Weekend Subway Alert: Double diversion on the D- and N-lines

 Posted by at 4:00 am  MTA
Feb 172011
 

The Coney Island-bound D-train runs on the N-line this weekend. And the Manhattan-bound N-train runs on the D-line. Seriously, WTF. It’s mildly annoying when the MTA schedules one of these diversions, but I wonder if they have any fracking idea that doing both at the same time makes things expletiveally worse.

Expletiveally – it’s like exponentially, except with F-bombs.

Here are your South Brooklyn subway advisories for the weekend of February 19-20 (starting roughly 11pm Friday, ending around 5am Monday, unless otherwise noted): Continue reading »

Weekend Subway Alert: D-train diversion, no single-seat ride to Downtown Brooklyn

 Posted by at 4:00 pm  MTA
Feb 102011
 

Reminder: these subway alerts apply to travel within and from South Brooklyn only. Even though that should be obvious from the fact that (1) you’re reading this site and (2) I only ever mention the same five subway lines, it occurs to me that I never pointed that out explicitly. So whoomp, there it is. After being kinda inconsistent about it for a while, I’ve decided that these alerts will also provide info relevant for your trips to North Brooklyn and Manhattan on these five lines, but I’m only going to fret about what happens on our side of the river – the minute you cross into New York County, you’re on your own.

Here are your South Brooklyn subway advisories for the weekend of February 12-13, ending at 5am on Monday: Continue reading »

Weekend subway alert: Local D, Local N, otherwise not bad

 Posted by at 10:00 pm  MTA
Feb 032011
 

The last time I said we were getting off the hook easy, it turned out that (a) a bug in the MTA web site was keeping me from seeing the really bad stuff, and (b) the weather ended up canceling the bad stuff anyway. Well, since then, I’ve asked to get on the MTA’s list of press contacts, so I’ll get the service advisories straight from the horses mouth from now on. And this time, we really are getting off the hook easy. The R’s are running normal, the D’s and N’s are running local but on their normal routes, and there’s nothing going on with the F’s and Q’s other than the usual “at all times” Manhattan-bound closures.

So here it is, your subway advisories for the weekend of February 4 and 5 (beginning at 11pm Friday night unless otherwise noted): Continue reading »

Weekend Subway Alert: No R-trains plus D-train diversion

 Posted by at 4:00 pm  MTA
Jan 272011
 

Note: I think I got it right this time. That said, keep in mind that service diversions can change without notice. In particular, the MTA may elect to cancel construction if the weather is bad this weekend, or on the flip side, they may need to further curtail service if the weather is really, REALLY bad.

No R-trains this weekend, folks. Also there is a diversion for Manhattan-bound D-trains. Here are your subway advisories for the weekend of January 29-30: Continue reading »

UPDATED (twice): Weekend Subway Alert

 Posted by at 12:55 pm  MTA
Jan 222011
 

UPDATE II: As of about noon on Saturday, weekend construction work is canceled on the D and R lines. D-trains will run normally to Manhattan, and R-trains normally to Bay Ridge.  The only two changes impacting South Brooklynites are the closed Manhattan-bound stations on the Q-line in Midwood and the F-line in Park Slope.

The original post has been removed to clear up confusion.

Weekend Subway Alert: Shuttle buses replace Bay Ridge R-train. Also, the sky is blue and the sun rises in east.

 Posted by at 12:00 pm  MTA
Jan 132011
 

BK Southie readers, you awesome bunch of people, we have a question for you. For a little while, we were posting these weekend subway alerts on Thursday afternoon. Then the MTA gave us a break from the constant mayhem for a few weeks, so we didn’t post anything. When weekend diversions started up again, we put them in our handy weekend subway alert sidebar thingy.

Do y’all have a preference? Do you like one? The other? Both?

This weekend, there are (stop me if you’ve heard this one before) no R-trains. Anywhere. Not in Brooklyn, not in Manhattan, not in Queens. Look for shuttle buses on the Bay Ridge portion of the route. D- and N-trains will run local to pick up the slack over the rest of 4th Avenue. Also, there are no F-trains through Park Slope as the MTA gets ready for the Culver Viaduct Clusterfuck. No biggie if you’re staying local, not so much fun if you’re trying to get to Manhattan or North Brooklyn that way.

The following changes begin Friday night as early as 10:30pm, and run through Monday at 5am. Continue reading »

Weekend Subway Alert: Diversion on the N-line

 Posted by at 9:59 am  MTA
Nov 272010
 

Sorry for the late posting – I blame Turkey Coma. Although I’m starting to wonder, is the coma really caused by the turkey? Or the Lions game? Anyway, I apologize for the late posting, and also that I’m not coming up with any motivational slogans for James The Splendid Red Engine this week.

It’s a light construction week in South Brooklyn. Here are your subway advisories for the weekend of November 27th and 28th: Continue reading »

UPDATED: Weekend subway alert: all is fine on the F-line (as long as you weren’t planning to go very far)

 Posted by at 10:43 pm  MTA
Nov 172010
 

UPDATED (Nov 17): The changes this week are exactly the same as last week, so I’m just bumping last week’s post back up to the top.

The biggest problem this weekend will be for F-train riders who intend to go to Manhattan or North Brooklyn this weekend - the F-trains are being replaced with shuttle buses from Church Avenue to Jay Street. Also, once again, both D- and N-train riders are half-screwed, depending on whether they’re coming or going.

Here are your subway advisories for the weekend of November 13th and 14th: Continue reading »

Weekend subway alert: Double-diversion for D- and N-trains

 Posted by at 3:30 am  MTA
Nov 042010
 

It’s Marathon Weekend, y’all! Which means the buses are going to be a lot more frakked up than the trains. Not that you’d know by looking for a listing of affected lines on the MTA web site, or e-mailing their customer service center. That’s OK, we have common sense on our side. Good rule of thumb: nothing crosses 4th Avenue, anywhere, and if your bus is supposed to come to Bay Ridge, just assume it’s completely FUBAR this weekend.

Here are your subway advisories for the weekend of Saturday, November 6 and Sunday, November 7: Continue reading »

Weekend subway alert: shuttle buses for Bay Ridge, Coney Island-bound diversion on the D-line

 Posted by at 9:00 am  MTA
Oct 282010
 

I’m thinking about making James The Splendid Red Engine the official spokesman of the South Brooklyn weekend subway alerts. Here are your advisories for Saturday and Sunday:

Affected train Weekend service disruption
  • Suspended in Brooklyn, beginning 11:30 Friday night.
  • N-train makes all local stops between Whitehall Street (Manhattan) and 59th Street (Brooklyn)
  • Shuttle bus replaces R-train stops between 59th Street and 95th Street in Bay Ridge
  • Coney Island-bound trains run on the N-line from 36th Street to Coney Island, beginning at midnight.
  • Coney Island-bound passengers: if you are traveling to 9th Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway, 50th Street and 55th Street, you should take a CI-bound D- or N-train to New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street, and switch upstairs to a Manhattan-bound D-train to complete their trip
  • If you are traveling to 71st and 79th Streets, 18th and 20th Avenues, Bay Parkway, 25th Avenue, and Bay 50th Street, you should take a CI-bound D- or N-train to Stillwell Avenue/Coney Island, and switch to a Manhattan-bound D-train to complete their trip
  • Manhattan-bound trips are unaffected
  • Trips to New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street and Stillwell Avenue/Coney Island are unaffected
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