page_title: Eighth Avenue station (BMT Sea Beach Line)
section_title: Station layout
hierarchical_section_title: Eighth Avenue station (BMT Sea Beach Line) / Station layout
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking southwest at en:Eighth Avenue (BMT Sea Beach Line) station on a sunny early afternoon.
context_page_description: Eighth Avenue 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 and several W trains during rush hours.
  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.
context_section_description: 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 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 under renovations, which will include installation of two ADA-accessible elevators (original plans were to construct two wheelchair ramps to each platform). 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. The Coney Island-bound platform was closed for a much longer period of time, from July 31, 2017 to July 1, 2019. During this time, southbound trains used the northbound express track and the temporary platform. The project to make the station ADA-accessible was originally expected to be completed in December 2018. The elevator to the northbound platform opened on November 4, 2019; the southbound platform's elevator was planned to be opened on May 18, 2020. However, as of July 2020, it is not open.
caption: Station house prior to renovation
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