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| Address | West 8th Street near Surf Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11224 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Coney Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT/IND) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Brighton Line IND Culver Line |
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| Services | F (all times) Q (all times) |
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 side platforms (2 on each level) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 19, 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former/other names | Coney Island – West Eighth Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 867,792[1] 11.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 371 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Ocean Parkway (Brighton): Q Neptune Avenue (Culver): F |
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| Next south | Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue: F Q | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium is a station on the BMT Brighton Line and the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. The station is located over the private right-of-way of the defunct New York and Coney Island Railroad, north of Surf Avenue and running easterly from West 8th Street on the Coney Island peninsula in Brooklyn. It is served by the F and Q trains at all times.
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The station, originally identified as Coney Island – West Eighth Street, replaced the Culver Depot, the surface terminus of the Brighton Beach and Culver Lines. The current station consists of a two-level elevated line, with two tracks and two side platforms on each level. The BMT Brighton Line occupies the upper level and the IND Culver Line occupies the lower level.
Brighton service began serving the station on May 19, 1919, with Brighton Local trains using the lower level and Brighton Express trains (when operated) using the upper level. On May 1, 1920, Culver trains began sharing the lower level with the Brighton Line. Level usage varied over the years with different Brighton services using the lower level at different times. In 1954 the track connection between the Brighton Line at Ocean Parkway and the lower level of West 8th Street station was severed, and Brighton and Culver trains have had exclusive use of their respective levels since. The structure for the connector tracks still exists.
This station contains three entrances. The first one contains three High Entry-Exit turnstiles and leads directly to the Manhattan-bound platform of the lower level. The main entrance is directly underneath and leads to West Fifth Street on one side and Surf Avenue on the other. There is a pedestrian bridge that spans Surf Avenue and connects the two aforementioned entrances. The third entrance leads to West Sixth Street, which at this point, is a dirt road only for pedestrians that runs directly underneath the Culver Line. This entrance contains HEET and exit-only turnstiles and an escalator that leads directly to the Manhattan-bound platform of the upper level.
The 2005 artwork here is called Wavewall by Vito Acconi.