Canal Street station (LIRR)

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Canal Street
104th Field Artiliery Armory and former Canal Street Station.JPG
New York Army National Guard's 104th Field Artillery Armory building, site of the former Canal Street station.
Location168th Street and 93rd Avenue
Jamaica, Queens, New York
Coordinates 40°42′15″N73°47′27″W / 40.704303°N 73.790864°W / 40.704303; -73.790864 Coordinates: 40°42′15″N73°47′27″W / 40.704303°N 73.790864°W / 40.704303; -73.790864
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s) Main Line and Montauk Branch
History
OpenedJune 24, 1890
Closedmid-1899
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Union Hall Street Main Line Hillside
toward Greenport
Union Hall Street Montauk Division Hillside
toward Montauk

Canal Street was a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Montauk Branch at Canal Street (now 168th Street) in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, United States.

History

The station opened on June 24, 1890, when the local Atlantic Avenue rapid transit trains were extended from Woodhaven Junction through Jamaica to Rockaway Junction, their new terminal. [1] The station was closed in 1899, soon after the "rapid transit" trains started running to the Brooklyn Bridge. [2] Seventeen years later, Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation opened 168th Street Station on the Jamaica Elevated Line as a replacement, which existed until 1977. The vicinity of the station is now occupied by the 104th Field Artillery Armory building of the New York Army National Guard, which was built in 1933.

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References

  1. "Rapid Transit Extension". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. June 24, 1890. p. 1.
  2. Timetables, May 24, 1899 and September 17, 1899