14th Street–Eighth Avenue (New York City Subway)

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14th Street–Eighth Avenue

New York City Subway station
Station information
Services A all times (all times)
C all except late nights (all except late nights)
E all times (all times)
L all times (all times)
Passengers (2006) 10.198 million ▲ 8%
Other
Borough Manhattan
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access

14th Street–Eighth Avenue is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Canarsie Line and the IND Eighth Avenue Line. It is located at Eighth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan, and is served by A, E and L trains at all times, and C trains at all times except late nights. Entrances are located at the corners of Eighth Avenue and 14th, 15th, and 16th Streets. The whole complex is ADA-compliant, with the accessible station entrance at 14th Street.

This station was recently renovated; an art installation by Tom Otterness, called "Life Underground", features whimsical bronze sculptures, including a sewer alligator, scattered about the station. There are a number of MTA New York City Transit Authority training facilities located in the Mezzanine. A newsstand was added in early 2006.

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[edit] IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms

14th Street
NYC Subway A service NYC Subway C service NYC Subway E service
Station information
Line IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services A all times (all times)
C all except late nights (all except late nights)
E all times (all times)
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Other
Opened September 10, 1932[1]
Next north 23rd Street (local): A late night C all except late nights E all time
34th Street–Penn Station (express): A all except late nights
Next south West Fourth Street–Washington Square: A all times C all except late nights E all times

14th Street on the IND Eighth Avenue Line has four tracks and two island platforms. This is the southernmost Eighth Avenue Line station that is actually under Eighth Avenue itself; south of here, the line curves east to Sixth Avenue via Greenwich Avenue.

[edit] BMT Canarsie Line platform

Eighth Avenue
NYC Subway L service
Station information
Line BMT Canarsie Line
Services L all times (all times)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other
Opened May 30, 1931
Next north (Terminal)
Next south Sixth Avenue: L all times

Eighth Avenue (or 8th Avenve-14th Street) on the BMT Canarsie Line has two tracks and one island platform. It is the western (railroad northern) terminal of the BMT Canarsie Line.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line, September 10, 1932, page 6

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