This coming weekend there will be diversions affecting service at the Court Street, High Street, Jay Street-Metro Tech, and York Street stations. Service at the Clark Street (2 and 3 trains) and Borough Hall (2, 3, and 4), barring unforeseen problems, will not be affected. Just like last weekend, Manhattan bound A and C trains will be re-routed over the F line from Jay Street to West 4th Street, so there’s no Manhattan-bound service at High Street. To get to stops in lower Manhattan served by the A or C, take the 2, 3, or 4 to a nearby stop, or take an A or C to West 4th and catch a Brooklyn bound train back to the skipped stop. In a sort of subway do-si-do, Brooklyn bound F trains will be re-routed over the A and C line from West 4th to Jay Street, so twice as much Brooklyn bound service at High Street but none at York Street. To get to York from Manhattan either take an F to Jay and switch to a Manhattan bound F back to York, or take a Brooklyn bound A, c. or F to High Street and walk down the hill. Continue Reading →
Subway Service Alerts
Subway Update: Giants Victory Parade Means Disruptions Today
The MTA has announced that trains on several lines serving Brooklyn Heights will be skipping stations in downtown Manhattan in both directions starting at 10:00 this morning and continuing for the duration of the parade, which is expected to last several hours. The skipped stations will be Wall Street and Fulton Street on the 4 and 5 (but not the 2 and 3), Fulton and Chambers on the A and C, and City Hall on the R. There will be normal service on the 2 and 3, at Bowling Green on the 4 and 5, and at Cortlandt and Rector streets on the R.
Subway Service Alerts
This weekend, like last, there will be no R service to Manhattan at Court Street or Jay Street/Metrotech, although Brooklyn bound service will be available at both stations. Manhattan bound A and C trains will be re-routed over the F line from Jay Street to West 4th Street, so there’s no Manhattan-bound service at High Street. To get to stops in lower Manhattan served by the A or C, take the 2, 3, or 4 to a nearby stop, or take an A or C to West 4th and catch a Brooklyn bound train back to the skipped stop. A trains will also be diverted to the F line between Jay and West 4th Tuesday through Friday from midnight to 5:00 a.m.
Subway Service Alerts
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Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Tomorrow
Notify NYC has announced that, because of the impending winter storm, alternate side parking rules are suspended tomorrow, Saturday, January 21, citywide. Parking meters and other parking regulations remain in effect.
Subway Service Alerts
In addition to the three to five inches of snow expected tomorrow, you’ll have to deal this weekend with no Manhattan bound R (or, from midnight to 5:00 a.m. when the N replaces the R at Court Street and Jay Street-Metrotech, N) service at Court Street or Jay Street-Metrotech. Also, just like last weekend, Manhattan-bound F trains will be running on the A and C line from Jay Street-Metro Tech to West 4th Street. This means no Manhattan-bound service at York Street in DUMBO (either take a Brooklyn-bound F to Jay and change for a Manhattan-bound train there, or walk up the hill to High Street). To get to the Lower East Side stations on the F line (West Broadway, Delancey, Second Avenue, and Broadway-Lafayette) take a Manhattan-bound A, C, or F to West 4th, and change there for a Brooklyn-bound F back to the skipped stop. Otherwise, service this weekend on lines serving stations in or near Brooklyn Heights will (barring unforeseen “incidents”) be normal. Continue Reading →
Billboard Near BQE and Promenade Illegal?
Responding to our post about an illegal billboard that was blown down by last Friday’s high winds and blocked the southbound lanes of the BQE, a local resident noted that there is an illegal–because it is within 200 feet of a highway–billboard near Brooklyn Heights. It can be seen in the photo and from the north end of the Promenade quite clearly. Within your correspondent’s now fading memory, it has always advertised Apple products (the photo was taken in June of 2010, when the iPad was the latest gadget). Reader Andrew Porter forwarded the complaint to us, and to Brooklyn Heights Association executive director Judy Stanton, who gave the hopeful response, “If it is illegal it shouldn’t be hard to get DOB to enforce it.”
Fatality at Boro Hall Station
Police are on scene at the Borough Hall Station at Court St. & Joralemon St. where a person was struck and killed by a train shortly before 5:30 p.m.
Preliminary reports indicate that the person was not the victim of a crime.
Traffic on the 4/5 lines is stopped on the southbound side, and northbound trains are bypassing the station until further notice.
Subway Service Alerts
We used to call this feature “Weekend Subway Diversions”, but the MTA has a new policy, as we reported earlier, of doing major maintenance work on late weeknights instead of on weekends. As we also reported in our earlier post, this has meant no 4 or 5 service to or from Brooklyn from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. this week, continuing through Friday night to Saturday morning. Next week there is no complete late night shutdown of any line, but 3 trains will not be running to or from Brooklyn from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, though 2 trains will be running on the same line, and 4 train service will be extended to New Lots Avenue. The new MTA weeknight maintenance policy was the subject of a Times article this week. Continue Reading →
Times on the Ongoing Nightmare of the BQE
The Times has a story about the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that recounts the frustrations of drivers who use it–”It’s a nightmare”, it quotes livery cab driver Wilifredo Torres, who suffered a blowout that caused his fare to miss a flight–as well as of Brooklyn Heights residents:
New York Times: The highway has also been an irritating neighbor for Lucille Plotz, 85, of Columbia Heights and her husband, Charles, 90. Take, for instance, a recent afternoon inside their apartment. First came the vibrations, then a loud crash; her butter cookies toppled from the counter to the kitchen floor, and the radiator cover dislodged and fell onto a wooden chair. Continue Reading →
No Subway Diversions This Weekend
Party like it’s 1977! There will be normal service (barring unexpected “incidents” or “smoke conditions”) on all trains serving all stations in Brooklyn Heights and vicinity this New Year’s weekend. However, if you’re planning to join the madding crowds in Times Square, you should know that all street exits at the Times Square (2, 3, N and R) station will be closed from 10:00 p.m. until the ball drops, and you will be directed to walk that lo-o-o-ng tunnel to the 8th Avenue and 42nd Street A and C station to exit. So, you might as well take the A. During those same hours, the 49th Street station on the N and R will be closed. Continue Reading →
Brooklyn Bridge Sandblasting Wreaks Havoc
Photo by M. Hermann for BHB
Motorists heading across the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon were taken by surprise when their rear windows suddenly shattered. Eight cars on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge in the left-hand lane were passing an area where construction is ongoing, and sandblasting was in progress, when some sort of debris started hitting them. At least two cars collided during the hard brake that resulted, sending two people to the hospital. No other injuries were reported.
A Present From the MTA
There are no planned diversions affecting subway service on any line serving any of the stations in or near Brooklyn Heights this weekend or the following (Christmas and Chanukah) weekend. Happy holidays!
Weekend Subway Bliss
Have Santa and his elves taken over the MTA? This coming weekend there are no scheduled diversions affecting service on any of the subway lines serving any of the stations in or near Brooklyn Heights. Enjoy!
Marty’s Letter to Cuomo Urges Reinstatement of BQE Study
Borough President Marty Markowitz has written a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo urging him to rescind the decision by the State Department of Transportation to terminate environmental studies for the rehabilitation of the Gowanus and Brooklyn Heights portions of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which would have the effect of postponing any major reconstruction or replacement of these roadways indefinitely. According to Markowitz’s letter: Continue Reading →
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