While Large Swaths Of The Outer Boroughs Lack Bus Service, Much Less Subway Service And Nearly Every Other City In The World Closes Its Subway System In The Middle Of The Night . . .

. . . some are trying to raise a stink about forcing people to walk literally one block to an open subway station between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. The MTA shouldn’t feel sorry at all* . . . we have gold-plated subway service:

Without additional funding, the MTA says it will lock up the City Hall and Rector St. stations on the Broadway line in Manhattan between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., as well as the Lawrence St. station in downtown Brooklyn. Currently, N trains — and only N trains — make those stops.

That news didn’t sit well with riders waiting for a ride at Rector St. around midnight recently.

“I need this station,” said Eric Marin, 33, of Bay Ridge, said after another late at night in at the office.

“To take it away would make it virtually impossible for me to get home late at night.”

The MTA also plans to raise fares in June, although they just went up in March.

“I think that given the fact that every time you turn around, there’s a fare increase, I’d assume services were at least being maintained,” Marin said. “Otherwise, what are you paying for?”

Without Rector St., riders would have to walk to the Lexington Ave. line stations at Wall St. or Bowling Green for trips that would require additional transfers to get home.

*Waiting thirty minutes for trains in the middle of the night, on the other hand . . .