Eighth Street–New York University (BMT Broadway Line)

8th Street–New York University ​
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Platform for downtown trains
Station statistics
Address	East 8th Street & Broadway New York, NY 10003
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Greenwich Village, NoHo
Coordinates	40°43′50″N 73°59′33″W / 40.730543°N 73.992448°W / 40.730543; -73.992448Coordinates: 40°43′50″N 73°59′33″W / 40.730543°N 73.992448°W / 40.730543; -73.992448
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 connections	NYCT Bus: M1, M2, M3, M55, M8, X27, X28
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 4, 1917; 100 years ago (1917-09-04)
Station code	016
Wireless service
Former/other names	8th Street-NYU
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	6,030,544  2.3%
Rank	72 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	14th Street–Union Square: N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
Next south	Prince Street: N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops late nights only
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8th Street–New York University 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. It is so named because it is the closest stop on the Broadway Line to New York University.

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. 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.