[6][2] In 2005, the station name was changed to Civic Center/UN Plaza during celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the United Nations and World Environment Day.

[12] The remaining entrance west of 8th Street was permanently closed on November 1, 2018, as the passageway space was needed for a new electrical substation to add redundancy and capacity to support increased Transbay Tube train frequency.

The Civic Center station entrance at Market and 7th was chosen for early implementation; it was closed on December 11, 2017, with the new canopy opened on October 9, 2018.

[19] The entrances on the southern side of the station were closed from April 13, 2020, to June 12, 2021, due to low ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[20] Thirteen BART stations, including Civic Center, did not originally have faregates for passengers using the elevator.

[21] BART reopened a secondary station agent booth – which had been closed for over a decade – near the Civic Center entrance in February 2023.

Additional Muni (14, 14R, 14X, 714) and SamTrans (FCXX, 292, 397, 398) bus routes run on Mission Street, one block away.

AC Transit serves Civic Center station with the 800 All Nighter route during hours that BART is not operating.