Just 10 Subway Service Changes This Holiday Weekend

Miranda Katz

Published Jul 1, 2016

Modified Jul 1, 2016

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Somehow it's already the weekend of July 4th, and maybe you're spending it out of town, in which case you should probably be more concerned about holiday traffic than some persnickety changes on the city's subway. But if you're sticking around, note that while it might be Independence Day weekend, we New Yorkers are hardly free from the cruel rule of the MTA, which is celebrating the holiday weekend by throwing us some changes on 10 subway lines. Also note that trains will run on a Saturday schedule on Monday, but there will be some added service on certain lines before and after that night's fireworks.

Here's what to expect:

2 trains are operating in two sections from 3:45 a.m. on Saturday to 10 p.m. on Sunday: between Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College and East 180th Street, and between East 180th Street and Wakefield-241st Street. Also during that time, East 180th Street-bound trains will run express from Wakefield-241st Street to East 180th Street.

Uptown 4 trains will run express from Grand Central-42nd Street to 125th Street from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, and from 11:45 p.m. on Sunday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

5 trains will be replaced by the 2 between Eastchester-Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street from 3:45 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, and from 9:45 p.m. on Saturday to 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. From 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, 5 trains will run every 20 minutes between Eastchester-Dyre Avenue and Bowling Green.

Uptown 6 trains will run express from Grand Central-42nd Street to 125th Street from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. Also during that time, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall-bound 6 trains will run express from Parkchester to Third Avenue-138th Street.

Flushing-Main Street-bound 7 trains will run express from Queensboro Plaza to Mets-Willets Point from 6:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Downtown A trains will run express from 145th Street to 59th Street-Columbus Circle from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, and from 11:45 p.m. on Sunday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

168th Street-bound C trains will run express from Canal Street to 59th Street-Columbus Circle from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Also during that time, downtown C trains will run express from 145th Street to 59th Street-Columbus Circle.

Norwood-205th Street-bound D trains will be rerouted via the C line from West Fourth Street-Wash Square to 59th Street-Columbus Circle from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. From 12:01 a.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Monday, Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue-bound D trains will stop at 23rd Street and 14th Street.

Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue-bound F trains will run express from Jay Street-MetroTech to Church Avenue from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

G trains are not running in either direction between Church Avenue and Hoyt-Schermerhorn streets from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

Then, on Monday, July 4th, subways will operate on a Saturday schedule, which means no 5 trains in Brooklyn and no 6 or 7 express trains. B trains and Z trains won't be running. M trains won't run between Delancey-Essex streets and 71st Avenue, and Q trains won't run between 57 Street-Seventh Avenue and Ditmars Boulevard.

Before and after the Macy's fireworks celebration Monday night, there will be increased service on the 4, 7, A, C, and F trains, as well as on the 42nd Street Shuttle.