Let W -> A^2 be the universal Weierstrass family of cubic curves over C. For
each N >= 2, we construct surfaces parametrizing the three standard kinds of level N
structures on the smooth fibers of W. We then complete these surfaces to finite covers of
A^2. Since W -> A^2 is the versal deformation space of a cusp singularity, these
surfaces convey information about the level structure on any family of curves of genus g
degenerating to a cuspidal curve. Our goal in this note is to determine for which values of
N these surfaces are smooth over (0,0). From a topological perspective, the results
determine the homeomorphism type of certain branched covers of S^3 with monodromy in
SL_2(Z/N).