Track work to disrupt 4, 5, and 6 subway service for two weekends this month

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Riders on the 4, 5, and 6 subway lines are in for two weekends of major service disruptions this month. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Tuesday announced track work will shut down service south of Grand Central–42nd Street from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday on the weekends of August 15 through 18 and August 22 through 25. Crews will be replacing the concrete beneath switches north of 14th Street.

During this time, 4 trains will run local between Woodlawn and Grand Central–42nd Street, with no service between Grand Central–42nd Street and Crown Heights–Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue.

5 trains will operate only between Eastchester–Dyer Avenue and East 180th Street, with no service south of East 180th Street to Bowling Green. 6 tr