{"id":62763,"date":"2025-12-06T18:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/62763\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T18:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:32:21","slug":"ask-the-mta-137-st-updates-the-f-m-line-swaps-and-atlantic-ave-barclays-center-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/62763\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the MTA | 137 St updates, the F\/M line swaps and Atlantic Ave-Barclays Center work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An F train pulling into the 21st St.-Queensbridge station. F trains will no longer be running through the station during peak hours when it swaps with the M train for the stations between Manhattan and Queens on Dec. 8.<\/p>\n

Marc A. Hermann \/ MTA<\/p>\n

amNewYork Metro, in conjunction with the MTA, present \u201cAsk the MTA,\u201d a column where MTA officials answer your questions about transit service in New York City. If you have a question for the MTA about subways, buses, commuter rails and more, email\u00a0askthemta@amny.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Q: I go to City College. What\u2019s the status of the project underway at the 137 St subway station? Fausto R., Harlem\n<\/p>\n

A: Major construction should wrap up by early 2026. Crews are installing a new elevator to make the station fully accessible. They\u2019re also widening staircases and making some critical state of good repair improvements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can track the progress of the 137 St-City College project and many others on the MTA\u2019s new and improved Capital Program Dashboard<\/a>. It can tell you what\u2019s being built or replaced, where it\u2019s happening, what the budget is, how much has been spent, and when it will be completed. \u2013 Bhargav Shah, Assistant Vice President\/Deputy Program Executive, MTA Construction and Development<\/p>\n

Q: Why is the MTA swapping the F and M lines between Manhattan and Queens? Gina B., Elmhurst\n<\/p>\n

A: We\u2019re making the swap to cut down on delays for riders. In this case, we analyzed service data to identify a major chokepoint near Queens Plaza, where E, F and M trains wait to cross over each other before continuing along their routes. Eliminating this merge reduces the time spent sitting at red signals.<\/p>\n

So, during our busiest hours when the M operates on Queens Boulevard \u2013 weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. \u2013 the F and M lines will permanently swap to help keep trains moving without interruption. During that window, F trains will stop at Queens Plaza, Court Square-23 St, Lexington Av-53 St and 5 Av\u201353 St, while the M will make stops at 21 St-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Av-63 St and 57 St.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can learn more about the swap online at mta.info\/fmswap<\/a>. \u2013 Bill Amarosa Jr., Executive Vice President of Subways, New York City Transit<\/p>\n

Q: I saw photos on Instagram of turnstiles being removed at Atlantic Ave-Barclays Center station. What\u2019s going on there? Joseph L., Prospect Heights\n<\/p>\n

A: Atlantic Ave-Barclays Center is one of several locations where we\u2019ll be testing next-generation fare gates in coming weeks. Riders will have a chance to try out four prototypes currently under consideration by the MTA for inclusion in the 2025-2029 Capital Plan, which will invest more than a billion dollars in new gates at 150 stations systemwide. We\u2019ll announce the winning design after the pilot is completed. \u2013 Jamie Torres-Springer, MTA Construction and Development President\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An F train pulling into the 21st St.-Queensbridge station. F trains will no longer be running through the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[33247,751,5438,31529,141,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-62763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-137th-st","9":"tag-ask-the-mta","10":"tag-atlantic-avenue-barclays-center","11":"tag-f-train","12":"tag-mta","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-queens","17":"tag-queens-headlines","18":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62763","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=62763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}