The Rector Street station on the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s Broadway Line opened on January 5, 1918.

[8][9] The station was temporarily closed for six weeks after the September 11 attacks, reopening on October 27, 2001.

The blue cinderblock field contains the station-name signs and white text pointing to the exits.

The full-time exit is at the north end of the station, at Rector Street and Trinity Place.

The elevator's installation was required per zoning regulations, which mandated that the developers of 77 Greenwich Street (also known as 42 Trinity Place) fund transit improvements at the station.

[3] However, whether the elevator will be installed has been unknown since April 2020 due to various lawsuits involving the MTA and FIT Investment Corp (the developer for 50 Trinity Place).