8 Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station curvature
Station statistics
Address	Eighth Avenue & 62nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11220
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park
Coordinates	40°38′4.41″N 74°0′38.5″W / 40.6345583°N 74.010694°W / 40.6345583; -74.010694
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N  (all times) ​   Q  (selected northbound rush-hour trips) ​   W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B9 (on 60th Street), B70
Structure	Open-cut / at-grade
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915 (1915-06-22)[2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2022	2,314,853[3]  30.6%
Rank	132 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 59th Street N  ​Q  ​W  toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Local Fort Hamilton Parkway N  ​W  toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout to 59th Street Bay Ridge Branch to 65th Street Yard or Brooklyn Army Terminal to Fort Hamilton Parkway Bay Ridge Branch to Fresh Pond Junction
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The Eighth Avenue station is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway. It is located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and 62nd Street. It is served by the N train at all times. During rush hours, several W and northbound Q trains also serve the station.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Eighth Avenue is the northernmost stop on the Sea Beach Line. West of this station, the tracks curve northward, enter a tunnel, and become the express tracks of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line.

The station serves the Sunset Park Chinatown, the oldest Chinatown in Brooklyn, which is centered around Eighth Avenue.^[5]

History

This station opened on June 22, 1915.^[2]

This station, along with eight others along the Sea Beach Line, was renovated from 2016 to 2019, which initially included installation of two ADA-accessible elevators (original plans were to construct two wheelchair ramps to each platform).^[6] The Manhattan-bound platform was closed from January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017 and a temporary platform was set up on the Coney Island express track for Manhattan-bound service.^[7][8] The Coney Island-bound platform was closed from July 31, 2017^[9][10] to July 1, 2019. During this time, southbound trains used the northbound express track and the temporary platform.^[11]

A project to make the station ADA-accessible was originally expected to be completed in December 2018,^[12] but was repeatedly delayed. An elevator to the northbound platform opened on November 4, 2019.^[13] Another elevator to the southbound platform was planned to be opened in May 2020.^[14] The southbound elevator was not completed, but funding had been committed to completing the elevator.^[15] In December 2021, the MTA awarded a contract for the installation of elevators at eight stations, including the Eighth Avenue station's southbound platform.^[16][17] The elevator to the southbound platform opened on July 20, 2023.^[18]

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Station building, entrance/exit, station agent, MetroCard machines Elevators inside station house at northwest corner of Eighth Avenue and 62nd Street.
Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (59th Street) ← toward 96th Street (select weekday trips) (59th Street) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (59th Street)
	Northbound express	← No regular service
	Southbound express	→  Trackbed
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Fort Hamilton Parkway) → → toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (Fort Hamilton Parkway) →
	Side platform

This open-cut station 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.

Station house prior to renovation

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.

Exits

Seventh Avenue station house following renovation, 2019

The station has an entrance at the extreme east (railroad 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.^[19]

The station also has an entrance at the extreme west (railroad north) end, with two staircases from each platform leading up to Seventh Avenue and 62nd Street. In the past, it was closed due to high crime and repurposed into a maintenance shop.^[20] The staircases and overpass above the tracks remained intact, and the entrances were reopened in February 2019 as part of the reconstruction of this station.^{[21][22]: 129}

Notes

References

External links

Construction work

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eighth Avenue (BMT Sea Beach Line).

• nycsubway.org – BMT Sea Beach Line: 8th Avenue
• Station Reporter — N train
• The Subway Nut — 8th Avenue Pictures
• Eighth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Seventh Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Uptown & Temporary Platforms from Google Maps Street View