Rector Street (or rather, the BMT version) is a station on the R and W lines of the NYC subway. It is also the W’s penultimate stop before it turns at Whitehall. Is it anything special? Let’s see.
Located at the intersection of Rector Street and Trinity Place, this station is a local stop on the BMT’s Broadway subway in lower Manhattan. Although, given Broadway belongs to the 4/5 down here, to call it that may be a little misleading. But, I digress. Just like the stop on the #1 line, there’s only one way in and out for each platform: a set of stairs. That also means this station very much is not accessible. As for amenities here, it is staffed albeit on the Brooklyn-bound side, but there are OMNY machines. There’s also the usual platform-side amenities (countdown clocks, trash bins, benches, etc.). Not much else to say about this station.
The good: It exists, I guess. Stop spacing is a bit of a problem when you have 3 competing systems in such a tight area. It’s got amenities and is staffed!
The bad: No free crossovers (duh), it’s inaccessible (Whitehall isn’t, either, and the World Trade Center is a bit of a maze), and I guess the proximity to the 1 and 4/5 might also be problematic.
Nearby points of interest: Trinity Episcopal Church is probably the big one here, but everything I’ve said the 1 line’s Rector St.’s entry also apply here, as do some of Broad St.’s local points of interest.
Transit connections: To take it from the #1 line’s post:
BMT Broadway (Lines R, W)
MTA bus (At Trinity Pl/Thames St.: M55, BxM18, QM25, QM65, SIM15)
NJT bus (120, at Trinity & Thames)
