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Canal Street (IRT East Side Line)

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Canal Street Station · Opened 10/27/1904

Local station with two side platforms alongside four tracks. Part of a large complex, transfer is provided here to the BMT Nassau St. and BMT Broadway subway lines. Due to platform lengthening in the 1950s, there are two distinct sections of this station. The original portion has tile covered I-beams with small and large mosaics and an ornamental ceiling. The new portion had 1950s green tile at the ends of the platforms, but a late 1990s-early 2000s renovation has replaced this with a uniform white tile along the whole platform wall. IND-type directional "To Canal Street" signs are also present.

Canal Street is a busy station in the vibrant Chinatown neighborhood.

Some relative depths of stations in the Canal Street complex are as follows, +/- 10 feet.

  • BMT Broadway platforms, 40 feet below street
  • BMT bridge line platform, 50 feet below street
  • IRT subway platform, 20 feet below street
  • BMT Nassau St. subway platform, 20 feet below street

Station Decoration

  • Name tablets: Small name tables, see photos below.
  • Other: Small "C" mosaics in tile band along tops of walls.


(image 97209) (157k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 2/24/2009
Notes: Station tilework, northbound platform.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 244


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Zach Summer
Date: 6/29/2008
Notes: Platform view.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 882


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 12/28/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 811


(image 78779) (208k, 1044x791)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 12/28/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 829


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7282
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 12/16/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2101


(image 71784) (194k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 8/19/2007
Notes: 14
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1048


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Kevin Wong
Date: 6/12/2007
Notes: IRT downtown station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 9 / 1862


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
Notes: Downtown platform.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1034


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7253
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 5/12/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 9 / 3054


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7503
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 12/26/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 3031


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 3/1/2005
Notes: Terra-cotta plaque, Heins & LaFarge/Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, 1904. Original design element, Contract 1 IRT.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1905


(image 30522) (67k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Josh Lubchansky
Date: 5/2004
Notes: Platform view
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 3839


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Josh Lubchansky
Date: 5/2004
Notes: Small name mosaic tablet
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 2648


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Josh Lubchansky
Date: 5/2004
Notes: Name tablet, Heins & LaFarge/Manhattan Glass Tile Company, 1904. Original design element, Contract 1 IRT.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2431


(image 30525) (64k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Josh Lubchansky
Date: 5/2004
Notes: Platform view
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 3477


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 9/19/1998
Notes: Canal Street IRT station wall tile ca.early 1930s
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 3836


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: Canal Street
Date: 5/4/1905
Viewed (this week/total): 15 / 6384

     
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