NYC Weekend Subway Service Changes June 1-2

NEW YORK, NY — Here's how the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be changing up subway service for the weekend — from late Friday, May 31 to Monday morning, June 3.

The weekend work is a part of the MTA's ongoing Subway Action Plan — for station improvements, ongoing maintenance, repairs and upgrades citywide.

Plus, the L train "slowdown" continues every weekend through summer 2020.

The plan is aimed at stabilizing and modernizing the system, targeting the problem areas that spark some 79% of delays, per the MTA.

All info is courtesy of the MTA. And here it is in map form.

1 Train:

• From 11:15 p.m. Friday, May 31, to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, trains will run between South Ferry and 96 St. Trains will not run between 96 St and Van Cortlandt Park-242 Sts due to track and switch maintenance near 125 St. Take shuttle buses, M3, M100, and A/C trains instead. Buses will run along four routes. Use the A to nearby stations via transfer at 59 St 1/A, 168 St Bus/A, or 207 St Bus/A. As a reminder, the 168 St 1 station is closed for renovations until early 2020.
• At all times until early 2020, trains skip 168 St in both directions due to elevator replacement work. For alternate service take the A/C at/to this station. Transfer between 1 and A trains at 59 St-Columbus Circle. A free out-of-system transfer with a MetroCard is available between the 207 St or 215 St 1 and 207 St A. Take the M5 to/from 157 St 1. Late nights, the M5 will run between 168 St and 157 St. This work is part of a major elevator replacement project at five separate “deep” stations in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. The 1 line part of the 168 St station is 112 years old. Some of the oldest components in these elevators and the accompanying machine rooms are more than 90 years old. When completed, the elevator doors at 168 St 1 will open at both the front and rear sides at the lower mezzanine level. The rear passageway behind the elevators at the lower mezzanine level will be reopened in order to improve customer flow. For a graphical guide to these alternate travel directions click here.

2 Train:

• From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, June 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 2, free shuttle buses will replace trains between Gun Hill Rd and Wakefield-241 St due to track and switch maintenance near 238 St. 2 trains will run between Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College and Gun Hill Rd. Free shuttle buses will run between Gun Hill Rd and Wakefeild-241 St. Transfer at Gun Hill Rd to continue your trip.

2/3 Train:

• From 10 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, downtown trains will run local from 34 St-Penn Station to Chambers St due to track maintenance. As a reminder, overnight 3 service runs between Harlem-148 St and Times Sq-42 St only.

2/5 Train:

• At all times until July 2019, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College bound trains will skip President St due to staircase and platform edge rehabilitation work. During this closure, for service to President St, take a Flatbush Av-bound 2/5 to Sterling St and transfer to a Manhattan-bound 2 or 5 Train. For service from President St, use the B44 local or B44 SBS bus. Or, take a Manhattan-bound 2/5 To Franklin Av and transfer to a Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College-bound 2 or 5 train.
• At all times until July 2019, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College bound trains will skip Winthrop St due to staircase and platform edge rehabilitation work. During this closure, for service to Winthrop St, take a Flatbush Av-bound 2/5 to Sterling St and transfer to a B44 local or B44 SBS bus to complete your trip. The station agent will issue transfer tickets upon request. Or, take a Flatbush Av-bound 2/5 to Church Av and transfer to a Manhattan-bound 2 or 5 train. For service from Winthrop St, use the nearby Church Av station or the B44/B44 SBS bus. Or, take the Manhattan-bound 2/5 to Sterling St and transfer to a Flatbush Av-bound 2/5 train.

4/5 Train:

• From 10 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, trains will run local in both directions between 14 St-Union Sq and Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall due to track maintenance near Spring St.

4/6 Train:

• From 11:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, uptown trains will run express from 14 St-Union Sq to Grand Central-42 St due to structural maintenance, including steel work near 28 St. As an alternative, use a downtown 4 local or 6 train to complete your trip. Transfer at Grand Central-42 St or 14 St-Union Sq.

