Canoe Place (LIRR station)

Canoe Place
Location LIRR at Shinnecock Canal
Canoe Place, New York
Coordinates 40°53′16″N 72°30′03″W / 40.887661°N 72.500762°W / 40.887661; -72.500762Coordinates: 40°53′16″N 72°30′03″W / 40.887661°N 72.500762°W / 40.887661; -72.500762
Line(s)
History
Opened c.1935
Closed c.1953
Electrified No
Services

None (Closed)

Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Hampton Bays station Montauk Branch
(current and former locations)
Suffolk Downs station

Canoe Place was a station stop along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road and first opened as a low cinder platform on the south east side of Shinnecock Canal around 1935. The station was in service for "Fisherman's Special" trains and was closed around 1953. The station was located between Hampton Bays and Suffolk Downs Stations.[1] The hamlet where it was located is now part of Hampton Bays, New York.

References

  1. "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com.


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