In Brooklyn, seeing a G train is pretty much like seeing a unicorn, except rarer. The only (non-shuttle) subway line that does not enter into Manhattan, the G has the potential to unite isolated regions of Brooklyn and Queens, but like a unmotivated prep school student, consistently fails to live up to our expectations.

Currently, people complain that G trains are infrequent, too short, and unfairly truncated during peak hours (it stops at Court Square in Long Island City, Queens on weekdays during the daytime, losing most of its Queens stops between Court and 71st Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens).

The thing is, the G wasn’t always terrible. The trouble started in 2001 with the inception of the V service, which covers the G’s Queens route during peak hours. To make matters worse, the MTA shortened the G train from six cars to four to make service more frequent, resulting in some cramped commuters.

Early this year, the G was out of the service for four weekends in a row while the MTA was making repairs. Shuttle buses filled in the gaps, and the Gothamist interviewed one New Yorker who preferred the shuttle to the G, as it was more reliable. Ouch.

PARK SLOPE - Police removed a dead body from the tracks from the Culver Line, causing delays for straphangers during the tail end of this morning’s rush hour.

Within the last hour, the NYPD responded to the 9th Street/7th Avenue station for a report of a person trapped under a train.  The victim was pronounced dead on scene by FDNY EMS personnel.

While the MTA web site does not indicate any delays on the (F) and (G) trains as of the time of this posting, the victim was removed from the station shortly before 9:00 a.m.

No further information is available as of this posting.

CROWN HEIGHTS - Manhattan-bound riders on the (C) Fulton Avenue Line local are experiencing delays due to signal problems at Utica Avenue.  (A) express service through Brooklyn is not reporting delays through the same corridor, nor is Brooklyn-bound (C) service to Euclid Avenue.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning service adjustments on several lines, including a shuttle bus though Brooklyn, due to scheduled construction work this weekend.  All service adjustments are effective from 12:01 a.m. Saturday until 5:00 a.m. Monday unless otherwise noted:

• Service on the (D) train will operate in local service between 36th Street/4th Avenue, Sunset Park, and DeKalb Street station, Fort Greene.
• Northbound (D) trains will operate over the (N) line (Sea Beach Branch) between Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station and 36th Street/4th Avenue; southbound (D) service between 36th Street and Coney Island is unaffected.  The re-routing is due to track panel installation north of 62nd Street.  The re-routing takes effect at 5:00 a.m. Saturday until 10:00 p.m. Sunday.
• Service on the (F) train will operate into two segments: Between Jamaica-179th Street, Queens, to Jay Street, Brooklyn Heights and between Church Avenue, Kensington to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.  The re-routing is effective between 11:30 p.m. Friday through 5:00 a.m. Monday.
• (G) train service will operate in two segments: Between Court Square, Long Island City, Queens and Bedford Avenue-Nostrand Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant and between Bedford-Nostrand and Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, Brooklyn Heights.
• (N) train service will operate local between 59th Street/4th Avenue, Sunset Park and DeKalb Avenue, Fort Greene, then operate via the Manhattan Bridge instead of the Montague Tunnel.
• (R) train service will operate in two segments: Between 34th Street-Herald Square, Manhattan, and Forest Hills-71st Avenue, Queens and between 36th Street/4th Avenue, Sunset Park and 95th Street-Bay Ridge; no subway service will operate between Canal Street, Lower Manhattan and DeKalb Street, Fort Greene.

A shuttle bus will be implemented between Jay Street and Church Avenue stations, serving Jay Street, Bergen Street, Carroll Street, Smith St/9th Street, 4th Avenue/9th Street, 7th Avenue/9th Street, 15th Street/Prospect Park, Fort Hamilton Parkway, and Church Avenue.

The service changes will be in effect from Friday evening through Monday morning.  The changes are in effect due to ongoing construction on the Culver Viaduct and for maintenance in the Montague Tunnel.  The (N) and (R) train adjustments are due to track work at Cortlandt Street, Manhattan.

For additional information and updates on this service adjustments, please call MTA New York City Transit at (718) 330-1234 or visit the official MTA web site: www.mta.info.

Riders on the (G) train will see some late-night and overnight service adjustments due to ongoing track maintenance starting tonight.

Between 8:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, service between the Long Island City-Court Square station, Queens, and the Forest Hills/71st Avenue station, Queens will be suspended.  All (G) train service will operate between Court Square and Church Avenue station, Kensington.

Brooklyn bound passengers will have take the (R) train to Queens Plaza, then transfer to the (E) train at 23rd Street/Ely Avenue station, then connect to the (G) train at Long Island City-Court Square.  For Queens bound passengers, transfer to the (E) at Court Square, then to the (R).

Additionally, between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., (G) train service will operate in two sections – one section will operate between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand station, Bedford-Stuyvesant, the second section between Bedford-Nostrand and Church Avenue stations.  Passengers will be required to transfer at Bedford-Nostrand station.

Service on both segments will operate with 30 minute headways as opposed to the 20 minute headways normally offered.  The service adjustments are expected to last two weeks, ending on November 20.

Weekend service between Forest Hills and Church Avenue are not expected to be affected.

For additional information, visit the MTA New York City Transit web site.