OK, I have been looking at the advance notices regarding the NYCT subways for next weekend. In short, it is a total MESS. We are going to encounter our first real snag!!!
Over the 3-day weekend, there are major reroutes and total disruptions of segments on both the N and D lines. I am still trying to untangle this mess, but it appears that the D is running on 8th Avenue rather than 6th Avenue in Manhattan, and terminating at Chambers Street, with no service in Brooklyn. The N is replacing the D line in Brooklyn on the West End Line, and buses will then replace the N on the Sea Beach Line. There are 4 different routes in Brooklyn to & from Coney Island, so we could also ride the Q or F lines if need be. However, the F line will be congested because the A & C lines are using it between Brooklyn & Manhattan due to Sandy-related repairs to the Montague Tunnel. I'm still working things out and will alter the itinerary accordingly once I figure out what is best. It will not adversely affect any other trip segments that day. What I think may happen is we take the N running on the D in one direction, and the Q in the other. I'll keep you posted.
There is an advisory for the 7 line in Queens as well, but this one works in our favor as Hudson Yards-bound trains will be skipping several stations and running express thus saving us a few minutes.
If you are relying on subways to get to & from your hotels in NYC over that weekend, use the MTA's trip planner on their homepage as it has been programmed with the service diversions and disruptions. What I listed above is not all of it.
You were gotten into this, and will be gotten out of it as well, by: