Major Weekend Disruptions On J & M Lines
Before the MTA extends M train weekend shuttle service to Manhattan next month, commuters will endure four weekends of service disruptions on both the J and M lines through Bushwick, Middle Village, Ridgewood and Williamsburg.
J trains will not operate between Marcy Avenue and Broadway Junction-and M trains will not run normal shuttle service between Metropolitan Avenue-Middle Village and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway-this weekend, from 3:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3, until 10 p.m. Sunday, May 4.
According to the MTA’s website, the disruptions will be repeated each weekend in May through Memorial Day, Monday, May 26. All disruptions are weather permitting; check the MTA’s website, www.mta.info, for updates.
Reportedly, the shutdowns are needed as the MTA conducts switch replacement in preparation for the extension of weekend M shuttle trains, which terminate at Myrtle Avenue-Broadway, to Essex Street- Delancey Street in Manhattan.
As reported in last week’s Times Newsweekly, the extension is scheduled to take effect on Sunday, June 8.
Free shuttle buses will operate in place of J trains between Broadway Junction and Marcy Avenue. J trains will operate in two sections: between Jamaica Center and Broadway Junction and between Marcy Avenue and Chambers Street.
Shuttle buses will also replace the M train shuttle and provide supplemental service to the Marcy Avenue J train station.
Commuters can transfer between the J train shuttle buses and the J train at either Broadway Junction or Marcy Avenue. The A train is also available at Broadway Junction as an alternate to and from Manhattan.
M train customers can transfer from shuttle buses to the L train at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues for service to and from Manhattan.
The shuttle buses will stop at all affected stations as follows:
J train shuttle bus
– Broadway Junction-on Fulton Street at Van Sinderen Avenue;
– Chauncey Street-on Rockaway Avenue at Broadway (to Marcy Avenue) or on Bushwick Avenue at Chauncey Street (to Broadway Junction);
– Halsey Street-on Bushwick Avenue at Halsey Street;
– Gates Avenue-on Bushwick Avenue at Gates Avenue;
– Kosciuszko Street-on Bushwick Avenue at Stockholm Street (to Marcy Avenue) or at Kosciuszko Street (to Broadway Junction);
– Myrtle Avenue-Broadway-on Bushwick Avenue at Myrtle Avenue (to Marcy Avenue or Broadway Junction), at Stanwix Street (to Marcy Avenue only) or at Jefferson Street (to Broadway Junction or a Metropolitan Avenue-bound M shuttle bus);
– Flushing Avenue-on Flushing Avenue at Humboldt Street (to Marcy Avenue) or at Broadway (to Broadway Junction or a Metropolitan Avenue M shuttle bus);
– Lorimer Street-on Broadway at Lorimer Street;
– Hewes Street-on Broadway at Hooper Street; and
– Marcy Avenue-on Broadway at Rodney Street.
M train shuttle bus
– Metropolitan Avenue-on Metropolitan Avenue across from the M train station entrance;
– Fresh Pond Road-on Putnam Avenue at Fresh Pond Road (to Marcy Avenue) or on Fresh Pond Road at Putnam Avenue (to Metropolitan Avenue);
– Forest Avenue-on Putnam Avenue at Forest Avenue (to Marcy Avenue) or on Fairview Avenue at Forest Avenue (to Metropolitan Avenue);
– Seneca Avenue-on Seneca Avenue at Palmetto Street;
– Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues-on Gates Avenue at Wyckoff Avenue;
– Knickerbocker Avenue-on Myrtle Avenue at Knickerbocker Avenue;
– Central Avenue-on Myrtle Avenue at Cedar Street (to Marcy Avenue) or at DeKalb Avenue (to Metropolitan Avenue);
– Myrtle Avenue-Broadway-on Myrtle Avenue at Bushwick Avenue (to Metropolitan Avenue) or on Bushwick Avenue at Jefferson Street (to Metropolitan Avenue or the Broadway Junction-bound J shuttle bus);
– Flushing Avenue-on Flushing Avenue at Humboldt Street (to Marcy Avenue) or at Broadway (Metropolitan Avenue or a Broadway Junction-bound J shuttle bus);
– Lorimer Street-on Broadway at Lorimer Street;
– Hewes Street-on Broadway at Hooper Street; and
– Marcy Avenue-on Broadway at Rodney Street.
