West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station
The West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station is a New York City Subway local station, located on the BMT Brighton Line and IND Culver Line in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn.Photo: Epicgenius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Metro station
- Description: New York City subway station
- Also known as: “Ocean Parkway”, “West 8 St–NY Aquarium”, “West 8th Street–New York Aquarium”, and “West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New York Aquarium and Coney Island Cyclone.
New York Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5.
The New York Aquarium is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States, located on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. New York Aquarium is situated 660 feet south of West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station.
Coney Island Cyclone
Roller coaster
Photo: FieldMarine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cyclone, also called the Coney Island Cyclone, is a wooden roller coaster at Luna Park in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island Cyclone is situated 770 feet southwest of West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station.
Wonder Wheel
Ferris wheel
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wonder Wheel is a 150-foot-tall eccentric Ferris wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park at Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Wonder Wheel is situated 1,200 feet southwest of West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brighton Beach and Coney Island and Brighton Beach.
Brighton Beach
Neighborhood
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brighton Beach is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the greater Coney Island area along the Atlantic Ocean coastline.
Coney Island and Brighton Beach
Photo: David Reilly, CC BY 2.0.
Coney Island and Brighton Beach are in Brooklyn. In addition to those two neighborhoods, this article covers Manhattan Beach, Gravesend, and Sheepshead Bay.
Gravesend
Neighborhood
Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the southwestern edge of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York.
West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station
- Categories: station located on surface, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.57613° or 40° 34′ 34″ northLongitude
-73.97594° or 73° 58′ 33″ westOperator
New York City Transit AuthorityNetwork
NYC SubwayOpen location code
87G8H2GF+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2054217384OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2615127
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西八街-紐約水族館車站”
- Dutch: “West Eighth Street-New York Aquarium”
- Esperanto: “Stacio Okcidenta Oka Strato – Nov-Jorka Akvario”
- French: “8ème rue Ouest – New York Aquarium”
- French: “West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium”
- Italian: “West Eighth Street-New York Aquarium”
- Japanese: “西8丁目-ニューヨーク水族館駅”
- Polish: “West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium”
- Russian: “West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium”
- Russian: “Уэст Восьмая улица – Нью-Йоркский аквариум”
- Russian: “Уэст Восьмая улица — Нью-Йоркский аквариум”
- Spanish: “West Eight Street-New York Aquarium”
- Spanish: “West Eight Street–New York Aquarium”
- Spanish: “West Eighth Street New York Aquarium”
- Spanish: “West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium”
- Ukrainian: “Західна 8-ма вулиця–Нью-йоркський акваріум”
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