Brooklyn subway riders will face service changes through Nov. 23 as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) replaces aging switches south of Marcy Avenue.<\/p>\n
The switches, last replaced in 1997, help trains move between local and express tracks and are critical to service along the J, M and Z lines, according to the MTA.<\/p>\n
The work will impact weekday J train service and require shuttle buses to replace regular service between Brooklyn and Manhattan during five weekends.<\/p>\n
Weekend service changes<\/p>\n
The changes are scheduled for Oct. 17-18, Oct. 24-25, Nov. 7-9, Nov. 13-16 and Nov. 20-23.<\/p>\n
During the impacted weekends, J trains will operate between Jamaica Center-Parsons\/Archer and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway Saturday from 11:30 p.m. to Sunday 10 p.m.<\/p>\n
Shuttle buses will replace regular train service between Myrtle Avenue-Broadway in Brooklyn and Essex Street in Manhattan.<\/p>\n
The M train will operate in two separate sections, with trains arriving approximately every 20 minutes:<\/p>\n
Between Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues, where riders can connect to the L train.<\/p>\n
Between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway, where riders can connect to the J train.<\/p>\n
Regular buses will operate between Myrtle Avenue-Broadway and Essex Street. The L train will continue to operate normally.<\/p>\n
Weekday service changes<\/p>\n
From Oct. 13 through Nov. 20, the J train will operate locally between Marcy Avenue and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays, except during the week of Oct. 26-30.<\/p>\n
Alternative routes<\/p>\n
The MTA recommends that riders consider the following alternatives:<\/p>\n
Travel between Manhattan and Jamaica: Use the A, C or L trains.<\/p>\n
Travel to and from Midtown: Use the L train at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues.<\/p>\n
Travel along the Jamaica Line to and from Manhattan: Transfer to the A, C or L trains at Broadway Junction.<\/p>\n
Travel between Jamaica and Manhattan: Take the E train.<\/p>\n
Travel to and from Lower Manhattan: Use the 4, 5 or 6 trains.<\/p>\n
Riders can check real-time arrivals and planned service changes through the MTA app. Riders can also sign up for email and text alerts or call 511 for service information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn subway riders will face service changes through Nov. 23 as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) replaces aging…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-375985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}