The new year is bringing with it a massive service disruption for Rockaway residents who rely on the A train.

A train service to the Rockaways is coming to a screeching halt starting Friday — and the shutdown is creating stress for some community members.

The closure is set to last for four months. There will be no service between Howard Beach-JFK Airport and the last stops along the line — either Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street or Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue — and the Rockaway Park Shuttle will not run to or from Broad Channel.

Gail Romain, who lives in Far Rockaway, commutes to the Bronx every day for work.

“It’s very upsetting,” Romain said. “The A train is how I get there, so without this A train, I’m, what? Gonna have to take a shuttle bus to a shuttle bus to A train, which is gonna make my travel even longer."

Her typical commute is two hours one way. She estimates her new commute will be around three hours one way. But it’s not just herself she’s worried about.

“I have younger nieces and nephews that go to school, and they take the train. I have a younger brother that takes this train,” she said. "These kids are gonna be in hell. Schools are gonna get worse with attendance.”

Jahnoi Crawford, another commuter who rides the A train, is a Florida native who moved to Far Rockaway around four years ago.

“It’s been like, in the back of my head, like, oh, the train is about to stop working very soon, so it’s been very frustrating to think about,” Crawford said.

Crawford works at John F. Kennedy International Airport and gets off work at 9:30 p.m. He says the A train is a lifeline for him to get to work, and his new commute, even within the borough, isn’t one he's looking forward to.

“It’s a lot, it’s honestly a lot. It’s very frustrating,” he said. "If not the shuttles, it’s gonna be the bus, if not that, Ubers, that’s the only thing I could think of to possibly do.”

Taking Uber to get to work, he admits, will be a financial burden on him.

The MTA says it needs the shutdown for maintenance, because Hurricane Sandy damaged the line and it needs to be repaired. The transit agency is offering free shuttle buses and express buses, as well as discounted LIRR fares for the peninsula.

Not everyone in Far Rockaway, however, is dreading the shutdown. Funmilayo Balogun is a health care worker who commutes to Brooklyn for work on the A train. She has three kids — one high school-aged and two college-aged — and says that while she and her family agree it’s going to be a headache, the MTA’s plan to invest in the future of the only subway line in the Rockaways connecting the peninsula to the city and other boroughs is one they can all get behind.

“Prevention is better than cure, you know,” she said. The MTA says the shutdown project is necessary for the long-term viability of the A train in the event of future weather events like hurricanes.

“I appreciate them for that, so we gonna adjust to the system for the time being," she added. "I know it’s not going to take so much, it’s not going to be forever, you know.”

NYC Ferry says it will increase capacity on ferries traveling on its Rockaway route, to get more residents to where they need to go during the shutdown.