5 Train:

• Beginning 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 31, service will end early between E 180 St and Bowling Green due to track maintenance near Spring St. Take the 2 or 4 instead. As a reminder, 5 service does not run in the Manhattan overnight, and the Eastchester-Dyre Av bound platform at Gun Hill Rd is closed for rehabilitation work until September 2019.
• At all times until September 2019, Eastchester-Dyre Av bound trains will skip Gun Hill Rd due to station rehabilitation work. When finished, this will yield a better travel experience for customers, including the installation of a mezzanine to platform elevator, providing mobility impaired customers with better accessibility. Rehabilitation work will consist of the expansion and reconfiguration of the control house, a new booth, a larger unpaid area, new ADA signage and cameras throughout the station, new station entrance and retail configuration, reconstructed platforms, new ADA boarding areas and tactile platform warning strips, new ADA hand railings along the platform staircases and modifications to the platform canopies to accommodate the new elevator shafts.
• In order to accomplish the repair and reconstruction of the platforms within a safe environment, the northbound side of this station will be closed for approximately six months. For service to this station, take the 5 to Baychester Av and transfer to a Manhattan-bound 5. For service from this station, take the 5 to Pelham Pkwy and transfer to an Eastchester-Dyre Av bound 5.

6 Train:

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, downtown trains will run express from Parkchester to 3 Av-138 St due to track replacement, including continuous welded rail installation and switch work near Hunts Point Av. As an alternative, use an uptown 6 train to complete your trip. Transfer at 3 Av-138 St, Hunts Point Av, or Parkchester.

7 Train:

• From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, May 31 to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 2, Flushing-Main St bound trains will run express from Queensboro Plaza to Mets-Willets Point due to track and signal maintenance between Mets-Willets Point and 33 St. As an alternative, use a Manhattan-bound 7 train to complete your trip. Transfer at Mets-Willets Point, Junction Blvd, 61 St-Woodside, or Queensboro Plaza.

A/C Train:

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, uptown trains will skip Spring St, 23 St, and 50 St due to station maintenance at Spring St, 23 St and the upper level at 50 St. As an alternative, use a downtown A local, C or E train to complete your trip. Transfer at 59 St-Columbus Circle A/C, 42 St-Port Authority, 34 St-Penn Station, 14 St, W 4 St, or Canal St. As a reminder, C trains do not run overnight.
• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, Queens-bound A and Euclid Av-bound C train will skip Liberty Av, Van Siclen Av, and Shepherd Av due to track maintenance. As an alternative, use a Manhattan-bound A local, or C train to complete your trip. Transfer at Euclid Av or Broadway Junction. As a reminder, C trains do not run during the late nights.

A Train:

• From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the summer, the Rockaway Park/Beach 116 St S shuttle service will be extended to Rockaway Blvd to facilitate beach traffic to the peninsula. Customers can take any A train to connect with the shuttle at Rockaway Blvd. This seasonal service will also be available on Memorial Day, July Fourth and Labor Day.

B Train:

• Beginning 8:30 p.m., Friday, May 31, service will end early due to track maintenance near 167 St. As an alternative, take C/D and/or Q trains instead. As a reminder, B service does not run on weekends.

D Train:

• From 10:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, Norwood-205 St bound trains will skip 170 St, 174-175 Sts, and 182-183 Sts due to track maintenance near 167 St. As an alternative, use a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound D train to complete your trip. Transfer at Fordham Rd, Tremont Av, or 167 St.

D/N Train:

• Overnights from 10:45 p.m. to 5 a.m., Friday to Monday, May 31 to June 3, Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound trains will run express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to 36 St due to track maintenance near Union St. As an alternative, use a Manhattan-bound D/N local or R train to complete your trip. Transfer at 36 St or Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr.

E Train:

• From 10:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, Jamaica Center-bound trains will skip Briarwood due to track replacement. As an alternative, use a Manhattan-bund E or F train to complete your trip. Transfer at Jamaica-Van Wyck E or Union Tpke.
• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, uptown trains will skip Spring St and 23 St due to station maintenance at Spring St and 23 St. As an alternative, use a downtown A local, C or E train to complete your trip. Transfer at 34 St-Penn Station, 14 St, or Canal St.

