Eighth Avenue (BMT Sea Beach Line)

Infobox NYCS

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name = Eighth Avenue
font_color = black
font_color_2 = black
bg_color = #FFC800
line = BMT Sea Beach Line
service = Sea Beach local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 4
borough = Brooklyn
open_date = June 22, 1915
north_station = 59th Street
north_line = BMT Fourth Avenue Line
north_service = Sea Beach local
south_station = Fort Hamilton Parkway
south_line = BMT Sea Beach Line
south_service = Sea Beach local

Eighth Avenue is a 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.

The main exit is at the south end of the station to Eighth Avenue and 62nd Street, going west will take you into the Chinatown of Brooklyn. At the north end of the southbound platform is a closed exit to Seventh Avenue, which has been grilled off and is now cluttered by vines and weeds.

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 line merges into the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. The Coney Island-bound express track dead ends, while the Manhattan-bound express track merges with the local tracks as the line enters the tunnel into Fourth Avenue.

Bus connection

*B70 north to Sunset Park
*B70 south to the VA Hospital and Bay Ridge

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?210:21016|BMT Sea Beach Line|Eighth Avenue
* [http://www.stationreporter.net/ntrain.htm N train at Station Reporter]