Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Many Metro-North passengers will find themselves on a shuttle bus this week.Good morning. It’s going to be a difficult commute because of the deadly derailment of a Metro-North train in the Bronx on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know.
Metro-North’s Hudson line is running limited service between Poughkeepsie and Yonkers and is suspended entirely south of Yonkers. See current Metro-North status and service announcement.
But the accident’s impact could ripple through the region’s transportation system as Hudson line commuters seek alternate routes.
That could mean more crowded subways and trains, as well as car traffic.
If you are one of the 26,000 people who take the Hudson line to Grand Central, these are your options:
- A shuttle bus from the Yonkers train station to the first stop on the 1 subway train, Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street.
- Drive to the nearest Metro-North Harlem or Port Jervis line station. Extra parking has been set up at Wassaic and Southeast stations and at Kensico Dam near Valhalla station.
- Private bus lines, including Short Line and Greyhound, serve some towns, including Newburgh and Poughkeepsie.
- Amtrak’s Empire line, which runs from Poughkeepsie to Croton-Harmon to Yonkers to Penn Station, is unaffected, but space is very limited and many trains are sold out, officials said. There’s no standing on Amtrak trains. If there’s space, Amtrak will honor Metro-North tickets.
- If your normal Hudson line station is south of Yonkers, take a Harlem line train, a subway or a city bus.
Everyone else, prepare for bigger crowds on the 1 subway train, though the M.T.A. is adding extra trains, as well as on the Harlem line.
Allow some extra time, and pack plenty of patience.
It will be days, at least, before service is back to normal.
WEATHER
The weather, on the other hand, is extremely normal: mostly cloudy with a high near 50 and a low of 39, almost exactly average for this time of year.
COMMUTE
Subways: No delays. Check latest status.
Rails: Check L.I.R.R., Metro-North or New Jersey Transit status.
Roads: No major delays. Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s.
Alternate-side parking is in effect till Christmas.
COMING UP TODAY
- Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has lunch with Democratic members of the State Assembly.
- Mayor Bloomberg signs 11 bills, including one requiring that all the city’s official public meetings be either webcast or recorded on video.
- Contenders for City Council speaker, including Daniel Garodnick, Melissa Mark-Viverito and Mark Weprin, speak at a panel on the council at New York Law School in TriBeCa. 6:30 p.m. [Free, R.S.V.P.]
- Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square fills five blocks of Broadway with live music, jugglers, dancers and D.J.’s. 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. [Free]
- A children’s book author, Julie Sternberg, peels back the curtain on the literary process and explains what authors and editors do, at the N.Y.U. Bookstore. 6 p.m. [Free]
- In honor of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, a 2,000-square-foot chunk of the AIDS quilt is displayed at City College’s Center for Worker Education at 25 Broadway. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. [Free]
- Essayists from the collection “Goodbye to All That†debate the eternal question: to stay in New York or get the heck out, at Housing Works. 7 p.m. [Free, R.S.V.P.]
- See performance films of the radical 1980s ensemble the Squat Theater and hear members talk about their work, at the C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. [Free]
- “Hats off to Bacteria,†a salute to the billions of organisms that call our bodies home, at the New York Academy of Sciences downtown. 7 p.m. [$15, register]
- If you haven’t yet had your fill of potato pancakes, 15 restaurants offer theirs at the Latke Festival in Chelsea. 6:30 p.m. [$59]
- For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.
IN THE NEWS
- A Hasidic man in South Williamsburg was hit and knocked down by a stranger in the street, the latest attack linked to what some call the Knockout Game. [New York Post]
- A little bakery tucked away by the East River in East Harlem draws West African cabdrivers. [New York Times]
- Scoreboard: Giants beat Redskins, 24-17. Dolphins sink Jets, 23-3. Knicks lose ninth straight, bow to Pelicans, 103-99.
Joseph Burgess contributed reporting.
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