List of lighthouses in New York explained

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of New York as identified by the United States Coast Guard.

NameImageLocationCoordinatesYear first litAutomatedYear deactivatedCurrent LensFocal Height
Ambrose LightLower New York Bay40.45°N -73.8°W1967 (First)
1999 (Last)		19881999 (First)
2008 (Last)		None076 76feet
Barber's Point LightWestport
(Lake Champlain)		44.1543°N -73.4045°W1873Never1935
(Now a private house)		None036 36feet
Barcelona LightWestfield42.3408°N -79.595°W1829Never1859None040 40feet
Blackwell Island LightNew York City
(Roosevelt Island)		40.7728°N -73.9402°W1872Never1940None050 50feet
Bluff Point LightValcour Island
(Lake Champlain)		44.6228°N -73.4312°W18741930Active
(Inactive: 1930–2004)		300mm095 95feet
Braddock Point LightBraddock Bay43.3411°N -77.7625°W1896Never1954
(Now a private house)		None055 55feet
Buffalo Main LightBuffalo
(Buffalo River)		42.8803°N -78.8958°W1833Never1914None060 60feet
Buffalo Harbor North Entrance LightBuffaloUnknown190319351980NoneUnknown
Buffalo Harbor South Entrance LightBuffalo42.8333°N -78.8675°W19031935ActiveUnknownUnknown
Buffalo North breakwater East end LightBuffaloN/A190319601985None029 29feet
Buffalo North Breakwater South End LightBuffalo42.8803°N -78.8958°W190319601985NoneUnknown
Cape Vincent Breakwater LighthouseCape Vincent44.1194°N -76.3322°W1904Never1951None025 25feet
Cedar Island LightEast Hampton
(Cedar Point County Park)		41.0408°N -72.261°W1839 (Former)
1868 (Current)		Never1934None057 57feet
Charlotte–Genesee LighthouseRochester43.2528°N -77.6111°W1822Never1881
(Now a museum)		NoneUnknown
Cold Spring Harbor LightCold Spring Harbor
(Preserved light)

