20 JULY 13, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
‘Summer of Hell’ extends to the E & F lines in Queens
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
Add the E and F trains in Queens
to the myriad MTA lines
that will be out of service for
lengthy periods of track work during
the “Summer of Hell.”
Last weekend, the MTA began the
fi rst of fi ve straight weekend service
suspensions on the E and F lines
between 71st-Continental Avenues in
Forest Hills and the lines’ terminating
points in Jamaica (the E terminates at
Jamaica Center, while the F train’s last
stop is 179th Street).
The weekend shutdowns start at 11
p.m. each Friday and last until 5 a.m.
the following Monday morning. The
shutdowns will take place each weekend
through Aug. 7.
Anyone who normally uses the E or
F train to travel between Forest Hills
and Jamaica can take free shuttle buses
that will operate in place of both
lines. The Long Island Rail Road will
also cross-honor MetroCards for trips
between Penn Station and either the
Jamaica or Kew Gardens stations.
Each weekend, the E train will operate
local service between 71st-Continental
Avenues and World Trade Center,
and the F train will provide local service
between 71st-Continental Avenues
and Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn.
The disruptions compound the
frustration Queens commuters have
been feeling lately. The M line between
Middle Village and Bushwick,
Brooklyn is suspended through Sept.
1 as the MTA replaces a century-old
The E train (pictured above) and the F line will be suspended in parts of Queens for fi ve consecutive weekends
in July and August.
rail bridge in Middle Village. Once
it reopens, however, only shuttle
service will be restored to the line
between Middle Village and Ridgewood;
the line will remain closed
in Brooklyn as workers replace a
century-old viaduct there.
Shuttle buses are now operating
in place of the M train between Middle
Village-Metropolitan Avenue
Photo via Wikimedia Commons
and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway in
Brooklyn.
For more information about any
of the rail disruptions, visit www.
mta.info.
Street repaving begins in portions of Ozone Park
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
Crews from the Department of
Transportation (DOT) have
begun resurfacing streets in
Ozone Park and South Ozone Park.
Community Board 10, in a post to
its Facebook page on July 6, listed
nine streets that will be resurfaced
in the weeks ahead. DOT crews
will fi rst strip the existing layer of
asphalt (a process known as milling)
before returning later to apply new
blacktop.
The most notable road to be resurfaced
will be a portion of Leff erts
Boulevard between Rockaway Boulevard
and North Conduit Avenue in
South Ozone Park — a key route to
and from John F. Kennedy International
Airport.
These Ozone Park streets will also
be repaved:
• 84th Street between Liberty and
Pitkin avenues;
• 89th Street between Gold Road and
Sutter Avenue;
• 90th Street between Sutter Avenue
and Silver Road;
• 109th Avenue between 84th and
86th streets;
• Chicot Road between Cross Bay
Boulevard and Sutter Avenue;
• Gold Road between 89th Street and
133rd Avenue;
• Rico Place between Silver and
Chicot roads; and
• Silver Road between 90th Street
and 133rd Avenue.
Parking will be restricted on these
streets while work is in progress; the
DOT will place notices in advance of
the work. Any vehicle found parked
on the street during posted work
hours can and will be towed.
Screenshot via YouTube/Andre C. Rivera
For more information, call Board
10 at 718-843-4488
