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With celebrations for Cinco de Mayo planned for Sunday, May 13, MTA New York City Transit is the best way to get to Queens’ Flushing Meadows Park and back home again. The celebration is scheduled to be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and heavy ridership is expected.

Flushing-bound 7 trains will operate express from 74th Street/Broadway to Mets-Willets Point. Manhattan-bound 7 trains will operate on a normal Sunday schedule. Mets-Willets Point and 111th Street stations will be most affected by crowds.

Customers should avoid lines at the stations by buying their MetroCards in advance. Also, riders should remember to spread out along the entire length of the platform in order to avoid overcrowding in one area

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My initial vibe was correct as I take a look at the station info clock which showed the next two uptown trains were 8 & 11 minutes away respectively. This is completely out of whack especially going into 7PM on a weeknight. Eventually a message came across station delays were happening up & down the line due to issues at Parkchester. Eventually the train came albeit packed even above the typical standards one expects along this corridor. If I only knew this was a sign of things to come….

Fast forward about 2 hours later when I hop the from the Upper East Side & make my way down to Bleecker St to transfer to a Brooklyn-bound . The ride down to Bleecker was fine. I make my way down to the platform for the & that is where the adventure began.

Around this time of night, the runs approximately every 10 minutes or so. However I only wish it had come that fast. While I waited, a total of 9 (yes, you read that correctly!) trains passed before the F showed up.

They included 3 ‘s (2 Brooklyn-bound & 1 Manhattan-bound), 2 ‘s (1 Brooklyn-bound & 1 Bronx-bound), 2 Queens-bound ‘s, & 3 ‘s (2 Metropolitan-Ave bound & 1 Forest Hills-bound). A 10th train which was a Bronx-bound showed up as my train arrived.

What frustrates me the most was not the actual delay itself but the fact that no announcement was never made as to what was going on. This is completely ridiculous considering the majority of people in that station were waiting for the .

In this day & age, it is completely unacceptable that we were not informed as to what was going on. Once I got to my destination, I immediately checked Twitter to see if something was posted about what happened & not one single thing. After seeing this, I became even more infuriated & rightfully so.

MTA going your way…. not on this night, that is for sure. What a joke!

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The good news is I will have a new entry in the coming minutes which is a personal commuting story, the type that this blog was originally created & centered around!

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As always, if I see or hear anything interesting or worth noting, I will tweet about it so follow @TransitBlogger or by clicking the button in the sidebar.

Have a wonderful week & I promise to have some fresh entries in the next couple of days. Don’t forget to check out Surge FM!

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If I see or hear anything interesting or noteworthy, I will post it on Twitter so don’t forget to follow @TransitBlogger which can easily be done by clicking the button in the sidebar.

The next service diversions entry update will be Monday at 5:01 AM (although the page will be updated at least once a day) when all of the weekend work is wrapped up.

As always, stay safe & have a wonderful weekend especially if you are celebrating Cinco de Mayo!

P.S. If you or anyone you know is into independent music, check out Surge FM!.

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As always, if I see or hear anything interesting or worth noting, I will tweet about it so follow @TransitBlogger or by clicking the button in the sidebar.

Have a wonderful week & I promise to have some fresh entries in the next couple of days. Don’t forget to check out Surge FM!

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If I see or hear anything interesting or noteworthy, I will post it on Twitter so don’t forget to follow @TransitBlogger which can easily be done by clicking the button in the sidebar.

The next service diversions entry update will be Monday at 5:01 AM (although the page will be updated at least once a day) when all of the weekend work is wrapped up.

As always, stay safe & have a wonderful weekend.

P.S. If you or anyone you know is into independent music, check out Surge FM!.

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MTA New York City Transit and MTA Bus announce that beginning Friday, April 27 until Sunday, July 15, the Q2 and Q110 buses will again directly serve Belmont Park Racetrack. On days that the racetrack is open, the buses will discharge and pick up customers at the Belmont bus terminal.

There is direct Q2 service from the 179th Street F station and from the 165th Street Bus Terminal and direct Q110 service from the Parsons Boulevard F station and from the Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer EJZ station to Belmont Park.

Eastbound (towards Belmont Park), the Q2 and Q110 will follow their regular route to the Cross Island Parkway northbound entrance ramp, then onto the racetrack terminal via Lane #1. Customers will be discharged at the escalator leading to the LIRR/Racetrack overpass. Westbound (towards Jamaica), the buses will pick up customers in Lane #1 at the designated Q2 and Q110 bus stops, then continue on their regular routes.

For more travel information, customers may log on to www.mta.info and use Tripplanner+ or call 511 for automated travel information around the clock. Customer service agents are available from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

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A huge reminder for those who ride the , or , FASTRACK will be in effect all week. Click here for all the detailed info to help plan your commute.

As always, if I see or hear anything interesting or worth noting, I will tweet about it so follow @TransitBlogger or by clicking the button in the sidebar.

Have a wonderful week & I promise to have some fresh entries in the next couple of days. Don’t forget to check out Surge FM!

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