F LOCAL AND EXPRESS TRAIN SCHEDULE, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 11, 2025

 

The schedule for local and express F trains has been updated, effective August 11, 2025. Express trains operate in Brooklyn on weekday mornings traveling toward Manhattan and Queens and on weekday afternoons traveling toward Coney Island.

The timetables for local and express service at https://www.mta.info/document/10366 only show key stops/timepoints along the F train route where the trains are scheduled to start, end, or leave at a specific time. The Church Avenue station is one of those key stops/timepoints.

F trains operate local in Manhattan and

express in Queens at all times except late nights when they operate local.

 

NO G TRAINS IN AUGUST BETWEEN BEDFORD-NOSTRAND AVENUES AND CHURCH AVENUE

The signal system that the G train has used since the 1930s is going to be modernized this summer in three phases.

 

The phases:

• Phase 1, June 28th to July 5th: no G ​ trains between Court Sq and Nassau Av.
  

• Phase 2, July 5th to August 12th: no G ​ trains between Court Sq and Bedford-Nostrand Avs.

• Phase 3, August 12th to September 3rd: no G trains between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Church Av.

In Phase 3,

• no G trains will run between Bedford-Nostrand Avenues and Church Avenue,

• no G trains will stop at Classon Avenue, Clinton-Washington Avenues, Fulton Street, Hoyt-Schermerhorn, Bergen Street, Carroll Street, Smith-9th Streets, 4th Avenue-9th Street, 7th Avenue, 15th Street-Prospect Park, Fort Hamilton Parkway and Church Avenue,
  

• F trains will continue to make all F/G stops between Bergen Street and Church Avenue.

Details about the entire project are posted on the MTA website at https://new.mta.info/article/service-changes-g-line-summer-2024.

 

NO WEEKEND F TRAIN FROM CHURCH AVE. TO CONEY ISLAND FOR MANY MONTHS

"Beginning Friday, 9/23 until early 2023, passengers should expect that from Friday at 11:45 PM until Monday at 5 AM, there will be no F train service between Coney Island-Stillwell Av and Church Ave due to the installation of CBTC signal modernization [communication-based train control]," according to New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif's September 18th newsletter.

F trains will run between the Jamaica-179 St and Church Av stations, but they won't stop at these stations from Fridays at 11:45 p.m. until Mondays at 5:00 a.m.:

• Church Av (no southbound service)
• Ditmas Av
• 18 Av
• Avenue I
• Bay Pkwy
• Avenue N
• Avenue P
• Kings Highway
• Avenue U
• Avenue X
• Neptune Av
• West 8 St
• Coney Island-Stillwell Av

Instead, take the D, N, and Q trains and the local buses. No announcement has been made to use shuttle buses.

Cars and pedestrians will also face limitations in some areas.

Planned Service Changes at https://new.mta.info/alerts?selectedRoutes=MTASBWY%3AF&selectedDate=09%2F23%2F2022 says "This service change affects one or more ADA accessible stations and these travel alternatives may not be fully accessible. Please contact 511 to plan your trip." 

For additional details about the Culver Line Signal Modernization, see https://new.mta.info/projects/culver-line-signal-modernization.

NO F TRAIN FROM CHURCH TO STILLWELL

 

The F train will be partly suspended for Culver Line signal modernization this weekend. No trains will run between the Church Av and Coney Island-Stillwell Av stations on Friday, October 1st, through Monday, October 4th, and Friday, October 8th through Monday, October 11th, from 9:45 p.m. to 5:00a.m. 

 

F trains will run between the Jamaica-179 St and Church Av stations. 

 

Nearby N and Q trains and local buses will provide alternate service between Church Av and Coney Island-Stillwell Av. 

 

For direct service between Manhattan/Downtown Brooklyn and Coney Island, take the N or Q train instead. 

 

For the W 8 St-NY Aquarium station, take the Q train instead.

Manhattan transfer stations:
34 St-Herald Sq F and N Q
W 4 St-Wash Sq Accessbility | F
Broadway-Lafayette St Accessbility | F
 

Brooklyn transfer stations:
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr Accessbility | N Q R
4 Av-9 St F and N R
Coney Island-Stillwell Av Accessbility | N Q

 

NO WEEKEND F TRAINS FROM CHURCH AVE. TO CONEY ISLAND

On the F subway line, work on the signal modernization project continues to take place every weekend, weather permitting, through December 21, 2020, with the exception of the weekends of October 9th-12th, 16th-19th, and 23rd-26th and the weekend of November 27th-30th (Thanksgiving).

Work will resume on January 8, 2021, and continue every weekend through August 2021, with the exception of Passover, Easter, and the July 4th weekends.

F trains run between 179th Street and Church Avenue. They do not run between Church Avenue and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.

Customers traveling between Church Avenue and Coney Island can use D, N, and Q trains and local buses to complete their trip. Free shuttle buses are not available. 

Work begins on Fridays at 9:45 p.m. and ends at 1:00 a.m. Then, from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., the subway system is closed to clean and disinfect the trains and the stations. Stations reopen on Mondays at 5:00 a.m.

NO F TRAIN FROM CHURCH AVE. TO CONEY ISLAND FOR SEVERAL WEEKENDS

Weekends through Monday, July 27th, from Fridays at 9:45 p.m. through Mondays at 1:00 a.m., due to the signal modernization project,

• F trains will not run between Church Avenue and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.

• F trains will run between 179th Street and Church Avenue.

• Nearby D, N, and Q trains and local buses will provide alternate service between Church Avenue and Stillwell Avenue.

• For direct service between Manhattan/Downtown Brooklyn and Coney Island, take the D, N, or Q train instead.

• For West 8th Street-New York Aquarium, take the Q train instead.

Manhattan transfer stations:		Brooklyn transfer stations:
34 St-Herald Sq | and		Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr |
W 4 St | and		4 Av-9 St and
B'way-Lafayette St | and		Coney Island-Stillwell Av |

Station	Alternate service/nearby bus
Church Av |	B35 - Church Av at McDonald Av Connect with the at 9 Av or at Church Av
Ditmas Av	B35 - McDonald Av at Church Av Connect with the at 9 Av or the at Church Av B8 - McDonald Av at 18 Av Connect with the at Newkirk Plaza or the at 18 Av
18 Av	B8 - 18 Av at McDonald Av Connect with the at Newkirk Plaza or the at 18 Av
Avenue I	B11 - Avenue I at McDonald Av Connect with the at Avenue J or the at 50 St
Bay Pkwy	B6 - Bay Pkwy at McDonald Av Connect with the at Avenue J or the at Bay Pkwy
Avenue N	• Nearby Bay Pkwy station B9 - 60 St/Avenue N at McDonald Av Connect with the at Avenue M
Avenue P	B82 - Kings Hwy at McDonald Av Connect with the at Kings Hwy or the at Kings Hwy B9 - 60 St/Avenue N and McDonald Av Connect with the at Avenue M
Kings Hwy	• Nearby Kings Hwy station B82 - Kings Hwy at McDonald Av Connect with the at Kings Hwy or the at Kings Hwy
Avenue U	• Nearby Avenue station B3 - Avenue U at McDonald Av Connect with at Avenue U or the at Avenue U
Avenue X	• Nearby 86 St station B1 - Avenue X at McDonald Av/Shell Rd Connect with the at Ocean Pkwy Connect with the at 86 St B4 - Shell Rd at Bouck Ct/Avenue X Connect with the at 86 St
Neptune Av	• Nearby W 8 St station B68 - Neptune Av at W 6 St Connect with the at Coney Island or the at Ocean Pkwy
W 8 St
Coney Island-Stillwell Av