List of lighthouses in New York

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

NameImage Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Ambrose Light Lower New York Bay 1967 (First) 1999 (Last) 1988 1999 (First) 2008 (Last) None 076 Barber's Point Light Westport(Lake Champlain) 1873 Never 1935(Now a private house) None 036 Barcelona Light Westfield 1829 Never 1859 None 040 Blackwell Island Light New York City(Roosevelt Island) 1872 Never 1940 None 050 Bluff Point Light Valcour Island(Lake Champlain) 1874 1930 Active(Inactive: 1930–2004) 300mm 095 Braddock Point Light Braddock Bay 1896 Never 1954(Now a private house) None 055 Buffalo Main Light Buffalo(Buffalo River) 1833 Never 1914 None 060 Buffalo Harbor North Entrance Light Buffalo Unknown 1903 1935 1980 None Unknown Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light Buffalo 1903 1935 Active Unknown Unknown Buffalo North breakwater East end Light Buffalo N/A 1903 1960 1985 None 029 Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light Buffalo 1903 1960 1985 None Unknown Cape Vincent Breakwater Lighthouse Cape Vincent 1904 Never 1951 None 025 Cedar Island Light East Hampton(Cedar Point County Park) 1839 (Former)1868 (Current) Never 1934 None 057 Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse Rochester 1822 Never 1881(Now a museum) None Unknown Cold Spring Harbor Light Cold Spring Harbor (Preserved light)(Current structure) 1890 (Former)1965 (Current) 1965(Current) Active(Replacement) Unknown Unknown Coney Island Light New York City(Brooklyn) 1890 (Former)1920 (Current) 1989 Active Unknown 075 Coxsackie Light Coxsackie, New York(Hudson River) 1830 (Former)1868 (Current) Never 1940 None Unknown Crossover Island Light Saint Lawrence River(Border light) 1848 (Former)1882 (Current) Never 1941 None Unknown Crown Point Light Crown Point(Lake Champlain) 1858 Never 1926 None Unknown Cumberland Head Light Cumberland Head(Lake Champlain) 1838 (Former)1868 (Current) 2003(Relit) Active(Inactive: 1934–2003) Unknown Unknown Dunkirk Light Dunkirk 1826 (Former)1875 (Current) 1960 Active Third-order Fresnel 082 East Charity Shoal Light Lake Ontario(Border light) 1877(Moved to NY in 1935) 1935 Active(Also a private house) Unknown 052 Eatons Neck Light Eatons Neck 1799 1969 Active Third-order Fresnel 126 Elm Tree Beacon Light New York City(Staten Island) 1856 (Former)1939 (Current) 1939 1964 None 062 (Original) Esopus Meadows Light Esopus(Hudson River) 1839 (Former)1872 (Current) 1965 Active(Inactive: 1965–2003) Unknown 052 Execution Rocks Light Long Island Sound 1850 1979 Active APRB-251 062 Fire Island Light Fire Island(Long Island) 1826 (Former)1858 (Current) 1938 Active(Inactive: 1974–1986) DCB-224 168 Fort Niagara Light Porter(Fort Niagara State Park) 1782 (Former)1872 (Current) Never 1993 None 091 Fort Tompkins Light New York City(Staten Island) 1828(The last L.H. was built in 1873) Never 1903(Demolished) None Unknown Fort Wadsworth Light New York City(Staten Island) 1903 2005(Relit) Active(Inactive: 1965–2005) Unknown 075 Frenchman Island Light Oneida Lake 1918 1949 Active Unknown Unknown Galloo Island Light Hounsfield(Galloo Island) 1820 (Former)1867 (Current) 1963 Active 190mm 058 Horse Island Light Hounsfield(Sackets Harbor) 1831 (Former)1870 (Current) 1925 1957(Now a private house) None Unknown Horton Point Light Southold 1857 1933(Inactive: 1933–1990) Active VRB-25 103 Hudson–Athens Lighthouse Hudson River 1874 1949 Active 300mm 046 Huntington Harbor Light Huntington 1857 (Former)1912 (Current) 1949 Active 300mm 041 Latimer Reef Light Southold(Fishers Island) 1884 1954 Active 300mm 055 Little