List of lighthouses in New York
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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of New York as identified by the United States Coast Guard.
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
| Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrose Light |  |
Lower New York Bay | 40°27′00″N 73°48′00″W | 1967 (First) 1999 (Last) |
1988 | 1999 (First) 2008 (Last) |
None | 76 ft (23 m) |
| Barber's Point Light | Westport (Lake Champlain) |
44.1543°N 73.4045°W | 1873 | Never | 1935 (Now a private house) |
None | 36 ft (11 m) | |
| Barcelona Light |  |
Westfield | 42°20′27″N 79°35′42″W | 1829 | Never | 1859 | None | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Blackwell Island Light | .jpg) |
New York City (Roosevelt Island) |
40°46′22″N 73°56′24.6″W | 1872 | Never | 1940 | None | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Bluff Point Light |  |
Valcour Island (Lake Champlain) |
44°37′22″N 73°25′52″W | 1874 | 1930 | Active (Inactive: 1930–2004) |
300mm | 95 ft (29 m) |
| Braddock Point Light |  |
Braddock Bay | 43°20′28″N 77°45′45″W | 1896 | Never | 1954 (Now a private house) |
None | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Buffalo Main Light |  |
Buffalo (Buffalo River) |
42°52′49″N 78°53′45″W | 1833 | Never | 1914 | None | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Buffalo Harbor North Entrance Light | Buffalo | Unknown | 1903 | 1935 | 1980 | None | Unknown | |
| Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light |  |
Buffalo | 42°50′0″N 78°52′3″W | 1903 | 1935 | Active | Unknown | Unknown |
| Buffalo North breakwater East end Light | Buffalo | N/A | 1903 | 1960 | 1985 | None | 29 ft (8.8 m) | |
| Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light |  |
Buffalo | 42°52′49″N 78°53′45″W | 1903 | 1960 | 1985 | None | Unknown |
| Cape Vincent Breakwater Lighthouse |  |
Cape Vincent | 44°7′10″N 76°19′56″W | 1904 | Never | 1951 | None | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Cedar Island Light |  |
East Hampton (Cedar Point County Park) |
41°2′26.9″N 72°15′39.5″W | 1839 (Former) 1868 (Current) |
Never | 1934 | None | 57 ft (17 m) |
| Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse |  |
Rochester | 43°15′10″N 77°36′40″W | 1822 | Never | 1881 (Now a museum) |
None | Unknown |
| Cold Spring Harbor Light |  |
Cold Spring Harbor | 40°54′26.0″N 73°30′35.5″W (Preserved light) 40°54′51.0″N 73°29′35.2″W (Current structure) |
1890 (Former) 1965 (Current) |
1965 (Current) |
Active (Replacement) |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Coney Island Light |  |
New York City (Brooklyn) |
40°34′36″N 74°00′42″W | 1890 (Former) 1920 (Current) |
1989 | Active | Unknown | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Coxsackie Light |  |
Coxsackie, New York (Hudson River) |
42°22′47″N 73°47′41″W | 1830 (Former) 1868 (Current) |
Never | 1940 | None | Unknown |
| Crossover Island Light |  |
Saint Lawrence River (Border light) |
44°29′49″N 75°46′42″W | 1848 (Former) 1882 (Current) |
Never | 1941 | None | Unknown |
| Crown Point Light | Crown Point (Lake Champlain) |
44.0299°N 73.4216°W | 1858 | Never | 1926 | None | Unknown | |
| Cumberland Head Light |  |
Cumberland Head (Lake Champlain) |
44°41′29″N 73°23′7″W | 1838 (Former) 1868 (Current) |
2003 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1934–2003) |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Dunkirk Light |  |
Dunkirk | 42°29′38″N 79°21′14″W | 1826 (Former) 1875 (Current) |
1960 | Active | Third-order Fresnel | 61 ft (19 m) |
| East Charity Shoal Light |  |
Lake Ontario (Border light) |
44°2′12″N 76°28′54″W | 1877 (Moved to NY in 1935) |
1935 | Active (Also a private house) |
Unknown | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Eatons Neck Light |  |
Eatons Neck | 40°57′14.5″N 73°23′42.5″W | 1799 | 1969 | Active | Third-order Fresnel | 126 ft (38 m) |
| Elm Tree Beacon Light |  |
New York City (Staten Island) |
40°33′50″N 74°5′43″W | 1856 (Former) 1939 (Current) |
1939 | 1964 | None | 62 ft (19 m) (Original) |
| Esopus Meadows Light |  |
Esopus (Hudson River) |
41°52′6.2″N 73°56′29.8″W | 1839 (Former) 1872 (Current) |
1965 | Active (Inactive: 1965–2003) |
