No N, D Subway Service Means You Are Trapped This Weekend!

The MTA has announced that, due to repairs made under the Fastrak program, there will be no Southern Brooklyn N and D line daytime subway service this weekend, eliminating the only two available lines for Bensonhurst and stranding subway-dependent residents.

Beginning at 5:30 a.m. and lasting until to 8 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, there will be no subway service on the N line between Stillwell Avenue and 86th Street, nor service on the D line from Stillwell Avenue to Bay Parkway.

As an alternative, the MTA suggests taking the F or Q trains in combination with the B1, B3, B4, B6, B64, and B82 buses.

There will be no shuttle buses replacing service for the N and D lines, the first time we’ve ever heard of such a broad stretch of subway line being suspended without a shuttle alternative (and hat-tip to Bay Ridge Odyssey‘s Brian Hedden for also pointing this out to us by e-mail).

Meanwhile, both F and Q trains have their own subway service advisories.

On the F line, trains continue to skip Smith-9 Sts in both directions. From 11:45 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday, Jamaica-bound F trains are rerouted via the A from Jay St-MetroTech to W 4 St. From 12:30 a.m. tonight until 5 a.m. Monday, Jamaica-bound F trains run local from Roosevelt Av to 71 Av. Finally, From 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, Coney Island-bound F trains skip 4 Av-9 St, 15 St-Prospect Park, and Fort Hamilton Pkwy.

On the Q line, Manhattan-bound Q trains run express from Kings Highway to Prospect Park, meaning there will be no northbound trains at Gravesend Neck Road, Avenue U, Avenue M, Avenue J, Avenue H, Courtelyou Road, Beverley Road or Parkside Avenue.

Correction (5:42 p.m.): Reader Auxil B. correctly points out that there is local Manhattan-bound service at Avenue U and Neck Road this weekend. We’ve made the correction above, and regret any confusion this may have caused.