Rector Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)

Rector Street IRT station was a station 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.

Not to be confused with Rector Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) or Rector Street (BMT Broadway Line).
For the demolished station serving the IRT Ninth Avenue Line, see Rector Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line).
Rector St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
LocationRector Street and Trinity Place
New York, NY
Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°42′27.87″N 74°0′46.8″W
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Sixth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedJune 5, 1878 (June 5, 1878)
ClosedDecember 4, 1938 (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.


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