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These subway service changes are coming to ruin your weekend

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Clayton Guse
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Another weekend means another run of inconvenient subway shutdowns. The MTA has announced its latest batch of weekend service changes, which are sure to induce a wide array of emotions ranging from confusion to infuriation. 

Here's a breakdown of all of the subway shutdowns, reroutes and service interruptions to look out for this weekend. 

Service on 3 trains in Brooklyn will skip the Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road and Junis Street stations at all times.

From 11:45pm Friday night through 5am Monday morning, 3 train service will operate to and from New Lots Avenue, replacing 4 train service in Brooklyn. During the same time frame, E trains will be rerouted to the F track in both directions between 21st Street-Queensbridge and West 4th Street-Washington Square, and outbound E trains will skip the 75 Avenue and Briarwood stations. 

From 11:30pm Friday night through 5am Monday morning, D train service will be suspended in both directions between 59th Street-Columbus Circle and Coney Island. D trains will be rerouted via the C track between 59th Street and W 4th St-Washington Square, and on the F track to and from the 2nd Avenue station. N trains will replace the D in Brooklyn between Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center and Stillwell Avenue.

Service on 4 trains will be suspended in both directions between New Lots Avenue and Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall from 11:45pm Friday and 5am Monday. During the same time frame, 4 trains will run locally between Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall and 125th Street. 

From 6am to 11pm on Saturday and from 8am to 11pm on Sunday, 5 trains will be suspended between Bowling Green and Grand Central-42nd Street. 5 trains will run every 20 minutes between Eastchester-Dyre Avenue and Grand Central, and downtown 5 trains will run locally from 125th Street and Grand Central. 

Service on M trains will be suspended between Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle Avenue between 11:45pm Friday and 5am Monday. 

Coney Island-bound F trains will skip Avenue I, Bay Pkwy, Avenue N, Avenue P, Avenue U and Avenue X stations at all times. 

Manhattan-bound J trains will skip 121st Street and 104th Street at all times. 

Service on N trains will be all over the place, with Astoria-bound trains skipping 86th Street, Avenue U, Kings Highway, 20th Avenue, 18th Avenue, New Utrecht Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway. Both N and R trains will also skip 53rd Street in both directions. From 11:30pm on Friday to 5am on Monday, N trains will be rerouted via the D track in both directions between Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue and 36th Street. From 11:45pm on Friday to 6:30am on Sunday, and from 11:45pm on Sunday through 5am on Monday, Manhattan-bound N trains will run express from 36th Street to Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center. 

From 11:45pm on Friday through 5am on Monday, Manhattan-bound R trains will run express between 59th Street and Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center. From 6:30am to midnight on both Saturday and Sunday, Forest Hills-bound R trains will run express from Queens Plaza to the end of the line. 

If all that's not enough to give you a headache, we're not sure what will. 

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