Canal Street station (LIRR)

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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

Owned by

Line(s)

History

Opened

June 24, 1890

Closed

mid-1899

Former services

Preceding station	Long Island Rail Road			Following station
Union Hall Streettoward Long Island City or Penn Station		Main Line		Hillsidetoward Greenport
Union Hall Streettoward Long Island City		Montauk Division		Hillsidetoward 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. The station was closed in 1899, soon after the "rapid transit" trains started running to the Brooklyn Bridge. 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.

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

Main Line (west)	Penn Station Grand Central Madison Long Island City Hunterspoint Avenue Sunnyside Woodside Winfield Junction Grand Street Rego Park Forest Hills Hopedale Kew Gardens Westbridge Dunton Jamaica
Atlantic Branch (west)	Atlantic Terminal Nostrand Avenue East New York Woodhaven Woodhaven Junction Clarenceville Boland's Landing Jamaica

Lower Montauk	Long Island City Penny Bridge Laurel Hill Haberman Maspeth Fresh Pond Glendale Ridgewood Richmond Hill Shops Dunton Jamaica
Babylon Branch	Union Hall Street Canal Street Hillside St. Albans Springfield Gardens Rosedale Valley Stream Lynbrook Rockville Centre Baldwin Freeport Merrick Bellmore Wantagh Seaford Massapequa Massapequa Park Unqua Amityville Copiague Belmont Junction Lindenhurst Babylon
Central Branch	Bethpage Bethpage Junction South Farmingdale Breslau Babylon
Montauk Branch (east)	Bay Shore Islip Centre Islip Club House Great River Oakdale Sayville Bayport Blue Point Patchogue East Patchogue Hagerman Bellport Brookhaven Mastic–Shirley Mastic Center Moriches East Moriches Eastport Speonk Westhampton Quogue East Quogue Hampton Bays Canoe Place Suffolk Downs Shinnecock Hills Southampton College Southampton Water Mill Bridgehampton Wainscott East Hampton Amagansett Napeague Beach Fanny Bartlett Promised Land Montauk

Union Hall Street Canal Street Hillside Hillside Facility Rockaway Junction Willow Tree Hollis Bellaire Queens Village Elmont–UBS Arena Floral Park New Hyde Park Merillon Avenue Mineola Carle Place Westbury New Cassel Hicksville Grumman Bethpage Bethpage Junction
Ronkonkoma Branch	Farmingdale Republic Pinelawn Wyandanch Edgewood Deer Park Pilgrim State Hospital Thompson Pineaire Brentwood Suffolk Central Islip Central Islip State Hospital Nichols Road Lakeland Ronkonkoma
Greenport Branch	Hermanville Holbrook Holtsville Medford Bartlett's Fire Place Yaphank East Yaphank Carman's River Upton Road Camp Upton Wampmissic Manorville Calverton Riverhead Aquebogue Jamesport Laurel Mattituck Cutchogue Peconic Southold Greenport

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