Rector Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

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

The Rector Street station was a station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1874, and had two tracks and two side platforms, though two additional tracks ended at a bumper just south of the station. It was served by trains from the IRT Ninth Avenue Line, and was one block west of Rector Street El Station on the IRT Sixth Avenue Line. In 1918, the IRT extended what is today known as the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from Times Square down to South Ferry and built their own Rector Street station as one of the stations, serving as competition for the Ninth Avenue Line station. The el station closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was Battery Place. The next northbound stop was Cortlandt Street for Ninth Avenue Line trains.

Rector St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
Location	Rector Street and Greenwich Street New York, NY Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates	40°42′28.54″N 74°0′49.06″W
Operated by	Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)	Ninth Avenue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	May 25, 1874 (May 25, 1874)
Closed	June 11, 1940 (June 11, 1940)
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station Cortlandt Street toward Burnside Avenue or Fordham Road Ninth Avenue Express Terminus Cortlandt Street toward 155th Street or Burnside Avenue Ninth Avenue Local Battery Place toward South Ferry