Unknown | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Execution Rocks Light |  |
Long Island Sound | 40°52′41.3″N 73°44′16.3″W | 1850 | 1979 | Active | APRB-251 | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Fire Island Light |  |
Fire Island (Long Island) |
40°37′56.8″N 73°13′6.9″W | 1826 (Former) 1858 (Current) |
1938 | Active (Inactive: 1974–1986) |
DCB-224 | 168 ft (51 m) |
| Fort Niagara Light |  |
Porter (Fort Niagara State Park) |
43°15′42″N 79°3′48″W | 1782 (Former) 1872 (Current) |
Never | 1993 | None | 91 ft (28 m) |
| Fort Tompkins Light |  |
New York City (Staten Island) |
40.6057°N 74.0539°W | 1828 (The last L.H. was built in 1873) |
Never | 1903 (Demolished) |
None | Unknown |
| Fort Wadsworth Light |  |
New York City (Staten Island) |
40°36′21″N 74°3′14″W | 1903 | 2005 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1965–2005) |
Unknown | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Frenchman Island Light |  |
Oneida Lake | 43°13′06″N 76°02′59″W | 1918 | 1949 | Active | Unknown | Unknown |
| Galloo Island Light |  |
Hounsfield (Galloo Island) |
43°53′18″N 76°26′42″W | 1820 (Former) 1867 (Current) |
1963 | Active | 190mm | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Horse Island Light |  |
Hounsfield (Sackets Harbor) |
43°56′35″N 76°8′40″W | 1831[1] (Former) 1870 (Current) |
1925 | 1957 (Now a private house) |
None | Unknown |
| Horton Point Light |  |
Southold | 41°5′6.51″N 72°26′44.77″W | 1857 | 1933 (Inactive: 1933–1990) |
Active | VRB-25 | 103 ft (31 m) |
| Hudson–Athens Lighthouse |  |
Hudson River | 42°15′7″N 73°48′31″W | 1874 | 1949 | Active | 300mm | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Huntington Harbor Light |  |
Huntington | 40°54′38.6″N 73°25′52.7″W | 1857 (Former) 1912 (Current) |
1949 | Active | 300mm | 41 ft (12 m) |
| Latimer Reef Light |  |
Southold (Fishers Island) |
41°18′16.227″N 72°55′59.937″W | 1884 | 1954 | Active | 300mm | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Little Gull Island Light |  |
Long Island Sound (Little Gull Island) |
41°12′23″N 72°06′25″W | 1806 (Former) 1869 (Current) |
1978 | Active | Unknown | 91 ft (28 m) |
| Little Red Lighthouse Jeffrey's Hook Light |
 |
New York City (Manhattan) |
40°51′1″N 73°56′49″W | 1889 (Former) 1921 (Current) |
2002 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1947–2002) |
300mm | Unknown |
| Montauk Point Light |  |
Montauk | 41°04′16″N 71°51′26″W | 1797 | 1987 | Active | VRB-25 | 168 ft (51 m) |
| New Dorp Light |  |
New York City (Staten Island) |
40°34′51″N 74°7′12″W | 1856 | Never | 1964 (Now a private house) |
None | 190 ft (58 m) |
| North Brother Island Light |  |
New York City The Bronx |
40°47′57.3″N 73°53′58.5″W | 1869 | Never | 1953 (Now Ruins) |
None | 50 ft (15 m) |
| North Dumpling Light |  |
Long Island Sound (Near Fishers Island) |
41°17′17″N 72°1′10″W | 1849 | 1959 | Active | 300mm | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Oak Orchard Light |  |
Oak Orchard Creek | 43°22′16″N 78°11′35″W | 1871 | Never | 1914 (Destroyed in 1916) |
None | Unknown |
| Ogdensburg Harbor Light |  |
Ogdensburg | 44°41′52″N 75°30′12″W | 1834 (Former) 1900 (Current) |
1941 | Active (Inactive: 1961–2011) |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Olcott Light |  |
Olcott | 43°20′20″N 78°42′54″W | 1873 | Never | 1930 (Demolished in 1963, now active as a rebuilt replica) |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Old Field Point Light |  |
Old Field | 40°57′45″N 73°07′49″W.[2] | 1823 (Former) 1869 (Current) |
1991 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1933–1991) |
Unknown | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Old Orchard Shoal Light |  |
Lower New York Bay | 40°30′44.272″N 74°5′55.369″W | 1893 | 1955 | 2012 (Destroyed by Sandy) |
None | 51 ft (16 m) |
| Orient Long Beach Bar Light |  |
Orient | 41°6′32″N 72°18′23″W | 1871 | Never | 1945 (Destroyed in 1963, now active as a rebuilt replica) |
Unknown | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Orient Point Light |  |
Orient | 41°9′48.393″N 72°13′25.014″W | 1899 | 1958 | Active | Optic | 64 ft (20 m) |
| Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light |  |
Oswego | 43.47332°N 76.51682°W | 1934 (Current) |
