14th Street – Eighth Avenue (New York City Subway)

14th Street–Eighth Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
Street entrance
Station statistics
Address	Eighth Avenue & West 14th Street New York, NY 10011
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	West Village, Chelsea
Coordinates	40°44′23″N 74°00′09″W / 40.739779°N 74.002533°W / 40.739779; -74.002533Coordinates: 40°44′23″N 74°00′09″W / 40.739779°N 74.002533°W / 40.739779; -74.002533
Division	B (BMT/IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line       BMT Canarsie Line
Services	A  (all times)       C  (all except late nights)       E  (all times)       L  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M12, M14A, M14D, M20
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (84 years ago) (1932-09-10)
Accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	14,763,727 (station complex)  2.9%
Rank	19 out of 425
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times
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14th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (all times)       C  (all except late nights)       E  (all times)
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (84 years ago) (1932-09-10)
Accessible
Wireless service
Station succession
Next north	23rd Street (local): A  C  E  34th Street–Penn Station (express): A
Next south	West Fourth Street–Washington Square: A  C  E
Next north	34th Street–Penn Station: A  C  E
Next south	West Fourth Street–Washington Square: A  C  E
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only

Eighth Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 30, 1931 (85 years ago) (1931-05-30)
Accessible
Wireless service
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): L
Next south	Sixth Avenue: L
Next north	none: L
Next south	Union Square: L
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

External video

"Life Underground" by Tom Otterness, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; January 13, 2010; 2:34 YouTube video clip

14th Street–Eighth Avenue is an underground New York City Subway station complex shared by the IND Eighth Avenue Line and the BMT Canarsie Line. It is located at Eighth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan, and served by the:

The whole complex is ADA-compliant, with the accessible station entrance at 14th Street. This complex was renovated at the beginning of the 21st century.

This station had two artworks installed here. The first one was in 1989 by Ross Lewis named Parallel Motion. It shows images of moving bodies in the mezzanine drawn by brushstrokes using Chinese calligraphy. It was removed in 1995 and is now at the lobby of Public School 89 in Battery Park City. The second art installation by Tom Otterness, called Life Underground, was installed in 2001. It features whimsical bronze sculptures, including a sewer alligator, scattered about the station.

There are a number of MTA New York City Transit Authority training facilities located in the Mezzanine.

The station complex's three sets of entrances are located at the intersections of Eighth Avenue and 14th, 15th, and 16th Streets. The northernmost one has an unstaffed bank of turnstiles, two staircases going up to the northwest corner of 16th Street and Eighth Avenue, and one going up to each eastern side of the intersection. A passageway leads to the front entrance of 111 Eighth Avenue (the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey building now occupied by Google) at the southwest corner. A sign on the sidewalk outside the building indicates an entrance to the station is available inside. On either side the center of the mezzanine, a set of full height turnstiles leads to a staircase going up to either northern corners of 15th Street and Eighth Avenue.

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