E/R Train:

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, Manhattan-bound trains will run express from 71 Av to Queens Plaza due to track maintenance. As an alternative, use a Jamaica Center-bound E local or 71 Av-bound R train to complete your trip. Transfer at Queens Plaza, Roosevelt Av, or 71 Av. As a reminder, R trains do not run in Queens overnight.

F Train:

• From 10:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, Jamaica Center-bound trains will skip Briarwood and Sutphin Blvd due to track replacement and plate renewal. As an alternative, use a Manhattan-bound E or F train to complete your trip. Transfer at Parsons Blvd F or Union Tpke.

F/G Train:

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, 179 St-bound F and Court Sq-bound G trains will skip Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 15 St-Prospect Park, and 4 Av-9 St due to track maintenance near Fort Hamilton Pkwy. As an alternative, use a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound F or Church Av-bound G train to complete your trip. Transfer at Smith-9 Sts, 7 Av, or Church Av.

J Train:

• From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, June 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 2, free shuttle buses and E trains will replace J trains between Crescent St and Jamaica Center due to station rehabilitation. J trains will run between Broad St and Crescent St. Free shuttle buses will make all J line station stops between Crescent St and 121 St, and connect with the E at Jamaica-Van Wyck. Transfer between trains and free shuttle buses at Jamaica-Van Wyck E and/or Crescent St J. As a reminder, the 111 St J station is closed for rehabilitation work.
• At all times until summer 2019, trains skip 111 St in both directions due station rehabilitation work. The elevated 111 St station opened for service in 1917, and its structure has not been replaced since the station was built. The platform girders at 111 St will be replaced as part of structural improvements at several Jamaica Line stations, that will benefit thousands of customers who rely on the line between Manhattan and Queens, and provide a safe station environment for many more decades to come. For more details about this critical structural repair project, refer to this prior press release. As an alternative, use nearby stations at 104 St or 121 St to complete your trip. Take the Q56 bus to/from 104 St and 121 St J/Z stations; free transfer with MetroCard. Additional free transfers with MetroCard will be available between Q37, Q56 and the subway at 104 St, 121 St, or Woodhaven Blvd stations. The Q56 will run with enhanced service between 111 St and 121 St. For a graphical guide to these alternate travel directions click here.

L Train:

• Until summer 2020, L trains will run every 20 minutes between Brooklyn and Manhattan, in both directions on weekends and weeknights. Within Brooklyn, L trains run every 10 minutes in both directions on weekends from 6 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. NYC Transit encourages customers to take advantage of extensive and robust options in its alternative service plan for quicker travel or to avoid crowds. A dedicated website on the Project is available with trip planning tools, information on the project and travel guides for L stations from 8 Av to Lorimer St. Customers are also encouraged to sign up for aweekly email newsletter on the Project to get progress updates and reach Transit staff with feedback or questions. For more information, visit https://new.mta.info/l-project.
• The alternate service options include:
  
  • Enhanced subway service on G, M, and 7 lines on weeknights and weekends, including extended M.
  • Enhanced bus service on 14th Street, including additional weeknight and weekend M14A bus service to Delancey/Essex St for links to F/J/M.
  • A new weeknight and weekend bus service, called Williamsburg Link, operates on two routes as the B92 and the B91. They connect with subway stations at Bedford Av, Metropolitan Av-Lorimer St, Marcy Av and Hewes St.
  • Free subway transfers to make connections easier between Livonia St Land Junius St 3, and from Broadway G to Hewes St J/M or Lorimer St J/M.

M Train:

• From 10 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 1:30 a.m. Saturday, June 1, and from 6 a.m. Saturday, June 1 to 1:30 a.m. Monday, June 3, special M service to help accommodate customers during the L Project runs between Brooklyn and up to 96 St in Manhattan. M trains will run between Metropolitan Av and 47-50 Sts, and via the F to/from Lexington Av/63 St, and via the Q to/from 96 St.

