The Rector Street station was on the demolished IRT Sixth Avenue Line in

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, New York City. It had three tracks and two

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s. It opened on June 5, 1878, served by trains from the IRT Sixth Avenue Line, and was one block east of Rector Street El Station on the

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. In 1918,

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built the Broadway Subway through Manhattan and added a station at Rector Street, which served as competition for the 6th Avenue Line station. The el station closed on December 4, 1938. The next southbound stop was

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on the IRT Ninth Avenue Line. The next northbound stop was Cortlandt Street.

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IRT Sixth Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1878 Railway stations closed in 1938 Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan Defunct New York City Subway stations located aboveground 1878 establishments in New York (state) 1938 disestablishments in New York (state) {{Manhattan-railstation-stub