NYC Weekend Subway Service Changes For Jan. 20-21

NEW YORK, NY — A dozen and a half New York City subway lines will be out of whack this weekend as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority continues various construction projects, including the Subway Action Plan to stabilize the struggling system.

There are scheduled service changes on 18 of the subway's 27 lines will have service changes from late Friday night through early Monday morning.

The changes will make it tougher to get to Saturday's Women's March on New York City starting 10 blocks north of Columbus Circle on Central Park West.

Uptown A, C and D trains are running express from Columbus Circle to 125th Street. Marchers coming from the south will have to take the 1, 2 or 3 train to 72nd Street and walk east; walk north to the starting point from Columbus Circle; or take the A, C or D line to 125th Street then transfer to a downtown local train on any of those lines.

Here's a look at all this weekend's service changes. All info is courtesy of the MTA. If you're a visual learner, here they are on a map.

2 train

• From 5:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, Wakefield-241 St bound 2 trains run express from 3 Av-149 St to E 180 St due to track maintenance. Use a South Ferry-bound 2 train to complete your trip. As a reminder, 5 trains will not run in the Bronx this weekend.

2/3 train

• From 11:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, 2 and 3 service will be suspended in Brooklyn due to Sandy recovery work in the Clark Street Tunnel.
  • In Brooklyn, 4 service will be extended to New Lots Av to replace the 3. 5 service will be extended to Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College to replace the 2. 4 and 5 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 4 and 5. Transfer at Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr for N, Q and R trains for service to Manhattan.
  • In Manhattan, downtown 2 and 3 trains will be rerouted. 2 trains will run between the Bronx and South Ferry, making local stops between 34 St-Penn Station and South Ferry. 3 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 1/2 and Bowling Green 4/5. Transfer between South Ferry 1/2 and R at South Ferry-Whitehall St. Transfer at Times Sq-42 St for N, Q and R trains to Brooklyn.

2/5 trains

• From 11:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 3:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, 2 and 5 service is suspended in both directions between Eastchester-Dyre Av and E 180 St due to signal modernization. 2 trains will run between South Ferry and Wakefield-241 St, and 5 trains will run between Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College and Grand Central-42 St. Free shuttle buses operate between Eastchester-Dyre Av and E 180 St. Transfer between free shuttle buses and 2 trains at E 180 St.

4 trains

• From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 to 3:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, 4 service will operate in two sections due to track maintenance in the Jerome Tube. Between Woodlawn and 125 St, and between 125 St and New Lots Av. Transfer at 125 St to continue your trip.
• From 11:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 3:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, Woodlawn-bound 4 trains skip 138 St-Grand Concourse due to track maintenance in the Jerome Tube. Use a Manhattan-bound 4 train to complete your trip and transfer at 149 St-Grand Concourse.
• From 10:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19 to 3:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, 4 trains run local in both directions between 125 St and Grand Central-42 St due to drain work as part of the Subway Action Plan.

4/5 trains

• From 11:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, 4 service is extended to New Lots Av and 5 service is extended to Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College due to Sandy recovery work in the Clark Street Tunnel. 4 and 5 trains will run local in Brooklyn to replace the 2 and 3. A free out-of-system transfer is available between the South Ferry 1/2 and Bowling Green 4/5 stations.

5 trains

• From 11:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 3:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, 5 service is suspended in both directions between Grand Central-42 St and the Bronx due to track maintenance in the Jerome Tube. Use 2/4 and shuttle buses instead. 5 service will operate between Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College and Grand Central-42 St. Transfer between 5 and 2 trains at 42 St via the 7 or 42 Street S shuttle. Transfer between 2 trains and shuttle buses at E 180 St.

7 trains

• From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, 34 St-Hudson Yards bound 7 trains run express from 74 St-Broadway to Queensboro Plaza to Mets-Willets Point due to track replacement. Use a Flushing-Main St bound 7 train to complete your trip.

A/C trains

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, uptown trains run express from Canal St to the 145 St C and 168 St A station. Downtown A trains run local from 168 St to Canal St due to signal maintenance as part of the Subway Action Plan. Use a downtown A, C or D train to complete your trip.

C trains

• From 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight, Saturday, Jan. 20 and Sunday, Jan. 21, C trains are suspended in both directions between 145 St and 168 St due to signal maintenance as part of the Subway Action Plan.

E trains

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, Jamaica Center Parsons/Archer-bound E trains skip Spring St and 23 St due to signal maintenance as part of the Subway Action Plan. Use a downtown A local, C or E to complete your trip.
• From 10:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, Jamaica Center Parsons/Archer-bound E trains run local in both directions between Queens Plaza and Roosevelt Av, and World Trade Center-bound E trains run local between 71 Av and Queens Plaza due to track maintenance.

