Canal Street station (LIRR)

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.

Canal Street
New York Army National Guard's 104th Field Artillery Armory building, site of the former Canal Street station.
General information
Location	168th Street and 93rd Avenue Jamaica, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°42′15″N 73°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
Opened	June 24, 1890
Closed	mid-1899
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Union Hall Street toward Long Island City or Penn Station Main Line Hillside toward Greenport Union Hall Street toward Long Island City Montauk Division Hillside toward Montauk

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.

References

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