Rector Street station (BMT Broadway Line)

Rector Street
Rector Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	View from the northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Rector Street & Trinity Place; New York, New York
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Financial District
Coordinates	40°42′28″N 74°00′47″W / 40.70771°N 74.013004°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Broadway Line
Services	N (late nights); R (all except late nights); W (weekdays only)
Transit	New York City Bus: M55, X27, X28; MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	January 5, 1918; 106 years ago
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned (Elevator under construction for downtown platform only)
Opposite-; direction; transfer	No
Traffic
2023	1,127,341 18.4%
Rank	273 out of 423
Services
Services
Location
Track layout
	Legend
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops weekdays during the day
	Stops late nights only

The Rector Street station is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the corner of Rector Street and Trinity Place in Financial District, Lower Manhattan, the station is served by the R train at all times except late nights, when the N train takes over service. The W train also serves this station on weekdays.

History

The Rector Street station on the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s Broadway Line opened on January 5, 1918.^[2] The station's platforms originally could only fit six 67-foot-long (20 m) cars. In 1926, the New York City Board of Transportation received bids for the lengthening of platforms at nine stations on the Broadway Line, including the Rector Street station, to accommodate eight-car trains. Edwards & Flood submitted a low bid of $101,775 for the project.^[5] The platform-lengthening project was completed in 1927, bringing the length of the platforms to 535 feet (163 m).^[6]^[7] The city government took over the BMT's operations on June 1, 1940.^[8]^[9] The station was temporarily closed for six weeks after the September 11 attacks, reopening on October 27, 2001.^[10]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
B1 Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Cortlandt Street) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard weekdays (Cortlandt Street) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard late nights (Cortlandt Street)
	Southbound	toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Whitehall Street–South Ferry) → toward Whitehall Street–South Ferry weekdays (Terminus)→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (Whitehall Street–South Ferry) →
	Side platform

Since the station is on a grade, there is a noticeable slant. The station has two side platforms, and there are no overpasses, underpasses, or mezzanines to connect the platforms within fare control. The station was overhauled in the late 1970s. The original trim lines were replaced with white cinderblock tiles, except for small recesses in the walls, which contain blue-painted cinderblock tiles. The staircases were repaired and new platform edges were installed. The blue cinderblock field contains the station-name signs and white text pointing to the exits. The renovation also replaced incandescent lighting with fluorescent lighting.

The uptown platform maintains one old style sign while at the north end of the downtown/Brooklyn platform is an entire closed off portion of the platform. There are several (painted over) old style Rector Street mosaic signs on this platform.

Directly to the south, the BMT Broadway Line curves southeast under the Cunard Building and Bowling Green Offices Building to reach the Whitehall Street station.^[11]

Exits

Each platform has its own platform-level fare controls. The full-time exit is at the north end of the station, at Rector Street and Trinity Place. The uptown platform contains a token booth and three street stairs: two to the northeast corner of the aforementioned intersection, and one to the southeast corner. The downtown platform is unstaffed and has four street stairs: two to the southwest corner and two to the northwest corner.^[12]^[11]

Just south of the fare control for the downtown platform, there are two exit-only turnstiles leading to an exit-only stair to the western side of Trinity Place.^[12]^[11]

At the extreme south end of the station, there is another street stair from the uptown platform to the northwest corner of Greenwich and Morris Streets, directly across from Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza and the entrance to the separate Rector Street station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.^[12]^[11]

The downtown platform is proposed to become ADA-accessible with the construction of an elevator leading from an easement in 50 Trinity Place to the downtown platform. The elevator's installation was required per zoning regulations, which mandated that the developers of 77 Greenwich Street (also known as 42 Trinity Place) fund transit improvements at the station.^[3] However, whether the elevator will be installed has been unknown since April 2020 due to various lawsuits involving the MTA and FIT Investment Corp (the developer for 50 Trinity Place).^[13]^[14]

Lower Manhattan transit

Legend

Nearby points of interest

Image gallery

Remaining part of the original tiles and mosaics on the uptown platform
Mosaic
Slant of the platform, this station being on a grade
Part of the platform on the southbound side that is walled off
Station slope

