What to Know
- The Astoria Boulevard subway station, which offers service to N and W trains, will be shut down for nine months for major renovations
- The MTA will add elevators and raise station that sits above 31st Street in Queens
- Straphangers are urged to use the nearby Astoria-Ditmars and 30th Avenue stations as an alternative
Thousands of subway riders in Queens may have to change their commute for the rest of the year.
The MTA closed the busy Astoria Boulevard station Sunday and it will remain shut down until December as crews make major renovations such as adding elevators and raising the N and W train station.
Straphangers are urged to use the nearby Astoria-Ditmars and 30th Avenue stations as an alternative. The newly-renovated 39th Avenue-Dutch Kills and Broadway stations are also now open for riders. The MTA first renovated the 30th Avenue and 36th Avenue stations last year.
The new Astoria Boulevard station will still offer service to the M60 bus to LaGuardia Airport, but commuters will need to get off at one of the other nearby stations and walk.
The Astoria-Ditmars station will remain open as crews renovate that stop.
The intersection of 31st St and Hoyt Avenue South, where the station is located, will close for approximately 20 weekends while the MTA demolishes and rebuilds the mezzanine, installs elevators and resurfaces the street.
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