FASTRACK program returns to N,Q & R Lines

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) New York City Transit’s FASTRACK program will return to Manhattan stations along the NQR lines for two consecutive weeks starting Monday, July 6, according to the MTA.

The program will run from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for four consecutive weeknights and from Monday, July 13, to early morning Friday, July 17, NQR trains will not stop at stations in Manhattan.

N trains will run in Queens and Brooklyn only, Q trains will run in Brooklyn and will be rerouted via the 6 Av D line in Manhattan, and R service will end early in Manhattan and Queens each night.

Introduced in January 2012, FASTRACK devotes four straight weeknights to performing maintenance work in tunnels, stations and on tracks. Completely suspending service within a given line segment for a seven-hour period between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. allows an army of maintenance workers to perform dozens of tasks.

Travel alternatives:
• In Queens, take the M instead of the R. Take the 7 for service between Queens and Manhattan.
• In Manhattan, use nearby stations on the 8 Av AE, 7 Av 12, 6 Av DF, and Lexington Av 46 lines instead.
• Take the 24AD and Q between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• N trains make local R stops between Court St and 59 St, in Brooklyn.

NQR trains will operate as follows:
N trains operate in two sections (Queens and Brooklyn) as follows:
• Between Astoria-Ditmars Blvd and Queensboro Plaza.
• Between Coney Island-Stillwell Av and the Court St R station.
Q trains rerouted via the D line in Manhattan as follows:
• Manhattan-bound: After DeKalb Av, Q trains run via the D to 47-50 Sts, then to the 57 St F station, which will be the last stop.
• Coney Island-bound: Trains originate at the 57 St F station then run via the D line to Brooklyn.
Regular Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound Q service resumes at DeKalb Av.

R train service ends early in Manhattan and Queens as follows:
• The last R train to Bay Ridge-95 St leaves Forest Hills-71 Av at about 9:15 p.m.
• The last R train to Forest Hills-71 Av leaves Bay Ridge-95 St at about 9:20 p.m.
• In Brooklyn, R shuttle service between 36 St and Bay Ridge- 95 St will operate overnight.

The next FASTRACK overnight closure will be on the R line in Brooklyn for two consecutive weeks beginning Monday night through early Friday morning, July 27 to July 31, and August 3 to August to August 7.