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Rector Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°42′28.54″N 74°0′49.06″W / 40.7079278°N 74.0136278°W / 40.7079278; -74.0136278
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Rector St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
LocationRector Street and Greenwich Street
New York, NY
Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°42′28.54″N 74°0′49.06″W / 40.7079278°N 74.0136278°W / 40.7079278; -74.0136278
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Ninth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedMay 25, 1874; 150 years ago (May 25, 1874)
ClosedJune 11, 1940; 84 years ago (June 11, 1940)[1]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
Cortlandt Street Ninth Avenue
Express
Terminus
Cortlandt Street Ninth Avenue
Local
Battery Place

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification". New York Daily News. June 10, 1940. p. 37. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon