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Q Train Alert: Late-Night Service Changes


If you take the Q train after midnight beware: weeknights through May 17, your trip could take up to 30 minutes longer.

Between 11:45 p.m. and 5 a.m. the Q train operates in two sections with the switchover at Atlantic Avenue. Trains south of Atlantic will only travel every 30 minutes.

This means that  the train will drop you at the D/R platform on the Pacific Street side. Then you walk to the Q platform on the Atlantic side (or vice versa for Manhattan-bound) and wait for the next leg, which could take up to 30 minutes.

You're probably better off walking home (with a Brooklyn Bike Patrol escort) or switching to the 2/3 at Atlantic, because trust me, at midnight, waiting for the next leg feels like forever.

The MTA has provided this schedule, which might be a help in determining whether to wait or walk. If you can't get to the link, the most important thing to know is that trains depart from Atlantic Avenue to points south at the following times: 12:35am, 1:05am, 1:35am and so on, every half hour until 5:05am. 



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