Rector Street (BMT Broadway Line)

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Rector Street
NYC Subway N service NYC Subway R service NYC Subway W service

New York City Subway station
Station information
Line BMT Broadway Line
Services N late nights (late nights)
R all except late nights (all except late nights)
W weekdays until 9:30 p.m. (weekdays until 9:30 p.m.)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Passengers (2006) 3.228 million ▲ 29%
Other
Borough Manhattan
Opened January 5, 1918[1]
Next north Cortlandt Street: N late nights R all except late nights W weekdays until 9:30 p.m.
Next south Whitehall Street–South Ferry: N late nights R all except late nights W weekdays until 9:30 p.m.

Rector Street is a station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the corner of Rector Street and Trinity Place in Lower Manhattan, the station is served by the R train at all times except late nights, when it is replaced by the N train. The W train provides supplementary service during rush hours, middays, and early evenings.

The station has two platforms, downtown and uptown, which are not connected. This station was overhauled in the late 1970s. MTA did fix the station's structure and the overall appearance. It replaces the original wall tiles, old signs, and incandescent lighting to the 70's modern look wall tiles, signs and fluorescent lights. It also fixed staircases and platform edges. The blue tiles provide the backdrop to the lettering, similar to Prospect Avenue station in Brooklyn.

The Rector Street on the R/W lines. Note the special blue tile, which is not standard in BMT stations, and also note how the platform is slanted. That is because there is a grade on the station.
The Rector Street on the R/W lines. Note the special blue tile, which is not standard in BMT stations, and also note how the platform is slanted. That is because there is a grade on the station.

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  1. ^ New York Times, Open New Subway to Times Square, January 6, 1918