(Current structure)		1890 (Former)
1965 (Current)		1965
(Current)		Active
(Replacement)		UnknownUnknown
Coney Island LightNew York City
(Brooklyn)		40.5767°N -74.0117°W1890 (Former)
1920 (Current)		1989ActiveUnknown075 75feet
Coxsackie LightCoxsackie, New York
(Hudson River)		42.3797°N -73.7947°W1830 (Former)
1868 (Current)		Never1940NoneUnknown
Crossover Island LightSaint Lawrence River
(Border light)		44.4969°N -75.7783°W1848 (Former)
1882 (Current)		Never1941NoneUnknown
Crown Point LightCrown Point
(Lake Champlain)		44.0299°N -73.4216°W1858Never1926NoneUnknown
Cumberland Head LightCumberland Head
(Lake Champlain)		44.6914°N -73.3853°W1838 (Former)
1868 (Current)		2003
(Relit)		Active
(Inactive: 1934–2003)		UnknownUnknown
Dunkirk LightDunkirk42.4939°N -79.3539°W1826 (Former)
1875 (Current)		1960ActiveThird-order Fresnel082 61feet
East Charity Shoal LightLake Ontario
(Border light)		44.0367°N -76.4817°W1877
(Moved to NY in 1935)		1935Active
(Also a private house)		Unknown052 52feet
Eatons Neck LightEatons Neck40.954°N -73.3951°W17991969ActiveThird-order Fresnel126 126feet
Elm Tree Beacon LightNew York City
(Staten Island)		40.5639°N -74.0953°W1856 (Former)
1939 (Current)		19391964None062 62feet
(Original)
Esopus Meadows LightEsopus
(Hudson River)		41.8684°N -73.9416°W1839 (Former)
1872 (Current)		1965Active
(Inactive: 1965–2003)		Unknown052 52feet
Execution Rocks LightLong Island Sound40.8781°N -73.7379°W18501979ActiveAPRB-251062 62feet
Fire Island LightFire Island
(Long Island)		40.6324°N -73.2186°W1826 (Former)
1858 (Current)		1938Active
(Inactive: 1974–1986)		DCB-224168 168feet
Fort Niagara LightPorter
(Fort Niagara State Park)		43.2617°N -79.0633°W1782 (Former)
1872 (Current)		Never1993None091 91feet
Fort Tompkins LightNew York City
(Staten Island)		40.6057°N -74.0539°W1828
(The last L.H.
was built in 1873)		Never1903
(Demolished)		NoneUnknown
Fort Wadsworth LightNew York City
(Staten Island)		40.6058°N -74.0539°W19032005
(Relit)		Active
(Inactive: 1965–2005)		Unknown075 75feet
Frenchman Island LightOneida Lake43.2183°N -76.0497°W19181949ActiveUnknownUnknown
Galloo Island LightHounsfield
(Galloo Island)		43.8883°N -76.445°W1820 (Former)
1867 (Current)		1963Active190mm058 58feet
Horse Island LightHounsfield
(Sackets Harbor)		43.9431°N -76.1444°W1831[1] (Former)
1870 (Current)		19251957
(Now a private house)		NoneUnknown
Horton Point LightSouthold41.0851°N -72.4458°W18571933
(Inactive: 1933–1990)		ActiveVRB-25103 103feet
Hudson–Athens LighthouseHudson River42.2519°N -73.8086°W18741949Active300mm046 46feet
Huntington Harbor LightHuntington40.9107°N -73.4313°W1857 (Former)
1912 (Current)		1949Active300mm041 41feet
Latimer Reef LightSouthold
(Fishers Island)		41.3045°N -72.9333°W18841954Active300mm055 55feet
Little Gull Island LightLong Island Sound
(Little Gull Island)		41.2064°N -72.1069°W1806 (Former)
1869 (Current)		1978ActiveUnknown091 91feet
Little Red Lighthouse
Jeffrey's Hook Light		New York City
(Manhattan)		40.8503°N -73.9469°W1889 (Former)
1921 (Current)		2002
(Relit)		Active
(Inactive: 1947–2002)		300mmUnknown
Montauk Point LightMontauk41.071°N -71.8571°W17971987ActiveVRB-25168 168feet
New Dorp LightNew York City
(Staten Island)		40.5808°N -74.12°W1856Never1964
(Now a private house)		None190 190feet
North Brother Island LightNew York City
The Bronx		40.7993°N -73.8996°W1869Never1953
(Now Ruins)		None050 50feet
North Dumpling LightLong Island Sound
(Near Fishers Island)		41.2881°N -72.0194°W18491959Active300mm060 60feet
Oak Orchard LightOak Orchard Creek43.3711°N -78.1931°W1871Never1914
(Destroyed in 1916)		NoneUnknown
Ogdensburg Harbor LightOgdensburg44.6978°N -75.5033°W1834 (Former)
1900 (Current)		1941Active
(Inactive: 1961–2011)		UnknownUnknown
Olcott LightOlcott43.3389°N -78.715°W1873Never1930
(Demolished in 1963,
now active as a rebuilt
replica)		UnknownUnknown
Old Field Point LightOld Field40.9624°N -73.1303°W.[2] 1823 (Former)
1869 (Current)		1991
(Relit)		Active
