Rector Street (BMT Broadway Line)

Rector Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station platforms and tracks
Station statistics
Address	Rector Street & Trinity Place New York, NY 10006
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Financial District
Coordinates	40°42′28″N 74°00′47″W / 40.70771°N 74.013004°W / 40.70771; -74.013004Coordinates: 40°42′28″N 74°00′47″W / 40.70771°N 74.013004°W / 40.70771; -74.013004
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Broadway Line
Services	N  (late nights)       R  (all except late nights)       W  (weekdays only)
Transit connections	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; 99 years ago (January 5, 1918)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,896,968  69.9%
Rank	255 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Cortlandt Street: N  R  W
Next south	Whitehall Street–South Ferry: N  R  W
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops weekdays only Stops late nights only
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Rector Street 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.

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. This station was overhauled in the late 1970s. The overhaul changed the station's structure and the overall appearance, replacing the original wall tiles, old signs, and incandescent lighting to the 1970s-style wall tiles, signs and fluorescent lights. It also modernized staircases and platform edges. The blue tiles, which are not standard in BMT stations, provide the backdrop to the lettering, similar to Prospect Avenue station in Brooklyn.

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 a defunct platform. There are several (painted over) old style Rector Street mosaic signs on this platform.

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.