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Essex Street, then transfer to a Jamaica Center-bound J train or a Middle Village-bound M train. For service from these stations, take the J or M train to Myrtle Avenue- Broadway, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound J train or a Forest Hills-bound M train. Late Night Switches On E Line In Queens Jamaica Center-bound E trains will run on the F line between West Fourth Street and 21st Street- Queensbridge late nights Monday through Friday from 9:30 p.m. through Friday, July 18. Service will operate normally between 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 3, and 5 a.m. Friday, July 4. Forest Hills-bound M trains will also run on the F line between 47th- 50th Streets and 21st Street-Queensbridge weeknights Monday through Thursday from 9:30 p.m. until midnight through Thursday, July 10. Service will operate normally on Thursday, July 3. As a result, there will be no Jamaica Center-bound E train service at the Seventh Avenue, Fifth Avenue- 53rd Street, Lexington Avenue-53rd Street, Court Square-23rd Street and Queens Plaza stations. For service to the Court Square- 23rd Street or Queens Plaza stops, transfer to a free shuttle bus at the 21st Street-Queensbridge station. Weekend Local Svc. For E And F Trains E and F trains will operate local service in both directions between Queens Plaza and 71st-Continental Avenues this weekend, from 12:30 a.m. Saturday, July 5, until 5 a.m. Monday, July 7. Riders are advised to allow for additional travel time. Moreover, R trains will be extended along the F line between 71st-Continental Avenues and Jamaica-179th Street all this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. Late Night Local Svc. For F Line In W. Qns. Manhattan-bound F trains will run local service between Roosevelt Avenue and 21st Street-Queensbridge on Tuesdays through Fridays from 12:01 until 5 a.m. through Friday, July 11. Normal service, however, will be in effect on Friday, July 4. Additionally, Jamaica-bound F trains will run local service between 21st Street-Queensbridge and Roosevelt Avenue late nights, Tuesday through Friday, from 12:01 to 5 a.m. through Friday, July 18. Service will operate normally on July 4 and July 15. These trains will stop at 65th Street, Northern Boulevard, 46th Street, Steinway Street and 36th Street. Riders are advised to allow for additional travel time. Switch Of Lines For F Trains To Jamaica Jamaica-bound F trains will run on the M line between between 47th-50th Streets and Roosevelt Avenue this weekend, from 9:45 p.m. Friday, July 4, until 5 a.m. Monday, July 7. As a result, there will be no Jamaica-bound F train service at the 21st Street- Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Avenue-63rd Street and 57th Street stations. For service to 21st Street- Queensbridge or Roosevelt Island, take the F train to Roosevelt Avenue, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound F train. For service from these stations, take the F train to 47th-50th Streets, then transfer to a Jamaica-bound F train.D elayed Weekend Svc. On The G Line G trains will operate every 20 minutes between Court Square in Long Island City and Bedford- Nostrand Avenues in Brooklyn on Saturday and Sunday, July 5-6, from 5 a.m. until midnight. Riders are advised to allow additional travel time. It was noted that alternate Church Avenue-bound G trains will make their last stop at Bedford-Nostrand Avenues; riders can transfer there to continue their trip to Church Avenue. N Trains Skip Stops In Astoria Weekdays Manhattan-bound N trains will skip the 30th Avenue, Broadway, 36th Avenue and 39th Avenue stations on Tuesday, July 8, through Friday, July 11, from 10:15 a.m. until 3 p.m. During this period, Q trains will not operate between 57th Street in Manhattan and Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard. For service to the skipped stations, take the N train to Queensboro Plaza, then transfer to an Astoria-bound N train. For service from these stations, take the N train to Astoria Boulevard, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound N train. Station Renewal Comes To A Line The Ozone Park/Far Rockawaybound platform at the 88th Street station and the Ozone Park-bound platform at the 101st Street station on the A line remain shut through August as part of an ongoing station renewal project. For service to the 88th Street station, take the A train to Rockaway Boulevard, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound A train. For service to the 101st Street station, take a Lefferts Boulevard/Ozone Parkbound A train to 111th Street, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound A train. For service from these stations, take the A train to either Rockaway Boulevard or 80th Street, then transfer to an Ozone Park-bound or a Far Rockaway-bound A train. For a complete list of service changes and last-minute updates, visit the MTA’s website at www.mta.info or call 511. Transit News And Changes -CONTINUED FROM PG. 18- Traffic News And Changes -CONTINUED FROM PG. 18- closed between 82nd and 111th streets on weekdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. on weekdays. Lane closures will also take place from 10 p.m. Fridays to 7 a.m. Saturdays and from 10 p.m. Saturdays to 3 p.m. Sundays. Two lanes of traffic in each direction may be closed on weeknights from 12:01 until 5 a.m., Saturdays from 1 to 6 a.m. and Sundays from 1 to 9 a.m. Additionally, the left lane in both directions on the Grand Central Parkway may be closed at 44th Street for two nights through Friday, May 2, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to allow DOT crews to conduct bridge maintenance. Exit Ramp Closed Near Whitestone Br. The Third Avenue exit on the northbound approach to the Whitestone Bridge is closed to all traffic as part of a $109 million reconstruction project. Separate car and truck detours will be in place while the exit ramp is closed. Signs will be in place and traffic agents will be on hand when the detours begin. The closure is expected to remain in place for approximately two years. Passenger vehicles driving from the northbound Cross Island Parkway will have to exit at Utopia Parkway (exit 34); those driving from the northbound Whitestone Expressway will need to exit past the 20th Avenue exit and merge onto the Cross Island Parkway. All commercial vehicles must exit the Whitestone Expressway at 20th Avenue (exit 15). For additional closures, visit the city DOT’s website at www.nyc.gov/dot or call 311. 53 • TIMES, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 Shop Locally! Support Your Neighborhood Merchants! Bushwick Man Pays Price For Brownsville Shooting Emptied Gun At Victim During Beef ground. As the victim was lying on the ground, face up, he saw Clarke standing over him with the gun. Clarke then fired the weapon six times, striking the male in the elbow, hip, shoulder, thigh, back and finger. Reportedly, Clarke continued to pull the trigger, and when the victim heard clicks signaling that the gun was indeed empty, he dragged himself away. He suffered permanent nerve damage to his arm from multiple shots to his elbow. He now has limited use of his arm and cannot hold anything heavy. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Kori Medow of the District Attorney’s Orange Zone Trial Bureau, under the supervision of Thomas Ridges, bureau chief. A 34-year-old Bushwick man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following his conviction earlier this month on assault and other charges in connection with a point-blank shooting that left his 19-year-old victim permanently injured. Kings County District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson said that the defendant, Jamahl Clarke, 34, of Covert Street was sentenced last Tuesday, June 24, to 20 years in prison by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun following his conviction on charges of first-degree assault and two counts of seconddegree criminal possession of a weapon. Clarke was convicted on June 10 following a jury trial. “It is outrageous that this defendant emptied his handgun into another young man on a residential street in broad daylight,” Thompson said in a statement last Tuesday. “Today’s sentence is appropriate to both punish this defendant and to protect the law-abiding and hardworking people of Brownsville from such blatant acts of violence.” According to trial testimony, the assault occurred on Jan. 30, 2013, at 1 p.m., on Chauncey Street in Brownsville, when Clarke and the 19-year-old male victim, who had an ongoing dispute, got into an argument. As the victim walked away, according to testimony, Clarke ran into a Chauncey Street location and got a .38-caliber revolver. He then pistol-whipped the victim about the head, causing him to fall to the


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