Gull Island Light Long Island Sound(Little Gull Island) 1806 (Former)1869 (Current) 1978 Active Unknown 091 Little Red LighthouseJeffrey's Hook Light New York City(Manhattan) 1889 (Former)1921 (Current) 2002(Relit) Active(Inactive: 1947–2002) 300mm Unknown Montauk Point Light Montauk 1797 1987 Active VRB-25 168 New Dorp Light New York City(Staten Island) 1856 Never 1964(Now a private house) None 190 North Brother Island Light New York CityThe Bronx 1869 Never 1953(Now Ruins) None 050 North Dumpling Light Long Island Sound(Near Fishers Island) 1849 1959 Active 300mm 060 Oak Orchard Light Oak Orchard Creek 1871 Never 1914(Destroyed in 1916) None Unknown Ogdensburg Harbor Light Ogdensburg 1834 (Former)1900 (Current) 1941 Active(Inactive: 1961–2011) Unknown Unknown Olcott Light Olcott 1873 Never 1930(Demolished in 1963,now active as a rebuiltreplica) Unknown Unknown Old Field Point Light Old Field . 1823 (Former)1869 (Current) 1991(Relit) Active(Inactive: 1933–1991) Unknown 074 Old Orchard Shoal Light Lower New York Bay 1893 1955 2012(Destroyed by Sandy) None 051 Orient Long Beach Bar Light Orient 1871 Never 1945(Destroyed in 1963,now active as a rebuiltreplica) Unknown 058 Orient Point Light Orient 1899 1958 Active Optic 064 Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light Oswego 1934(Current) 1968 Active Optic 057 Plum Island Light Southold(Plum Island) 1827 (Former)1870 (Current) 1978 Active(metal tower) Unknown 050 Point Aux Roches Light Champlain(Lake Champlain) 1859 1933 1989 None 059 Prince's Bay Light New York City(Staten Island) 1828 (Former)1864 (Current) 2006(Relit) Active(Inactive: 1922–2006) VRB-25 Unknown Race Rock Light Long Island Sound(Near Fishers Island) 1879 1978 Active Unknown 067 Rock Island Light Saint Lawrence River 1848 (Former)1882 (Current) Never 1956 None 050 Rondout Light Kingston 1838 (Former)1915 (Current) 1954 Active 250mm 054 Sands Point Light North Hempstead 1809 Never 1922 None 065 Saugerties Light Saugerties 1835 (Former)1867 (Current) 1954 Active(Inactive: 1954–1990) Unknown 042 Selkirk Light Pulaski 1838 1989(Relit) Active(Inactive: 1859–1989) 190mm 050 Shinnecock Light Southampton(Shinnecock Bay) 1858 Never 1931(Demolished in 1948) None 168 Sodus Outer Light Sodus 1858 (Former)1938 (Current) 1980 Active Unknown 051 Sodus Point Light Sodus(Sodus Point) 1825 (Former)1871 (Current) Never 1901 None 070 South Buffalo North Side Light Dunkirk 1903 1960 1985 None Unknown Staten Island Light New York City(Staten Island) 1912 1921 Active Unknown 231 Statue of Liberty New York City(Liberty Island) 1886 — 1902(As a lighthouse) — 305 Stepping Stones Light Long Island Sound 1877 1964 Active 300mm 046 Stony Point (Henderson) Light Henderson 1839 (Former)1869 (Current) 1947 1959 None 058 Stony Point Light Stony Point 1826 1995(Relit) Active(Inactive: 1925–1995) Fourth-order Fresnel 058 Stuyvesant Light Stuyvesant 1829 (Former)1868 (Current) Never 1933 None 042 Sunken Rock Light Saint Lawrence River(Bush Island) 1847 (Former)1882 (Current) 1958 Active Unknown Unknown Tarrytown Light Sleepy Hollow 1883 Never 1961 Fourth-order Fresnel(Replica) 056 Thirty Mile Point Light Somerset 1876 1958 Active 300mm 071 Throgs Neck Light New York CityThe Bronx 1826(The last L.H. was built in 1906) Never 1934 None Unknown Tibbetts Point Light Cape Vincent 1827 (Former)1854 (Current) 1970 Active Fourth-order Fresnel 069 West Point Light West Point 1853 Never 1946 None 040 West Bank Light Lower New York Bay 1901 1980 Active 300mm 069 Whitestone Point Light New York CityQueens 1889 Unknown Active Unknown 056

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