1968 | Active | Optic | 57 ft (17 m) |
| Plum Island Light |  |
Southold (Plum Island) |
41°10′25.20″N 72°12′41.47″W | 1827 (Former) 1870 (Current) |
1978 | Active (metal tower) |
Unknown | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Point Aux Roches Light |  |
Champlain (Lake Champlain) |
44°47′58″N 73°21′38″W | 1859 | 1933 | 1989 | None | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Prince's Bay Light |  |
New York City (Staten Island) |
40°30′27.7″N 74°12′48.3″W | 1828 (Former) 1864 (Current) |
2006 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1922–2006) |
VRB-25 | Unknown |
| Race Rock Light |  |
Long Island Sound (Near Fishers Island) |
41°14′36.6″N 72°2′49.2″W | 1879 | 1978 | Active | Unknown | 67 ft (20 m) |
| Rock Island Light |  |
Saint Lawrence River | 44°16′50″N 76°1′1″W | 1848 (Former) 1882 (Current) |
Never | 1956 | None | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Rondout Light | .jpg) |
Kingston | 41°55′15″N 73°57′45″W | 1838 (Former) 1915 (Current) |
1954 | Active | 250mm | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Sands Point Light | North Hempstead | 40°51′57.2″N 73°43′46.2″W | 1809 | Never | 1922 | None | 65 ft (20 m) | |
| Saugerties Light |  |
Saugerties | 42°4′19.53″N 73°55′46.72″W | 1835 (Former) 1867 (Current) |
1954 | Active (Inactive: 1954–1990) |
Unknown | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Selkirk Light | .jpg) |
Pulaski | 43°34′24″N 76°12′06″W | 1838 | 1989 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1859–1989) |
190mm | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Shinnecock Light |  |
Southampton (Shinnecock Bay) |
40°51′2″N 72°30′15″W | 1858 | Never | 1931 (Demolished in 1948) |
None | 168 ft (51 m) |
| Sodus Outer Light |  |
Sodus | 43°16′38.3″N 76°58′26.4″W | 1858 (Former) 1938 (Current) |
1980 | Active | Unknown | 51 ft (16 m) |
| Sodus Point Light |  |
Sodus (Sodus Point) |
43°16′25.7″N 76°59′10.2″W | 1825 (Former) 1871 (Current) |
Never | 1901 | None | 70 ft (21 m) |
| South Buffalo North Side Light |  |
Dunkirk | 42°50′7″N 78°52′3″W | 1903 | 1960 | 1985 | None | Unknown |
| Staten Island Light |  |
New York City (Staten Island) |
40°34′33.8″N 74°08′28.5″W[3] | 1912 | 1921 | Active | Unknown | 231 ft (70 m) |
| Statue of Liberty |  |
New York City (Liberty Island) |
40°41′21″N 74°2′40″W | 1886 | — | 1902[4] (As a lighthouse) |
— | 305 ft (93 m) |
| Stepping Stones Light |  |
Long Island Sound | 40°49′27.6″N 73°46′29.1″W | 1877 | 1964 | Active | 300mm | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Stony Point (Henderson) Light |  |
Henderson | 43°50′22″N 76°17′54″W | 1839 (Former) 1869 (Current) |
1947 | 1959 | None | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Stony Point Light |  |
Stony Point | 41°14′29″N 73°58′20″W | 1826 | 1995 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1925–1995) |
Fourth-order Fresnel | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Stuyvesant Light |  |
Stuyvesant | 42°24′42″N 73°46′42″W | 1829 (Former) 1868 (Current) |
Never | 1933 | None | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Sunken Rock Light |  |
Saint Lawrence River (Bush Island) |
44°20′44″N 75°54′55″W | 1847 (Former) 1882 (Current) |
1958 | Active | Unknown | Unknown |
| Tarrytown Light |  |
Sleepy Hollow | 41°5′2.6″N 73°52′27.3″W | 1883 | Never | 1961 | Fourth-order Fresnel (Replica) |
56 ft (17 m) |
| Thirty Mile Point Light |  |
Somerset | 43°22′30″N 78°29′11″W | 1876 | 1958 | Active | 300mm | 71 ft (22 m) |
| Throgs Neck Light |  |
New York City The Bronx |
40°48′16″N 73°47′26″W | 1826 (The last L.H. was built in 1906) |
Never | 1934 | None | Unknown |
| Tibbetts Point Light |  |
Cape Vincent | 44°6′00″N 76°22′12″W | 1827 (Former) 1854 (Current) |
1970 | Active | Fourth-order Fresnel | 69 ft (21 m) |
| West Point Light | _Lighthouse.JPG) |
West Point | 41°23′45″N 73°57′3″W | 1853 | Never | 1946 | None | 40 ft (12 m) |
| West Bank Light | _Light.JPG) |
Lower New York Bay | 40°32′16.8″N 74°02′34.1″W | 1901 | 1980 | Active | 300mm | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Whitestone Point Light |  |
New York City Queens |
40°48′06″N 73°49′10″W | 1889 | Unknown | Active | Unknown | 56 ft (17 m) |