Rector Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)

Not to be confused with Rector Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line), Rector Street (BMT Broadway Line), or Rector Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line).

The Rector Street station was on the demolished IRT Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had three tracks and two side platforms. It opened on June 5, 1878, served by trains from the IRT Sixth Avenue Line, and was one block east of Rector Street El Station on the IRT Ninth Avenue Line. In 1918, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company built the Broadway Subway through Manhattan and added a station at Rector Street, which served as competition for the 6th Avenue Line station. The el station closed on December 4, 1938. The next southbound stop was Battery Place on the IRT Ninth Avenue Line. The next northbound stop was Cortlandt Street.

Rector St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
Location	Rector Street and Trinity Place New York, NY Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates	40°42′27.87″N 74°0′46.8″W / 40.7077417°N 74.013000°W / 40.7077417; -74.013000
Operated by	Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)	Sixth Avenue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	June 5, 1878; 145 years ago (June 5, 1878)
Closed	December 4, 1938; 85 years ago (December 4, 1938)^[1]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station Cortlandt Street toward Burnside Avenue Sixth Avenue Express Terminus Cortlandt Street toward 155th Street or Burnside Avenue Sixth Avenue Local Battery Place toward South Ferry

References

1. "Days of Yore Recalled as 'L' Line Goes". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. December 5, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.  

External links

• The Sixth Avenue Rector Street station seen in a colorized motion picture from 1916