Clark Street Station Will Close Every Single Weekend For A Year, MTA Says

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The time has come to consider the ferry because the MTA is closing the Clark Street station this weekend, and every weekend for the next year.

The closure of the 2 and 3 train stations at Clark Street and Hoyt Street will allow the MTA to make Sandy-related repairs to the Clark Street tunnel under the East River, the agency said.

This means that Brooklyn straphangers will not be able to take the 2 or 3 into Manhattan on weekends from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. until spring 2018.

But the MTA will extend local service on the 4 and 5 trains — which passengers can pick up at Borough Hall and Nevins Street — to make up for the inconvenience.

• Both 4 and 5 trains will run local in Brooklyn
• All 4 train service will be extended to New Lots Avenue to replace the 3 train
• All 5 train service will be extended to Flatbush Avenue to replace the 2 train

In Manhattan, the 2 train will run express between the Bronx and 34th Street-Penn Station, then run locally to the South Ferry station and the 3 will run between 148th and 14th streets.

The Park Place and Wall Street stations in Manhattan will both be closed.

For more information on service changes, check out the MTA announcement.

Photo courtesy of the MTA