Eighth Avenue station (BMT Sea Beach Line)

8 Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
R46 N train arriving at the northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Eighth Avenue & 62nd Street Brooklyn, NY
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park
Coordinates	40°38′4.41″N 74°0′38.5″W / 40.6345583°N 74.010694°W / 40.6345583; -74.010694
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N  (all times) ​   W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B9 (on 60th Street), B70
Structure	Open-cut / at-grade
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915; 109 years ago (1915-06-22)[2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	2,561,457[3]  10.7%
Rank	138 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 59th Street N  ​W  toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Local Fort Hamilton Parkway N  ​W  toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to 59th Street Bay Ridge Branch to 65th Street Yard or Brooklyn Army Terminal to Fort Hamilton Parkway Bay Ridge Branch to Fresh Pond Junction
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The Eighth Avenue station 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. During rush hours, several W trains also serve this station.

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.^[4]