References

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Open New Subway to Times Square; Brooklyn Directly Connected with Wholesale and Shopping Districts of New York". The New York Times. January 6, 1918. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "TPHS / Trinity Place Holdings Inc. FORM 10-Q (Quarterly Report) - May 10, 2018 - Fintel.io". fintel.io. United States Securities And Exchange Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Bids for B.M.T. Stations; Platforms South of Fourteenth Street to Be Lengthened". The New York Times. July 8, 1926. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
^ "B.M.T. to Operate Eight-car Trains; Platforms in Forty Stations Are Lengthened, Increasing Capacity 33 1-3%". The New York Times. August 2, 1927. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
^ "B. M, T. Station Lengthening Is Nearly Finished: 76 Platforms Are Extended 3,186 Feet to Make Room for 126.000 Additional Passengers in Rush Hours City Carried Out Work I.R.T. Changes Planned, but That Company Refuses to Pay Its Share of Costs". New-York Tribune. August 2, 1927. p. 32. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1113704092.
^ "B.M.T. Lines Pass to City Ownership; $175,000,000 Deal Completed at City Hall Ceremony-- Mayor 'Motorman No. 1'". The New York Times. June 2, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
^ "City Takes Over B. M. T. System; Mayor Skippers Midnight Train". New York Herald Tribune. June 2, 1940. p. 1. ProQuest 1243059209.
^ Wakin, Daniel J. (October 27, 2001). "2 More Stops On Subways Will Reopen". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Lower Manhattan" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cox, Jeremiah. "Rector Street (R)". The SubwayNut. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ "FIT Investment Corp. Sues MTA over 50 Trinity Place Elevator". January 22, 2020.
^ "MTA loses suit against hotel developer over elevator construction at Rector Street station | amNewYork". April 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Lower Manhattan" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

External links

nycsubway.org – BMT Broadway Line: Rector Street
Station Reporter — N Train
Station Reporter — R Train
Rector Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
entrance near Brooklyn Battery Tunnel from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[42nd-2] "Open New Subway to Times Square; Brooklyn Directly Connected with Wholesale and Shopping Districts of New York". The New York Times. January 6, 1918. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 28, 2023.

[elevator-3] "TPHS / Trinity Place Holdings Inc. FORM 10-Q (Quarterly Report) - May 10, 2018 - Fintel.io". fintel.io. United States Securities And Exchange Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

[riderref-4] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[nyt-1926-07-08-5] "Bids for B.M.T. Stations; Platforms South of Fourteenth Street to Be Lengthened". The New York Times. July 8, 1926. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 28, 2023.

[nyt-1927-08-02-6] "B.M.T. to Operate Eight-car Trains; Platforms in Forty Stations Are Lengthened, Increasing Capacity 33 1-3%". The New York Times. August 2, 1927. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[p1113704092-7] "B. M, T. Station Lengthening Is Nearly Finished: 76 Platforms Are Extended 3,186 Feet to Make Room for 126.000 Additional Passengers in Rush Hours City Carried Out Work I.R.T. Changes Planned, but That Company Refuses to Pay Its Share of Costs". New-York Tribune. August 2, 1927. p. 32. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1113704092.

[8] "B.M.T. Lines Pass to City Ownership; $175,000,000 Deal Completed at City Hall Ceremony-- Mayor 'Motorman No. 1'". The New York Times. June 2, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

[p1243059209-9] "City Takes Over B. M. T. System; Mayor Skippers Midnight Train". New York Herald Tribune. June 2, 1940. p. 1. ProQuest 1243059209.

[10] Wakin, Daniel J. (October 27, 2001). "2 More Stops On Subways Will Reopen". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2024.

[maps-11] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Lower Manhattan" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.

[Cox-12] Cox, Jeremiah. "Rector Street (R)". The SubwayNut. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[13] "FIT Investment Corp. Sues MTA over 50 Trinity Place Elevator". January 22, 2020.

[14] "MTA loses suit against hotel developer over elevator construction at Rector Street station | amNewYork". April 8, 2020.

[MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Lower Manhattan" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

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v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Broadway Local	Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Queens Plaza Lexington Avenue–59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street–Union Square Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street Whitehall Street–South Ferry Court Street Jay Street–MetroTech DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street Ninth Street Prospect Avenue 25th Street 36th Street 45th Street 53rd Street 59th Street Bay Ridge Avenue 77th Street 86th Street Bay Ridge–95th Street
Broadway Local	Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Astoria Boulevard 30th Avenue Broadway 36th Avenue 39th Avenue Queensboro Plaza Lexington Avenue–59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street–Union Square Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street Whitehall Street–South Ferry
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.