Division B (BMT) Services N (all times) Passengers (2015) 3,796,909 1.4% Structure Cut Locale Sunset Park | Line BMT Sea Beach Line Platforms 2 side platforms Borough Brooklyn Opened 22 June 1915 Tracks 4 (2 in regular service) | |
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Transit connections New York City Bus: B9 (on 60th Street), B70 Address Brooklyn, NY 11220, United States Similar 20th Avenue, Avenue U, Fort Hamilton Parkway, Kings Highway, 59th Street | ||
Eighth Avenue is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and 62nd Street. It is served by the N train at all times. A temporary platform was built over the southbound express track to allow Manhattan bound N that are running on the northbound express track to stop at this station.
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Station layout
This open-cut station opened on June 22, 1915. It has four tracks and two side platforms, but the two center express tracks are not normally used. The Coney Island-bound track has been disconnected from the line and the Manhattan-bound track is signaled for trains in both directions. Both platforms have beige concrete fences in the lower half and green metal windscreens in the upper half. Brown canopies with green support columns and frames run along the entire length and the station signs are at the standard black name plate in white Helvetica lettering.
The LIRR Bay Ridge Branch crosses underneath and is visible from the north end of the station. This location was called "The Crossing" in the last years of the Bay Ridge line.
This is the northernmost station on the Sea Beach Line. North of here, the Coney Island-bound express track dead ends while the Manhattan-bound express track merges with the local tracks as the line curves north and enters the tunnel into the BMT Fourth Avenue Line.
This station, along with eight others along the Sea Beach Line, is scheduled for a rehabilitation, which began in 2016. The renovation will include the installation of 2 ADA-accessible wheelchair ramps and elevators at the 8th Avenue and New Utrecht Avenue stations, respectively. As of March 2017, a temporary platform has been set up on the Coney Island express track to accommodate passengers while the station is being renovated.
Exit
This station has one entrance/exit at the extreme south end, which is a beige street-level station house on the Eighth Avenue overpass at 62nd Street above the platforms and tracks. A single staircase from each platform goes up to a crossover, where a set of doors lead to the waiting area above the station house. A turnstile bank leads to the token booth and exit doors.
The station formerly had another entrance/exit at the north end that led to Seventh Avenue. The two staircases from each platform and overpass above the tracks remain intact.