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MTA Weekend Service Changes and Halloween Updates

October 27, 2023

    Hi Mooviters,🍂

    • ⭐️We hope you are weekend-ready! MTA subway is having service changes, but don’t worry Moovit is updated. 
    • 🚆LIRR trains will be rerouted and have service changes from Friday to Monday due to bridge replacement work related to the widening of the Van Wyck Expressway. Continue reading for details.
    • 🎃Halloween and NYC’s 50th Annual Village Halloween Parade is this Tuesday! Please note that several MTA buses are rerouted for the parade. Going to the parade? Use Moovit’s trip planner for updated and accurate routes. 

    Major Subway Service Changes:

    1 Trains

    In Manhattan, uptown 1 skips Franklin StCanal StHouston StChristopher St-Sheridan Sq and 14 St

    • Oct 27 – 30, Fri 9:45 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

    2 Trains

    In the Bronx, Wakefield-bound 2 skips Jackson AvProspect AvIntervale AvSimpson StFreeman St174 St and West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av

    • Oct 28 – 29, Sat 3:45 AM to Sun 10:00 PM

    In Manhattan, uptown 2 skips 14 St

    • Oct 27 – 30, Fri 9:45 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

    In Manhattan, uptown local 2 skips Franklin StCanal StHouston St and Christopher St-Sheridan Sq

    • Oct 28 – 30, Sat 12:30 AM to Mon 5:00 AM

    3 Trains

    In Manhattan, uptown 3 skips 14 St

    • Oct 27 – 29, Friday, 9:45 PM to 11:15 PM, Saturday and Sunday, all day

    4 Trains

    In the Bronx, Manhattan-bound 4 skips 176 StMt Eden Av170 St167 St and 161 St-Yankee Stadium

    • Oct 28 – 29, Sat 5:45 AM to Sun 8:00 PM

    5 Trains

    In the Bronx, Eastchester-bound 5 skips Jackson AvProspect AvIntervale AvSimpson StFreeman St174 St and West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av

    • Oct 28 – 29, Saturday 5:45 AM to 10 PM and Sunday, 7:45 AM to 10 PM

    6 Trains

    In the Bronx, Pelham Bay Park-bound 6 runs express from 3 Av-138 St to Parkchester

    • Oct 28 – 29, Sat 5:45 AM to Sun 10:00 PM

    7 Trains

    No 7 between Queensboro Plaza, Queens and 34 St-Hudson Yards, Manhattan

    • Oct 28 – 30, Sat 12:15 AM to Mon 5:00 AM

    In Queens, Queensboro Plaza-bound 7 skips 111 St103 St-Corona Plaza90 St-Elmhurst Av and 82 St-Jackson Hts

    • Oct 27 – 30, Fri 11:45 PM to Mon 4:00 AM

    E & F Trains

    In Queens, Manhattan-bound E & F local skip 65 StNorthern Blvd46 StSteinway St and 36 St

    • Fri 11:45 PM to Mon 5 AM, until Nov 13

    J Trains

    No J between Hewes St and Broad St

    • Oct 27 – 30, Fri 9:45 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

    J trains run between Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer and Hewes St, the last stop.

    M Trains

    No M between Myrtle Av (Broadway) and Delancey St-Essex St

    • Oct 27 – 30, Fri 9:45 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

    M trains run between Middle Village-Metropolitan Av and Myrtle Av (Broadway), the last stop.

    Q Trains

    No Q between 34 St-Herald Sq, Manhattan and Kings Hwy, Brooklyn

    • Oct 27 – 30, Fri 11:30 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

    Q runs in two sections: (every 10 minutes days and evenings)

    1. In Manhattan, between 96 St and 34 St-Herald Sq

    2. In Brooklyn, between Kings Hwy and Coney Island-Stillwell Av

     

    Major LIRR Service Changes:

    City Zone

    No westbound service at Forest Hills and Kew Gardens; westbound trains from Jamaica bypass Woodside

    • Oct 20 – 23 and Oct 27 – 30, Fri 9:00 PM to Mon 5:20 AM

    Hempstead

    Hempstead Branch trains will run to and from Atlantic Terminal

    • Oct 20 – 23 and Oct 27 – 30, Fri 9:00 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

    Transfer at Jamaica for service to and from Manhattan.

    Manhattan-bound trains from Huntington and Ronkonkoma skip Elmont-UBS Arena, Queens Village, and Hollis

    • Oct 20 – 23 and Oct 27 – 30, Fri 8:45 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

    Port Jefferson

    Manhattan-bound trains from Huntington and Ronkonkoma skip Elmont-UBS Arena, Queens Village, and Hollis

    • Oct 20 – 23 and Oct 27 – 30, Fri 8:45 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

    Ronkonkoma

    Manhattan-bound trains from Huntington and Ronkonkoma skip Elmont-UBS Arena, Queens Village, and Hollis

    • Oct 20 – 23 and Oct 27 – 30, Fri 8:45 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

    West Hempstead

    West Hempstead Branch trains will run to and from Grand Central

    • Oct 20 – 23 and Oct 27 – 30, Fri 9:00 PM to Mon 2:00 AM

    Transfer at Jamaica for service to and from Atlantic Terminal.

     

    Service Changes for NYC’s 50th Annual Village Halloween Parade:

    MTA Subway

    Some stairways at ACEBDFM and L stations on 6 Av will be exit or entrance-only and subject to temporary closures to prevent platform crowding

    • Oct 31, Tuesday, beginning at 4 PM

    Downtown CE skips Spring St

    • Oct 31, Tuesday, 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM

    MTA Bus

    Northbound M7 stops on 6th Ave from W 15th St to W 20th St will be closed

    • Oct 31 – Nov 1, Tue 7:00 PM to Wed 3:00 AM

    Southbound M7 stops on W 14th St at 7th Ave and on 6th Ave at W 14th St will be closed

    • Oct 31 – Nov 1, Tue 5:30 PM to Wed 3:00 AM

    M8 buses will be detoured in both directions between 10th St at Hudson St and 9th St at Broadway

    • Oct 31 – Nov 1, Tue 5:30 PM to Wed 3:00 AM

    M14A-SBS stops on Avenue A between E 14th St and E Houston St will be closed

    • Oct 31, Tuesday, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

    M14A-SBS buses will be detoured in both directions from 14th St between 3rd Ave and 7th Ave

    • Oct 31, Tuesday, 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM

    M14D-SBS buses will be detoured in both directions from 14th St between 3rd Ave and 7th Ave

    • Oct 31, Tuesday, 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM

    Northbound M55 stops along 6th Ave from Thompson St to W 40th St will be closed

    • Oct 31, Tuesday, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

    Northbound M55 stops along 6th Ave from Thompson St to W 20th St will be closed

    • Oct 31 – Nov 1, Tue 7:00 PM to Wed 2:00 AM

    You Ride, We Guide,

    The USA Moovit Team

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