B trains

• From 9:45 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, uptown B trains run express from 59 St-Columbus Circle to 145 St due to signal maintenance as part of the Subway Action Plan. Use a downtown A, B, C or D train to complete your trip. Transfer at 145 St, 125 St, or 59 St-Columbus Circle.

D/N trains

• From 9:45 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Friday to Monday, Jan. 19 to Jan. 22, Manhattan-bound D and N trains run express in Brooklyn from 59 St N/36 St D/N to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and skip DeKalb Av due to scheduled maintenance.

F trains

• At all times until early 2018, Manhattan-bound F 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 F train to Kings Hwy or 18 Av and transfer to a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound F.
  • For service from these stations, take a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound F train to Kings Hwy or Avenue X and transfer to a Manhattan-bound F.
• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, Jamiaca-179 St bound F trains skip 14 St and 23 St due to signal maintenance. Use a downtown F train to complete your trip.
• From 10:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, Jamiaca-179 St bound F trains run local in both directions between 21 St-Queensbridge and Roosevelt Av, and Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound F trains run local from Jamiaca-179 St to 21 St-Queensbridge due to track maintenance.

J trains

• At all times until early 2018, Manhattan-bound J trains skip 104 St due to station rehabilitation work.
  • For service to this station, use the nearby 111 St or Woodhaven Blvd stations instead. Or, take the Manhattan-bound J to 111 St or Woodhaven Blvd and transfer to a Jamaica Center-bound J.
  • For service from this stations use the nearby 111 St or Woodhaven Blvd stations instead. Or, take the Q56 bus and transfer to/from J service at nearby 111 St.
• From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, Manhattan-bound J trains skip Flushing Av, Lorimer St, and Hewes St due to track replacement. Use a Crescent St-bound J train to complete your trip.

L trains

• From 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, L trains run every 24 minutes between Rockaway Pkwy and Broadway Junction due to track maintenance. L service will operate in two sections: Between 8 Av and Broadway Junction, and between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Pkwy.
• From 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, L trains are suspended in both directions between Rockaway Pkwy and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs due to signal maintenance. L service will operate between 8 Av and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs. Free shuttle buses will run along two routes:
  • Express between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Rockaway Pkwy, stopping at Broadway Junction.
  • Local between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Rockaway Pkwy, making all L line station stops.
  • Transfer between trains and free shuttle buses at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, or use the A/C/J via transfer at Broadway Junction.

M trains

• At all times until April 2018, M service is suspended in both directions between Myrtle Av and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs due to theMyrtle Viaduct Reconstruction project. M service will operate in two sections:
  • Between Delancey-Essex St and Myrtle Av, and via the J 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.
• From 6:15 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, and from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan 21, M trains are suspended in both directions between Essex St and Broadway Junction due to track replacement. For service between Essex St and Broadway Junction, take the J instead.

N trains

• At all times until Fall 2018, Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound N 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 N to Bay Pkwy or Coney Island-Stillwell Av and transfer to a Manhattan-bound N.
  • For service from these stations, take a Manhattan-bound N to Bay Pkwy or 8 Av and transfer to a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound N.
  • For New Utrecht Av-62 St, take the D. Transfer between N and D trains at 36 St or Coney Island-Stillwell Av.
• At all times until Spring 2018, N 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 N/W service at Broadway, Astoria Blvd, and 39 Av, or go to the Steinway St or 36 St M/R stations. Or, use the following convenient bus route(s):
  • Q102 to open Astoria line stations, Queensboro Plaza N/W/7 or Queens Plaza E/M/R
  • Q18 to Northern Blvd M/R.
  • Q66 to Steinway St M/R, Northern Blvd M/R, 21 St-Queensbridge F, Queensboro Plaza N/W/7, and Queens Plaza E/M/R.
  • Q69 and Q100 Ltd to 21 St-Queensbridge F, Queens Plaza E/M/R, Queensboro Plaza N/W/7.

N/R trains

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, Astoria-bound N/R trains are rerouted via the W line from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to Canal St due to station improvements.

N/W trains

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, Astoria-bound N/W trains skip 39 Av and Broadway due to station enhancements at 30 Av and 36 Av. Use a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound N or Whitehall St-bound W to complete your trip.

Q trains

• From 9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, 96 St-bound Q trains are rerouted via the R line from DeKalb Av to Canal St due to station improvements at 25 St and 45 St.

R trains

• From 11:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19 to Monday, Jan. 22, R service is suspended in both directions between Whitehall St and 59 St, Brooklyn due to station improvements at 25 St and 45 St.
• From 9:45 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, and from 6:00 a.m. to 12 midnight, Saturday, Jan. 20 and Sunday, Jan. 21, 71 Av-bound R trains run express in Brooklyn from 59 St to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to due to station improvements at 25 St and 45 St.

(Lead image via Patch)