Weekend Rails

This will be a weekend full of construction, shuttle buses and subway changes. Before you leave the house on Saturday morning make sure you get the scoop on the local subways:

• The F and G train will skip Smith-9th St all times until Spring 2012.
• Coney Island-bound F trains and Church Ave G trains will skip 15th St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Parkway all times until Spring 2012. For service to these stations, take the F or G train to Church Ave and transfer to a Manhattan-bound F or a Queens-bound G. For service from these stations, take the F or the G train to 7th Ave. and transfer to a Coney Island-bound F or a Church Ave-bound G.  
• No 3 trains between 34 St-Penn Station and New Lots Ave. For service between the stations take the 2 train for all stops between Times Sq-42 St and Franklin Ave. Take the 4 train for all stops between Franklin and New Lots Ave.
• Coney Island-bound F trains run via the A train from West 4th St. to Jay Street-MetroTech. For service to Broadway-Lafayette St, transfer to the D train at West 4th St. For service to 2nd Ave, Delancey St, East Broadway and York St, take the F train to Jay Street-MetroTech and transfer to a Manhattan-bound F train. For service from these stations, take the F train to West 4th St and transfer to a Coney Island-bound F.
• The Q train does not stop between Prospect Park and 57th St-7th Ave. For service between Prospect Park and Atlantic Ave, take the free shuttle bus (Three locations: Flatbush at Park Place, Lincoln Road at Prospect Park Q train station and 4 Ave at Pacific Street) and then take the D, N or R train.
• N train will stop at Dekalb Ave.