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The MTA warned 1, 2, and 3 train riders on Tuesday of service changes it is making beginning this weekend in order to replace switches on the 7th Avenue subway line in Lower Manhattan.
Straphangers on all three lines, in addition to the 5 line, should prepare for the weekend switchups starting on July 24 and running through Aug. 24, the agency said. On each of those weekends, the modified schedules will be in effect from 9:30 p.m on Friday through 5 a.m. on Monday.
The MTA said the work is necessary because the switches, mechanisms that allow trains to move between local and express tracks, are past their useful lives and must be updated to improve reliability and on-time performance. It will also use those outages to perform structural maitanence, inspections, and electrical work.
“We’re replacing antiquated switches to reduce delays, improve service reliability and deliver a smoother ride,” said Demetrius Crichlow, president of MTA New York City Transit.
“As one of the oldest and largest systems in the world, we are constantly upgrading infrastructure to keep New York moving, and we appreciate riders’ patience as we perform this necessary upgrade,” he added.
When it comes to the changes, the 1 train, which normally terminates at South Ferry near Lower Manhattan’s Battery Park, will instead not travel south of 14th Street.
The 2 train will only run between Manhattan and the Bronx, between 34 St-Penn Station and Eastchester-Dyre Av — meaning Brooklyn-bound riders will need to take the 5 to reach its stops in that borough. In the Bronx, the 2 will replace the 5 on the last leg of its usual Bronx route from E 180 St and Eastchester-Dyre Av.
The 3 train will not run at all. The 4, which normally terminates at Crown Heights-Utica Av, will substitute for the 3 and go to New Lots Av.
Meanwhile, the 5 will run on the usual 2 line, going between Wakefield-241 St and Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College.
The MTA is encouraging riders to visit its website for updated information on the service changes.
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MTA officials insisted on Tuesday that the agency is prepared for more torrential rainfall on the heels of deluges last weekend captured by riders in a series of apocalyptic social media videos showing water gushing into several subway stations.
Janno Lieber, the MTA’s chair and CEO, said during a July 21 news conference at the agency’s Hydrolics Facility in Downtown Brooklyn that it is ready for multiple forecasted inches of rainfall over the next several days.
The MTA chair said agency personnel and equipment — such as water pump rooms, emergency trucks, and trains outfitted with pumps, as well as others designed to clear debris from tracks — will be at the ready as storms roll in. He said personnel are also clearing drains and covering vents at flood-prone locations throughout the system in addition to checking emergency generators ahead of the downpours.
“Priority number one is getting the water out of the system,” Lieber said. “Everybody at the MTA is organized today to evaluate the conditions in real time and to have an organized response.”
Lieber said pumping water out of the subway is so routine for the agency that it removes an average of 13 million gallons on any given day. He said the MTA’s 286 pump rooms act as a “front line” of defense against flooding that could disrupt train operations during severe rainstorms.
The agency is also positioning water pump trucks at borough “command centers,” such as the Downtown Brooklyn facility, so they can be deployed wherever needed.
However, Lieber noted that despite the MTA’s preparations, it is now dealing with storms that are far more frequent and powerful than they were previously, due to climate change. He said those weather events are overwhelming the city’s sewer infrastructure, leading the excess water to rush back into the subway.
“We are still pumping a ton of water out of the subway system, but sometimes it has nowhere to go because the city’s sewer system is overwhelmed,” Lieber said. “That’s what creates some of those flooding conditions that you see on social media.”
The videos he referenced showed water pouring from station ceilings and cascading down staircases.
Lieber said the MTA is working with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration on the issue, encouraging them to invest long-term in growing the city’s sewer capacity. Additionally, he said that in the meantime, they are urging the city to increase the intake capacity of connections between its sewers and the MTA’s pumping system.
“This is a generational investment that needs to be made starting now,” he said. “Because climate change is here, it’s real. Torrential rainfall is not going away, and we have to make sure that we can handle more than an inch-and-a-half in an hour without shutting down our mass transit lifeline.”
One area where the city could make a tangible improvement, Lieber said, is raising curbs near subway grates up to 7 inches. He said the change could help prevent water accumulating in the street from flowing down through the grates and into the system.
The transit boss said the MTA has itself invested in raising the vent above sidewalk level as another way to stop water from spilling into the subway — as part of the agency’s 2025-2029 Capital Plan.
The agency says it has already installed the raised vents at 21 stations.
The $68 billion blueprint for infrastructure improvements the MTA plans to make throughout the system in the coming years includes $700 million for climate resiliency upgrades, like raising the sidewalk vents.
Other such improvements in the plan include modernizing 14 pump rooms and raising stairways at the entrances of 100 stations.
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