The
A Eighth Avenue Express is a
rapid transit service in the
B Division of the
New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored since it uses the
IND Eighth Avenue Line in
Manhattan. The
A operates between
207th Street in
Inwood, Manhattan and
Mott Avenue in
Far Rockaway, Queens, or
Lefferts Boulevard in
Richmond Hill, Queens. The
A is the
Central Park West / Eighth Avenue Express in Manhattan,
Fulton Street Express in
Brooklyn, and
Liberty Avenue / Rockaway Local in
Queens during daytime hours. The
A provides the longest one-seat ride in the system, at between Inwood and Far Rockaway and has a weekday ridership of 600,000 Five rush hour trips run to and from
Beach 116th Street in
Rockaway Park, Queens, in the peak direction. At all times, a shuttle train (
S –
Rockaway Park Shuttle) operates between
Broad Channel, where it connects with the
A, and Rockaway Park. During late nights, the
A makes all stops along its entire route and originates/terminates at Far Rockaway only; a shuttle train (Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle) runs between
Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard.