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Those hoping to head south this weekend should plan ahead, and drivers should remember that there will be road closures on Dorchester and Ditmas [/blog/transportation/subway-track-work-causes-street-closures-this-weekend-next] , too. Details via MTA.info [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/Default.aspx]. All days, all times: > Coney Island-bound Q platforms at Parkside
iPhone theft
Don’t worry if the answer is no, because you’ve still got at least five years to get used to the idea. This week is the MetroCard’s 20th birthday [http://new.mta.info/news-subway-bus-new-york-city-transit-metrocard/2014/01/06/mtas-metrocard-turns-20] , but MTA [http://new.mta.info] spokesman Kevin Ortiz told
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NYCTSubwayScoop [https://twitter.com/NYCTSubwayScoop/status/395933359378944000] has reported that a “rail condition” at Avenue M is causing northbound Q trains to go express from Kings Highway to Prospect Park. > #ServAdv [https://twitter.com/hashtag/ServAdv?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]: n/b,# Q via express from
Park Slope
We may soon lose one of the last excuses for missing a phone call. The MTA is working on a deal with Verizon to offer cell phone service to cover all 277 subway stations [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/new-york-today-can-you-hear-me-now/] , which could be complete as soon as
Prospect Avenue
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5ninthavenueproject
I was three-years-old in 1987, blissfully unaware of the decrepit yet sort of awesome state that the New York City subway was in at that time. Back then, the mass transit system was grimy, covered in graffiti and a little more dangerous. The video above, filmed by Nelson Sullivan on
Transportation
The Q train has just one late night change this week, according to the MTA [http://www.mta.info] and Straphangers.org [http://straphangers.org/]. The B should be operating normally. > • 57 St/7 Av-bound Q trains are rerouted via the R from DeKalb Av to Canal St. 12:
Transportation
There are two local diversions to be mindful of this week. > October 9 to 12, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Coney Island-bound Q trains run express from Prospect Park to Sheepshead Bay. > October 9 to 12, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Manhattan-bound B trains
Brighton Line
This morning at the Cortelyou Road subway station, neighbor Michael McWatters [/blog/neighbors/whats-your-favorite-corner-5] (who also took the above photo [/blog/photos/waiting-at-cortelyou]) had a startling experience: > Just had one of those crazy NYC moments: a neighbor was standing on the subway platform looking over the edge to where
q train
Source: Deaks760 / FlickrAnother weekend, another bungled train ride to Manhattan. Once again, there is no Q service in Manhattan itself. However, unlike previous weeks where Q service stopped at Prospect Park, forcing riders to switch to a shuttle bus to Atlantic Avenue, and then, finally, some other train… well, unlike
straphanger's campaign
Source: Ralph Hockens/FlickrThe train screeched to a halt somewhere after DeKalb Avenue and before the bridge. It was summertime, probably about five years ago, and though the air conditioning stayed on, it lost out to the sweltering heat of the tunnel and the stench of other riders. A baby
subway
As most know, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has proposed yet another series of cuts that will drastically alter service. With $40 million in cuts to Access-A-Ride, ten bus routes being eliminated, weekend service cuts to be implemented, and reduced service expected to take effect, the crowds of people waiting to