Eighth Avenue (BMT Sea Beach Line)

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This article is about a Brooklyn subway station. For other uses, see Eighth Avenue (disambiguation).


Eighth Avenue
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N (all times)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other
Borough	Brooklyn
Opened	June 22, 1915
Next north	59th Street: N
Next south	Fort Hamilton Parkway: N

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. 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.