Rector Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

Not to be confused with Rector Street (BMT Broadway Line).

Rector Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	Rector Street & Greenwich Street New York, NY 10006
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Financial District
Coordinates
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M5, X27, X28 MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Closed	September 11, 2001 (2001-09-11)
Rebuilt	September 15, 2002 (2002-09-15)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	3,393,420  0.1%
Rank	151 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Chambers Street: 1  Cortlandt Street: no regular service
Next south	South Ferry loops: 1  South Ferry (2009 station): no regular service
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Rector Street is a station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Rector Street and Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit
P Platform level	Side platform, doors open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (Chambers Street) ← (under construction) toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (Cortlandt Street)
	Southbound	→ toward South Ferry loops (Terminus) → → (planned) toward South Ferry – Whitehall Street (Terminus) →
	Side platform, doors open on the right

File:Rector Street IRT 001.JPG

Mosaic name of the station

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Close-up of one of the wall mosaics with the letter "R"

This underground station, opened on July 1, 1918, has two tracks and two side platforms. Each platform has mosaic trim line and name tablets of mostly green and brown. The tiles are painted light green below the "R" tablets.

This station has five fare control areas and there are no crossover between the uptown and downtown sides. On the northern end of the downtown platform, there are two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles leading to one street stair that goes up to the northwest corner of Rector and Greenwich Streets coming from two high entrance turnstiles directly on the platform. In the middle of the platform, two staircases lead up to a tiny intermediate level where a single exit-only turnstile leads to a staircase that goes up midblock on Greenwich Street between Rector and Edgar Streets. The last fare control area for this side at the south end has HEET turnstiles leading to a single staircase that goes up to just south of Edgar Street in a plaza where Greenwich Street ends at the foot of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.

Directly across the street from this area, there are two street stairs that lead down to two HEET turnstiles on the uptown platform. A single staircase at the northern end of this platform leads to the tiny, full-time mezzanine. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one street stair that leads to the north corner of Rector and Greenwich Streets.

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the subway tunnels around Cortlandt Street collapsed, and the line was closed until September 15, 2002. During the intervening period, the station was renovated.

Due to water damage to South Ferry caused by Hurricane Sandy, all 1 trains terminated at this station until April 4, 2013, when the former South Ferry Loop terminal station reopened.

External links

File:Rector Street - Stairs.jpg

Staircase entrance at Edgar Street

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org—IRT West Side Line: Rector Street
• Station Reporter — 1 Train
• Rector Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• south entrance near Brooklyn Battery Tunnel from Google Maps Street View