N Train:

• From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, June 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 2, Astoria-bound trains will skip 39 Av, 36 Av, Broadway, and 30 Av due to station renewal work at Astoria Blvd and Astoria-Ditmars Blvd. As an alternative, use a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound N train to complete your trip. Transfer at Ditmars Blvd or Queensboro Plaza. As a reminder, the Astoria Blvd station is closed for renewal work until December 2019.
• At all times until December 2019, trains will skip Astoria Blvd in both directions due to station renewal work to add four new elevators and other accessibility features, as well as demolish and rebuild the station mezzanine with more vertical clearance to over-height vehicles traveling below the station structure. When this project is completed in late 2020, the Astoria Blvd station will have two street-to-mezzanine elevators, two mezzanine-to-platform elevators, a new station mezzanine, repaired or replaced structural columns and foundations, repaired concrete platform surfaces, new street and platform stairs, new platform stair enclosures, and new platform canopies and mezzanine overpass walkway canopies. Lights, signs and gates will also be replaced. The new station structure will be reinforced to support the weight of the new elevators and facilities. For more details about this critical structural repair project, refer to this prior press release.
• As an alternative, use nearby stations use nearby stations at 30 Av or Ditmars Blvd. Take N/W to Queensboro Plaza, then 7 to 74 St-Roosevelt Av, or take the E/F/M/R to 74 St-Roosevelt Av. As a reminder, R trains operate days/evenings only, and MW trains do not run overnight or on the weekend. M60 SBS customers are advised to use the LaGuardia Link Q70 SBS instead. The LaGuardia Link Q70 SBS serves the 74 St-Roosevelt Av station.
• At all times until summer 2019, Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound trains skip Fort Hamilton Pkwy, New Utrecht Av, 18 Av, and 20 Av, due to station rehabilitation work on the Sea Beach Line. When finished, this will yield a better travel experience for customers, including the installation of elevators at 8 Av and New Utrecht Av stations, providing 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, use a Manhattan-bound N train to complete your trip. Transfer at Bay Pkwy or 8 Av. For New Utrecht Av-62 St, take the D instead. Transfer between N and D trains at 36 St.
• At all times until July 2019, trains will run local in both directions between 59 St and 36 St in Brooklyn due to structural rehabilitation work to repair and replace steel columns, lighting, ventilators, and deteriorated concrete, and perform water mitigation work to address water seepage in the express tunnel between the 59 St and 36 St stations. N trains will stop at 53 St and 45 St in both directions.

N/Q Train:

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, uptown trains skip 49 St due to electrical improvements. As an alternative, use a downtown N/Q local or R train to complete your trip. Transfer at 57 St-7 Av or Times Sq-42 St.

Q Train:

• From 5:45 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and June 2, Manhattan-bound trains will run express from Kings Hwy to Prospect Park due to track replacement. As an alternative, use a Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound Q train to complete your trip. Transfer at Prospect Park, Church Av, Newkirk Plaza, or Kings Hwy.

R Train:

• From 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 31 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 3, free buses and the N will replace R trains between Bay Ridge-95 St and 36 St due to accessibility improvements. Late night R service will not run. Daytime/evening R service will run between 71 Av and 36 St, Brooklyn, and via the D to/from 9 Av, the last stop. Buses will make all R stops between Bay Ridge-95 St and 59 St all weekend. Transfer between N and buses at 59 St, and between N and R trains at 36 St. Late night R service between Brooklyn and Whitehall St will be suspended — take the N and/or free shuttle buses instead.
• From 10:45 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. Friday, May 31, and from 6 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and June 2, 9 Av-bound trains will run express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to 36 St due to track maintenance near Union St. As an alternative, use a Manhattan-bound D, N local or R to complete your trip. Transfer at 36 St or Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr.
• From 9:45 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. Friday, May 31, and from 6 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and June 2, uptown trains will skip 49 St due to electrical improvements. As an alternative, use a downtown N or R train to complete your trip. Transfer at 57 St-7 Av or Times Sq-42 St.

S Train / Franklin Av Shuttle:

• From 5:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and June 2, free shuttle buses will replace Franklin Av S shuttle service due to station maintenance. Franklin Av S service will be suspended. Free shuttle buses will make all S stops between Franklin Av and Prospect Park.

W Train:

• Beginning 8:30 p.m., Friday, May 31, service will end early due to electrical improvements. As an alternative, take N or R trains instead. As a reminder, W trains do not run on weekends.