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Historic Lighthouses and Light Stations in New York

 

The year in parentheses refers to the year in which the light was first lit in the existing tower.

 

Barber's Point Light (Old) (1873)

Location: Lake Champlain

 

Bluff Point (Valcour Island) Light (1874)

Location: Valcour Island/Lake Champlain

 

Barcelona (Portland Harbor) Light (1829)

Location: Portland Harbor/Lake Erie

 

Braddock Point Light (1896)

Location: Bogus Point/Lake Ontario

 

Buffalo (Main) Light (1833)

Location: Mouth of Buffalo River/Erie Canal

 

Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light (1912)

Location: Stony Point Breakwater

 

Cedar Island Light (Old) (1868)

Location: Sag Harbor/Gardiners Bay

 

Cold Spring Harbor Light (1890)

Location: Relocated to Long Island from point of shoal

 

Coney Island (Nortons Point) Light (1920)

Location: New York Harbor main channel

 

Crossover Island Light (1882)

Location: St. Lawrence River near border

 

Crown Point Light (1912)

Location: Lake Champlain

 

Cumberland Head Light (Old) (1868)

Location: Lake Champlain/Cumberland Bay

 

Dunkirk (Point Gratiot) Light (1875)

Location: Point Gratiot/Lake Erie

 

East Charity Shoals Light (1935)

Location: Lake Ontario

 

Eaton's Neck Light (1799)

Location: East side of Huntington Bay entrance

 

Esopus Meadows (Middle Hudson River) Light (1872)

Location: West side of Hudson River

 

Execution Rocks Light (1850)

Location: West end of Long Island Sound

 

Fire Island Light (1858)

Location: Fire Island Inlet/Long Island
Fire Island National Seashore

 

Fort Niagara Light (1872)

Location: Niagara River/South shore of Lake Ontario

 

Fort Wadsworth Light (1903)

Location: East Verrazano Narrows
Gateway National Recreation Area

 

Galloo Island Light (1867)

Location: Southwest end of island in Lake Ontario

 

Horse Island (Sackets Harbor) Light (1870)

Location: Lake Ontario

 

Horton Point Light (1857)

Location: Eastern Long Island - north side

 

Hudson-Athens (Hudson City) Light (1874)

Location: Middle Ground Flats/Hudson River

 

Huntington Harbor Light (formerly Lloyd Harbor) (1912)

Location: Entrance to Huntington Harbor

 

Latimer Reef Light (1884)

Location: Fishers Island Sound

 

Little Gull Island Light (1869)

Location: Off Fishers Island/Long Island Sound

 

Montauk Point Light (1797)

Location: Turtle Hill/East end of Long Island

 

New Dorp (Swash Channel Range Rear) Light (1856)

Location: Staten Island/Lower New York Bay

 

North Dumpling Light (1871)

Location: Fishers Island Sound

 

Ogdensburg Harbor Light (1900)

Location: Lighthouse Point/St. Lawrence River/Lake Ontario

 

Old Field Point Light (1868)

Location: Long Island, north shore

 

Old Orchard Shoal Light (1893)

Location: Gedney Channel/Lower New York Bay

 

Orient Point Light (1899)

Location: Oyster Pond Reef/Plum Gut/Long Island

 

Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light (1934)

Location: Mouth of Oswego River/Lake Ontario

 

Plum Island (Plum Gut) Light (1870)

Location: Long Island Sound/Gardiners Bay

 

Point Aux Roches Light (1858)

Location: Lake Champlain

 

Port of Genesee (Charlotte-Genesee) Light (1822)

Location: Genesee River/Lake Ontario

 

Princes Bay Light (Old) (1864)

Location: Staten Island/Lower New York Bay

 

Race Rock Light (1879)

Location: Entrance to Long Island Sound

 

Rock Island Light (1882)

Location: St. Lawrence River/Lake Ontario

 

Rondout Creek (Kingston) Light (1915)

Location: Kingston Point/Hudson River

 

Sands Point Light (Old) (1809)

Location: Long Island

 

Saugerties Light (1869)

Location: Hudson River at Esopus Creek

 

Selkirk (Salmon River) Light (1838)

Location: Salmon River entrance/Lake Ontario

 

Sodus Point Light (1871)

Location: Sodus Bay/Lake Ontario

 

South Buffalo North Side Light (1903)

Location: Relocated from Buffalo Harbor south entrance

 

Split Rock Point Light (Old) (1867)

Location: Whallon Bay/Lake Champlain

 

Staten Island (Range Rear) Light (1912)

Location: Richmond Hill/Staten Island

 

Stepping Stones Light (1877)

Location: Outer edge of reef/Long Island Sound

 

Stony Point (Henderson) Light (Old) (1869)

Location: Henderson Bay/Lake Ontario

 

Stony Point Light (1826)

Location: Hudson River

 

Statue of Liberty (1886)

Location: Bedloe's Island/New York Harbor

 

Sunken Rock Light (1884)

Location: Bush Island/St. Lawrence River

 

Tarrytown (Kingsland Point) Light (1883)

Location: Hudson River south of Kingsland

 

Thirty Mile Point Light (Old) (1876)

Location: Lake Ontario

 

Three Sisters Island Light (1870)

Location: St. Lawrence River

 

Tibbetts Point Light (1854)

Location: St. Lawrence River/Lake Ontario

 

West Bank (Range Front) Light (1901)

Location: Ambrose Channel/Lower New York Bay

 

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