Eighth Street–New York University station

Coordinates: 40°43′50″N 73°59′33″W / 40.730543°N 73.992448°W / 40.730543; -73.992448
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 8 Street–New York University
 
X28
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedSeptember 4, 1917; 106 years ago (1917-09-04)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		No
Former/other names8th Street-NYU
Traffic
20233,531,009[3] Increase 25.3%
Rank99 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
14th Street–Union Square
N weekends and late nights ​Q late nights only ​R all except late nights ​W weekdays only
via Lexington Avenue–59th Street
Local 		Prince Street
N weekends and late nights ​Q late nights only ​R all except late nights ​W weekdays only
via Whitehall Street–South Ferry
Location
Eighth Street–New York University station is located in New York City Subway
Eighth Street–New York University station
Eighth Street–New York University station is located in New York City
Eighth Street–New York University station
Eighth Street–New York University station is located in New York
Eighth Street–New York University station
Track layout

Legend
to
14th St–Union Square
to Prince Street
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only

The Eighth Street–New York University station (sometimes shortened as 8th Street–NYU) is a local

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. It serves the main campus of New York University
.

History

Construction and opening

Name mosaic
Frieze and directional mosaic

The

Canal Street subway from the Fourth Avenue Subway via the Manhattan Bridge to the Hudson River, and several other lines in Brooklyn.[5][6]

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company submitted a proposal to the Commission, dated March 2, 1911, to operate the Tri-borough system (but under Church Street instead of Greenwich Street), as well as a branch along Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 59th Street from Ninth Street north and east to the

Grand Central–42nd Street. Construction began on Lexington Avenue on July 31, and on Broadway the next year. The Dual Contracts, two operating contracts between the city and the BMT and IRT, were adopted on March 4, 1913.[7]

A short portion of the line, coming off the north side of the Manhattan Bridge through Canal Street to

14th Street–Union Square, opened on September 4, 1917, at 2 P.M., with an eight car train carrying members of the Public Service Commission, representatives of the city government and officials of the BRT, leaving Union Square toward Coney Island. Service opened to the general public at 8 P.M., with trains leaving Union Square and Coney Island simultaneously.[8] The line was served by two services. One route ran via the Fourth Avenue Line and the Sea Beach Line to Coney Island, while the other line, the short line, ran to Ninth Avenue, where passengers could transfer for West End and Culver Line service. The initial headway on the line was three minutes during rush hours, three minutes and forty-five seconds at other times, except during late nights when service ran every fifteen minutes.[9]

Later years

The station's platforms originally could only fit six 67-foot-long (20 m) cars. In 1926, the New York City Board of Transportation received bids for the lengthening of platforms at nine stations on the Broadway Line, including the Eighth Street station, to accommodate eight-car trains. Edwards & Flood submitted a low bid of $101,775 for the project.[10] The platform-lengthening project was completed in 1927, bringing the length of the platforms to 535 feet (163 m).[11][12]

The city government took over the BMT's operations on June 1, 1940.[13][14] 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.

Station layout

Station entrance
Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ← "R" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (14th Street–Union Square)
← "W" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard weekdays (14th Street–Union Square)
← "N" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard late nights/weekends (14th Street–Union Square)
← "Q" train toward 96th Street late nights (14th Street–Union Square)
Northbound express ← "N" train"Q" train do not stop here
Southbound express → "N" train"Q" train do not stop here →
Southbound local ← "R" train toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Prince Street) →
← "W" train toward Whitehall Street–South Ferry weekdays (Prince Street) →
← "N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Sea Beach late nights/weekends (Prince Street) →
← "Q" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Brighton late nights (Prince Street)
Side platform

This underground station has four tracks and two side platforms. The inner two tracks are express tracks that do not serve the station.

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.[15]

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).[15]

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Open First Section of Broadway Line". The New York Times. September 5, 1917.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  5. ^ James Blaine Walker, Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864–1917, published 1918, pp. 207-223
  6. ^ Engineering News, A New Subway Line for New York City, Volume 63, No. 10, March 10, 1910
  7. ^ James Blaine Walker, Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864–1917, published 1918, pp. 224-241
  8. ^ "Broadway Subway Opened To Coney By Special Train. Brooklynites Try New Manhattan Link From Canal St. to Union Square. Go Via Fourth Ave. Tube". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 4, 1917. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  9. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  10. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  11. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  12. ProQuest 1113704092
    .
  13. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
    from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  14. ProQuest 1243059209
    .
  15. ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: East Village" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

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