Firehall Number 2
Firehall Number 2 is a fire station in Vancouver, British Columbia which is located on Main Street. Firehall Number 2 is situated nearby to the courthouse Provincial Court of British Columbia, as well as near Wendy Poole Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Fire station
- Also known as: “Firehall No. 2”
- Address: 199 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 2S5
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wendy Poole Park and Vancouver Police Museum.
Wendy Poole Park
Park
Wendy Poole Park is a small triangular plot of parkland near the waterfront in the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, British Columbia. The land is at Alexander Street and the Main Street Overpass, and it was named by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation for a young aboriginal woman who was murdered nearby in 1989. Wendy Poole Park is situated 110 metres north of Firehall Number 2.
Vancouver Police Museum
Museum
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
The Vancouver Police Museum & Archives opened to commemorate the centennial of the Vancouver Police Department and the City of Vancouver, British Columbia in 1986. Vancouver Police Museum is situated 200 metres southeast of Firehall Number 2.
Rogers Arena
Stadium
Photo: Hucul002, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications. Rogers Arena is situated 1 km southwest of Firehall Number 2.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Eastside and Japantown.
Downtown Eastside
Neighborhood
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
The Downtown Eastside is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
Japantown
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Japantown, Little Tokyo or Paueru-gai is an old neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located east of Gastown and north of Chinatown, that once had a concentration of Japanese immigrants.
Gastown-Chinatown
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gastown and Chinatown are in the east end of downtown Vancouver between downtown and East Van. The area is one of the oldest parts of the city and much of the early architecture and character remains, giving it a different look and feel to the glass and concrete of the rest of downtown.
Firehall Number 2
Latitude
49.28339° or 49° 17′ 0″ northLongitude
-123.10002° or 123° 6′ 0″ westOpen location code
84XR7VMX+9XOpenStreetMap ID
way 1366050664OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fire_station
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