coney Island and 36th Street/4 Avenue due to track maintenance. On Monday evening, extra service will run on the 42nd Street D and the 7 line following the fireworks show.

Due to track panel installation, Manhattan-bound J trains will skip stations between Broadway Junction and Myrtle Avenue/Broadway and Jamaica-bound J trains terminate at 121 Street with further service provided by shuttle buses between 121 St and the E train at Jamaica/Van Wyck, according to the MTA.

Long Island Railroad

On Friday, The LIRR will have 10 extra trains and the 1:47 p.m. train from Hunterspoint Avenue to Montauk will depart up to 14 minutes later from Hampton Bays to Montauk, according to the agency. A regular schedule will commence on Saturday and on Independence Day, trains will operate on a Sunday schedule and there will be additional return service from the Hamptons and Montauk. On Tuesday, train 2705, which usually runs on Summer Mondays (seasonal express service to the Hamptons taking travelers out on Fridays and back on Sundays and Mondays) will depart Montauk at 7:28 a.m. and there will be an additional train from Patchogue to Babylon operating at 4:26 p.m. with a transfer in Babylon to Western Terminals. No track work is scheduled this weekend.

Metro-North

Metro-North will have 10 additional trains on its East of Hudson and West of Hudson lines and some trains between 5:25 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. are canceled to best reallocate equipment and accommodate the holiday weekend travel patterns on Friday, according to the MTA.

The weekend will have normal service, but on the Fourth of July, it will operate on a Sunday schedule with two additional trains on the New Haven line and one additional train on the Port Jervis line.

The LaGuardia Link Q70 bus, with connections to the LIRR from Woodside station and the EFMR and 7 subway lines from Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station, are fare free to and from LaGuardia Airport, until further notice, added the MTA.

MTA Bridges And Tunnels

The daytime scheduled maintenance requiring full lane closures at MTA bridges and tunnels will be suspended beginning at 1 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Tuesday and critical roadwork may be permitted during overnight hours at times when traffic permits, according to the transit agency. Maximum roadway availability will be maintained during peak travel times.

Customers are advised to check any of the MTA’s multiple communications channels at MYmta app, new.mta.info. (service status), live subway maps, Twitter ( @MTA, @NYCTSubway, @NYCTBus, @LIRR and @MetroNorth), by dialing 511 (Connecticut customers should call 877-690-5114), or 711 (for those who are deaf or hard of hearing)

Straphangers could also use WhatsApp (NYC Transit and Metro-North riders can receive customer service support in their native language through the help of Google Translate) or the LIRR TrainTime app (customers can access a similar chat feature to WhatsApp, where customer service representatives are available every day from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

Street Closures

The NYPD will be closing the following streets in Manhattan between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday to prepare for the fireworks.

• FDR Drive between Brooklyn Bridge and East 63rd Street
• Avenue C between East 16th Street and East 20th Street
• East 20th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue C
• East 23rd Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue C
• East 26th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 30th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• 30th Street Entrance Ramps
• East 33rd Street between 1st Avenue and 3rd Avenue
• East 34th Street between 2nd Avenue and FDR Drive
• 34th Street Entrance Ramps
• East 37th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 38th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 41st Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 42nd Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• 42nd Street Entrance Ramps
• East 48th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 49th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 53rd Street at FDR Drive East River Bridges Advisory

NYC Bridges Closed To Pedestrians And Cyclists

• Brooklyn Bridge - At approximately 7 p.m.
• Manhattan Bridge - At approximately 7 p.m.
• Williamsburg Bridge - At approximately 7 p.m.
• Edward I. Koch Bridge - At approximately 7 p.m.