From 9:45 PM Friday, August 17 to 5:00 AM Monday, August 20 Brooklyn bound F trains are being diverted to the E line between Roosevelt Avenue in Queens and Canal Street in Manhattan, and to the A/C line between between Canal Street and Jay Street-MetroTech, so there will be no service from Manhattan to York […]
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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
This will be a “green light” weekend, as there are no planned service changes that directly affect service at any local stations. Indeed, there will be extra service from Manhattan and into Brooklyn at Court Street, as Brooklyn bound N trains will be running on the R line from 6:00 AM Saturday, August 11 to […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
From 9:45 PM Friday, August 3 to 5:00 AM Monday, August 6 Brooklyn bound F trains are being diverted to the A/C line between 50th Street in Manhattan and Jay Street-MetroTech, so there will be no service from Manhattan to York Street in DUMBO, nor from the LES stops on the F. To get from […]
Should Hardhats be Required at Borough Hall Subway Station?
Just over a month ago, part of the ceiling over the Manhattan bound 4/5 platform at Borough Hall station collapsed. Alert reader Andrew Porter notifies us of a Brooklyn Paper story about a similar collapse on the Brooklyn bound side. Fortunately, things are more or less back to normal now. Perhaps those of us who […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
This weekend, late Friday evening, July 27 to early Monday morning, July 30, there will be no overnight 3 train service in either direction, but 2 trains should be running normally and will make all 3 stops to and from Franklin Avenue. Otherwise, there are no planed service changes this weekend that directly affect service […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
From 9:45 PM Friday, July 20 to 5:30 AM Monday, July 23 Brooklyn bound F trains will be diverted to the A/C line between 50th Street in Manhattan and Jay Street-MetroTech, so no service from Manhattan to York Street, or from the LES stops on the F. To get to Brooklyn from them, take a […]
Heights Streets, Milled Weeks Ago, to be Paved This Week
On June 22 we warned that certain streets in Brooklyn Heights were to be milled, and then repaved, during the following week. The milling got done, but the repaving is taking longer. So far, Poplar, Schermerhorn, and Willow streets, as well as Monroe Place, have been repaved. The Brooklyn Heights Association has notified us that […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
It’s been a while since we’ve had a true “green light” weekend, one with no planned subway service changes directly affecting service at any local stations, but this coming weekend — Friday evening, July 13 to Monday morning, July 16, is one. Be on the alert, though, for unplanned changes, especially on the 2/3 line […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
From 9:30 PM Friday, July 6 to 5:00 AM Monday, July 9 there will be no service in either direction at York Street in DUMBO, as F trains are being re-routed to the Q line to facilitate work on those pesky signal problems. D trains are being re-routed to the A/C line, so extra service […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
With 2 and 3 service restored this weekend (Friday evening, June 28 to Monday morning, July 2), we now have a suspension of 4 service in both directions (and, as is normal, no 5 service) this weekend. 2 and 3 trains will provide service to and from Manhattan, and 3 trains will provide service to […]
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