Eighth Street–New York University station

8 Street–New York University
8 Street–New York University
	New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Platform for downtown trains
Station statistics
Address	East 8th Street & Broadway; New York, NY 10003
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Greenwich Village, NoHo
Coordinates	40.730543°N 73.992448°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Broadway Line
Services	N (weekends and late nights); Q (late nights only); R (all except late nights); W (weekdays only)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M1, M2, M3, M55, M8, X27, X28
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 4, 1917[1]
Station code	016[2]
Opposite-; direction; transfer	No
Former/other names	8th Street-NYU
Traffic
2019	5,434,212[3] 4.4%
Rank	82 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next north	14th Street–Union Square: N Q R W
Next south	Prince Street: N Q R W
Location
Track layout
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops late nights and weekends
	Stops late nights only

Eighth Street–New York University (sometimes shortened as 8th Street–NYU) is a local station on the New York City Subway's BMT Broadway Line. Located at the intersection of Eighth Street and Broadway in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, it is served by the R train at all times except late nights, the W train on weekdays, the N train during late nights and weekends, and the Q train during late nights.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward 71st Avenue (14th Street–Union Square) ← toward Ditmars Boulevard weekdays (14th Street–Union Square) ← toward Ditmars Boulevard late nights/weekends (14th Street–Union Square) ← toward 96th Street late nights (14th Street–Union Square)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	← toward 95th Street (Prince Street) → ← toward Whitehall Street weekdays (Prince Street) → ← toward Coney Island via Sea Beach late nights/weekends (Prince Street) → ← toward Coney Island via Brighton late nights (Prince Street)
	Side platform

Name mosaic

Frieze and directional mosaic

Eighth Street opened on September 4, 1917 as part of the first section of the BMT Broadway Line from Canal Street to 14th Street–Union Square.[1] It has four tracks and two side platforms. The inner two tracks are express tracks that do not serve the station.

The station's overhaul in the late 1960s included extending the station platforms required for 10 car trains, and fixing the station's structure and the overall appearance (including the staircases and platform edges), replacing the original wall tiles, old signs, and incandescent lighting to the 70's modern look wall tile band and tablet mosaics, signs and fluorescent lights. In 2001, the station received a state of repairs including upgrading the station for ADA compliance and restoring the original late 1910s tiling, repairing the staircases, re-tiling for the walls, new tiling on the floors, upgrading the station's lights and the public address system, installing ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, new signs, and new trackbeds in both directions.

In 2005, the artwork Tim Snell's Broadway Diary mosaics installed on the station platform wall titles in both directions.

Exits

The staffed fare control for each platform is at platform level at the center of each platform. There is no free transfer between directions. Outside of fare control, the northbound platform has one street stair to each eastern corner of Broadway and Eighth Street, while the southbound platform has two street stairs to each western corner of that intersection.[4]

Near the southern ends of each platform, one stair ascends from each platform to an intermediate landing on each side. Each landing has an exit-only turnstile and a HEET turnstile. The exits then ascend to their respective northern corners of Broadway and Waverly Place (the southbound platform's exit to the northwest corner, the northbound platform's exit to the northeast corner).[4]

References

"Open First Section of Broadway Line". The New York Times. September 5, 1917.
"Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
"Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
"MTA Neighborhood Maps: East Village" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

External links

Station entrance

nycsubway.org – BMT Broadway Subway: 8th Street
Station Reporter – N Train
Station Reporter – R Train
Flickr – Photo of Tim Snell's Cube mural
Wired New York Forum – Subway mosaics and their artists
MTA's Arts For Transit – 8th Street–NYU (BMT Broadway Line)
Eighth Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Waverly Place entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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[Canal-1] "Open First Section of Broadway Line". The New York Times. September 5, 1917.

[stationinformation-2] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[riderref-3] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[maps-4] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: East Village" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Broadway Express	Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Astoria Boulevard 30th Avenue Broadway 36th Avenue 39th Avenue Queensboro Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street* 23rd Street* 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University* Prince Street* Canal Street City Hall* Cortlandt Street* Rector Street* South Ferry–Whitehall Street* Court Street* Jay Street–MetroTech* DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street* Ninth Street* Prospect Avenue* 25th Street* 36th Street 45th Street* 53rd Street* 59th Street–Fourth Avenue Eighth Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway New Utrecht Avenue 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway Kings Highway Avenue U 86th Street Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Broadway Local	71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Queens Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry–Whitehall Street Court Street Jay Street–MetroTech DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street Ninth Street Prospect Avenue 25th Street 36th Street 45th Street 53rd Street 59th Street Bay Ridge Avenue 77th Street 86th Street Bay Ridge–95th Street
Broadway Local	Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Astoria Boulevard 30th Avenue Broadway 36th Avenue 39th Avenue Queensboro Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry–Whitehall Street
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.