At long last, it’s the weekend! Below, you’ll find a quick guide — based on information from the MTA — to the biggest planned service changes on the city’s subways and rails.

For more details and alternate routes, see the MTA’s weekend guide.

Subway service changes

2, 3 and 5 trains in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan

Between 11:30 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, 2 trains won't run between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 96th Street in either direction. They will run along two routes, according to the MTA: 

  • Between Wakefield-241st Street and 3rd Avenue-149th Street during the day and evening, every 12 minutes
  • Between 96th Street and and Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College

3 trains won't be running at all during that time, and 5 trains won't be running between East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse in either direction. 5 trains will run along two routes during the day and evening: 

  • Between East 180th Street and Eastchester-Dyre Avenue all weekend
  • Between 149th Street-Grand Concourse and Bowling Green every 20 minutes

Free shuttle buses will run along the 2 and 3 lines.

  • The 2 shuttle buses will run in two routes - one that will make all stops between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 96th Street, and one that will only stop at 3rd Avenue-149th Street, Grand Concourse and 96th Street.
  • The 3 shuttle buses will make all stops between Harlem-148th Street and 96th Street.

D trains in Brooklyn

Between 3:45 a.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. Sunday, Coney Island-bound D trains will run on the N line between 36th Street and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue. 

Riders can transfer to a Manhattan-bound train at 62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue or Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue for service to and from skipped D train stops.

E trains and JFK Airport-bound trains in Queens

Between 11:45 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, E trains will run in both directions between World Trade Center and Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike, but will run on the F line to and from Jamaica-179th Street.

Manhattan-bound E trains will skip Sutphin Boulevard and Briarwood. 

Riders can take free shuttle buses for service to and from Jamaica-Van Wyck, Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport and Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer. 

Riders can take the LIRR to Jamaica or the A train to Howard Beach-JFK Airport for service to John F. Kennedy International Airport.

J and M trains in Brooklyn and Manhattan

Between 11:45 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, J trains won't be running in either direction between Hewes Street and Broad Street. They will run between Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer and Hewes Street every 12 minutes during the day and evening. 

M trains, meanwhile, won't run in either direction between Myrtle Avenue and Delancey Street-Essex Street.

M train rders can take the J train for service between Myrtle Avenue and Hewes Street. All commuters can take a free B106 shuttle bus for service between Hewes Street and Delancey Street-Essex Street. 

Riders can take the L train for service between Brooklyn and Manhattan, and a 4, 5 or 6 train for service to Lower Manhattan.

1 trains in the Bronx and Manhattan

Between 5:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Van Cortlandt Park-bound 1 trains will run nonstop between 215th Street and Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street. 

Riders can take a Manhattan-bound train to get to bypassed 1 train stops. 

D trains in the Bronx

Between 11:45 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, Manhattan-bound D trains won't stop at 182nd-183rd Streets. 

Riders can take a Norwood-bound train to get to bypassed D train stops.

F trains in Manhattan

Between 9:45 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, uptown F trains won't stop at 14th Street or 23rd Street. Riders can take a downtown F train for service to and from bypassed stations.

Uptown F trains, meanwhile, will stop at the express platform from West 4th Street-Washington Square to 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center. 

F and G trains in Brooklyn

Between 9:45 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, Coney Island-bound F trains and Church Avenue-bound G trains will run express between Smith-9th Streets and Church Avenue. 

Riders can take a Manhattan-bound F train or a Court Square-bound G train for service to and from skipped stops. 

N, Q and R trains in Manhattan

Between 11:45 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, uptown N, Q and R trains will run express between Canal Street and 34th Street-Herald Square. 

Riders can take a downtown train for service to and from bypassed stops.