Eighth Street (BMT Broadway Line)
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| New York City Subway station Eighth Street |
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| Line | BMT Broadway Line |
| Services | N(45) R(1234) W(123a) |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 4 |
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| Borough | Manhattan |
| Opened | September 4, 1917[citation needed] |
| Next north | 14th Street–Union Square  N(45) R(1234) W(123a) |
| Next south | Prince Street N(45) R(1234) W(123a) |
Eighth Street or Eighth Street–New York University is a station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Eighth Street and Broadway in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, it is served by the R train (all times except late nights}, the N train (late nights and weekends), and the W train (weekdays). It is the closest stop on the Broadway Line to New York University.
This station was overhaul in the late 1970s. MTA did fix the station's structure and the overhaul appearance. It replaces 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. It also fixed staircases and platform edges. In 2001, the station was receiving a major overhaul. It was received state of repairs as well as upgrading the station for ADA compliance and restoring the original late 1910s tiling. MTA did repair 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 direction.
[edit] External links
- nycsubway.org — BMT Broadway Subway: 8th Street
- Station Reporter — R Train
- Station Reporter — W Train
- Flickr - Photo of Tim Snell's Cube mural
- wirednewyork.com - Subway mosaics and their artists
