Canal Street station (LIRR)

Canal Street
New York Army National Guard's 104th Field Artillery Armory building, site of the former Canal Street station.
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; -73.790864Coordinates: 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
Services
None (Closed) Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Former services Union Hall Street   Main Line and Montauk Branch   Hillside

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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