(Inactive: 1933–1991)		Unknown074 74feet
Old Orchard Shoal LightLower New York Bay40.5123°N -74.0987°W189319552012
(Destroyed by Sandy)		None051 51feet
Orient Long Beach Bar LightOrient41.1089°N -72.3064°W1871Never1945
(Destroyed in 1963,
now active as a rebuilt
replica)		Unknown058 58feet
Orient Point LightOrient41.1634°N -72.2236°W18991958ActiveOptic064 64feet
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead LightOswego43.4733°N -76.5168°W1934
(Current)		1968ActiveOptic057 57feet
Plum Island LightSouthold
(Plum Island)		41.1737°N -72.2115°W1827 (Former)
1870 (Current)		1978Active
(metal tower)		Unknown050 50feet
Point Aux Roches LightChamplain
(Lake Champlain)		44.7994°N -73.3606°W185919331989None059 59feet
Prince's Bay LightNew York City
(Staten Island)		40.5077°N -74.2134°W1828 (Former)
1864 (Current)		2006
(Relit)		Active
(Inactive: 1922–2006)		VRB-25Unknown
Race Rock LightLong Island Sound
(Near Fishers Island)		41.2435°N -72.047°W18791978ActiveUnknown067 67feet
Rock Island LightSaint Lawrence River44.2806°N -76.0169°W1848 (Former)
1882 (Current)		Never1956None050 50feet
Rondout LightKingston41.9208°N -73.9625°W1838 (Former)
1915 (Current)		1954Active250mm054 54feet
Sands Point LightNorth Hempstead40.8659°N -73.7295°W1809Never1922None065 65feet
Saugerties LightSaugerties42.0721°N -73.9296°W1835 (Former)
1867 (Current)		1954Active
(Inactive: 1954–1990)		Unknown042 42feet
Selkirk LightPulaski43.5733°N -76.2017°W18381989
(Relit)		Active
(Inactive: 1859–1989)		190mm050 50feet
Shinnecock LightSouthampton
(Shinnecock Bay)		40.8506°N -72.5042°W1858Never1931
(Demolished in 1948)		None168 168feet
Sodus Outer LightSodus43.2773°N -76.974°W1858 (Former)
1938 (Current)		1980ActiveUnknown051 51feet
Sodus Point LightSodus
(Sodus Point)		43.2738°N -76.9862°W1825 (Former)
1871 (Current)		Never1901None070 70feet
South Buffalo North Side LightDunkirk42.8353°N -78.8675°W190319601985NoneUnknown
Staten Island LightNew York City
(Staten Island)		40.5761°N -74.1413°W[3] 19121921ActiveUnknown231 231feet
Statue of LibertyNew York City
(Liberty Island)		40.6892°N -74.0444°W1886—1902[4]
(As a lighthouse)		—305 305feet
Stepping Stones LightLong Island Sound40.8243°N -73.7748°W18771964Active300mm046 46feet
Stony Point (Henderson) LightHenderson43.8394°N -76.2983°W1839 (Former)
1869 (Current)		19471959None058 58feet
Stony Point LightStony Point41.2414°N -73.9722°W18261995
(Relit)		Active
(Inactive: 1925–1995)		Fourth-order Fresnel058 58feet
Stuyvesant LightStuyvesant42.4117°N -73.7783°W1829 (Former)
1868 (Current)		Never1933None042 42feet
Sunken Rock LightSaint Lawrence River
(Bush Island)		44.3456°N -75.9153°W1847 (Former)
1882 (Current)		1958ActiveUnknownUnknown
Tarrytown LightSleepy Hollow41.0841°N -73.8743°W1883Never1961Fourth-order Fresnel
(Replica)		056 56feet
Thirty Mile Point LightSomerset43.375°N -78.4864°W18761958Active300mm071 71feet
Throgs Neck LightNew York City
The Bronx		40.8044°N -73.7906°W1826
(The last L.H.
was built in 1906)		Never1934NoneUnknown
Tibbetts Point LightCape Vincent44.1°N -76.37°W1827 (Former)
1854 (Current)		1970ActiveFourth-order Fresnel069 69feet
West Point LightWest Point41.3958°N -73.9508°W1853Never1946None040 40feet
West Bank LightLower New York Bay40.538°N -74.0428°W19011980Active300mm069 69feet
Whitestone Point LightNew York City
Queens		40.8017°N -73.8194°W1889UnknownActiveUnknown056 56feet

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lighthouses of the Great Lakes. Daniel E. Dempster. Todd R. Berge. 146. 978-1-61060-437-6. 2002. Voyageur Press .
  2. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. . 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.
  3. Web site: Staten Island Lighthouse . US Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, NY . 2009-07-13.
  4. Book: The Statue of Liberty Encyclopedia. registration. Barry Moreno. Simon & Schuster. 978-0-7385-3689-7. 2000. 41.

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