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.

"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″N73°48′00″W / 40.45000°N 73.80000°W / 40.45000; -73.80000	1967 (First) 1999 (Last)	1988	1999 (First) 2008 (Last)	None	07676 ft (23 m)
Barber's Point Light		Westport (Lake Champlain)	44°09′15″N73°24′16″W / 44.1543°N 73.4045°W / 44.1543; -73.4045	1873	Never	1935 (Now a private house)	None	03636 ft (11 m)
Barcelona Light		Westfield	42°20′27″N79°35′42″W / 42.34083°N 79.59500°W / 42.34083; -79.59500	1829	Never	1859	None	04040 ft (12 m)
Blackwell Island Light		New York City (Roosevelt Island)	40°46′22″N73°56′24.6″W / 40.77278°N 73.940167°W / 40.77278; -73.940167	1872	Never	1940	None	05050 ft (15 m)
Bluff Point Light		Valcour Island (Lake Champlain)	44°37′22″N73°25′52″W / 44.62282°N 73.43116°W / 44.62282; -73.43116	1874	1930	Active (Inactive: 1930–2004)	300mm	09595 ft (29 m)
Braddock Point Light		Braddock Bay	43°20′28″N77°45′45″W / 43.34111°N 77.76250°W / 43.34111; -77.76250	1896	Never	1954 (Now a private house)	None	05555 ft (17 m)
Buffalo Main Light		Buffalo (Buffalo River)	42°52′49″N78°53′45″W / 42.88028°N 78.89583°W / 42.88028; -78.89583	1833	Never	1914	None	06060 ft (18 m)
Buffalo Harbor North Entrance Light		Buffalo	Unknown	1903	1935	1980	None	Unknown
Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light		Buffalo	42°50′0″N78°52′3″W / 42.83333°N 78.86750°W / 42.83333; -78.86750	1903	1935	Active	Unknown	Unknown
Buffalo North breakwater East end Light		Buffalo	N/A	1903	1960	1985	None	02929 ft (8.8 m)
Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light		Buffalo	42°52′49″N78°53′45″W / 42.88028°N 78.89583°W / 42.88028; -78.89583	1903	1960	1985	None	Unknown
Cape Vincent Breakwater Lighthouse		Cape Vincent	44°7′10″N76°19′56″W / 44.11944°N 76.33222°W / 44.11944; -76.33222	1904	Never	1951	None	02525 ft (7.6 m)
Cedar Island Light		East Hampton (Cedar Point County Park)	41°2′26.9″N72°15′39.5″W / 41.040806°N 72.260972°W / 41.040806; -72.260972	1839 (Former) 1868 (Current)	Never	1934	None	05757 ft (17 m)
Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse		Rochester	43°15′10″N77°36′40″W / 43.25278°N 77.61111°W / 43.25278; -77.61111	1822	Never	1881 (Now a museum)	None	Unknown
Cold Spring Harbor Light		Cold Spring Harbor	40°54′26.0″N73°30′35.5″W / 40.907222°N 73.509861°W / 40.907222; -73.509861 (Preserved light) 40°54′51.0″N73°29′35.2″W / 40.914167°N 73.493111°W / 40.914167; -73.493111 (Current structure)	1890 (Former) 1965 (Current)	1965 (Current)	Active (Replacement)	Unknown	Unknown
Coney Island Light		New York City (Brooklyn)	40°34′36″N74°00′42″W / 40.57667°N 74.01167°W / 40.57667; -74.01167	1890 (Former) 1920 (Current)	1989	Active	Unknown	07575 ft (23 m)
Coxsackie Light		Coxsackie, New York (Hudson River)	42°22′47″N73°47′41″W / 42.37972°N 73.79472°W / 42.37972; -73.79472	1830 (Former) 1868 (Current)	Never	1940	None	Unknown
Crossover Island Light		Saint Lawrence River (Border light)	44°29′49″N75°46′42″W / 44.49694°N 75.77833°W / 44.49694; -75.77833	1848 (Former) 1882 (Current)	Never	1941	None	Unknown
Crown Point Light		Crown Point (Lake Champlain)	44°01′48″N73°25′18″W / 44.0299°N 73.4216°W / 44.0299; -73.4216	1858	Never	1926	None	Unknown
Cumberland Head Light		Cumberland Head (Lake Champlain)	44°41′29″N73°23′7″W / 44.69139°N 73.38528°W / 44.69139; -73.38528	1838 (Former) 1868 (Current)	2003 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1934–2003)	Unknown	Unknown
Dunkirk Light		Dunkirk	42°29′38″N79°21′14″W / 42.49389°N 79.35389°W / 42.49389; -79.35389	1826 (Former) 1875 (Current)	1960	Active	Third-order Fresnel	08261 ft (19 m)
East Charity Shoal Light		Lake Ontario (Border light)	44°2′12″N76°28′54″W / 44.03667°N 76.48167°W / 44.03667; -76.48167	1877 (Moved to NY in 1935)	1935	Active (Also a private house)	Unknown	05252 ft (16 m)
Eatons Neck Light		Eatons Neck	40°57′14.5″N73°23′42.5″W / 40.954028°N 73.395139°W / 40.954028; -73.395139	1799	1969	Active	Third-order Fresnel	126126 ft (38 m)
Elm Tree Beacon Light		New York City (Staten Island)	40°33′50″N74°5′43″W / 40.56389°N 74.09528°W / 40.56389; -74.09528	1856 (Former) 1939 (Current)	1939	1964	None	06262 ft (19 m) (Original)
Esopus Meadows Light		Esopus (Hudson River)	41°52′6.2″N73°56′29.8″W / 41.868389°N 73.941611°W / 41.868389; -73.941611	1839 (Former) 1872 (Current)	1965	Active (Inactive: 1965–2003)	Unknown	05252 ft (16 m)
Execution Rocks Light		Long Island Sound	40°52′41.3″N73°44′16.3″W / 40.878139°N 73.737861°W / 40.878139; -73.737861	1850	1979	Active	APRB-251	06262 ft (19 m)
Fire Island Light		Fire Island (Long Island)	40°37′56.8″N73°13′6.9″W / 40.632444°N 73.218583°W / 40.632444; -73.218583	1826 (Former) 1858 (Current)	1938	Active (Inactive: 1974–1986)	DCB-224	168168 ft (51 m)
Fort Niagara Light		Porter (Fort Niagara State Park)	43°15′42″N79°3′48″W / 43.26167°N 79.06333°W / 43.26167; -79.06333	1782 (Former) 1872 (Current)	Never	1993	None	09191 ft (28 m)
Fort Tompkins Light		New York City (Staten Island)	40°36′21″N74°03′14″W / 40.6057°N 74.0539°W / 40.6057; -74.0539	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″N74°3′14″W / 40.60583°N 74.05389°W / 40.60583; -74.05389	1903	2005 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1965–2005)	Unknown	07575 ft (23 m)
Frenchman Island Light		Oneida Lake	43°13′06″N76°02′59″W / 43.21833°N 76.04972°W / 43.21833; -76.04972	1918	1949	Active	Unknown	Unknown
Galloo Island Light		Hounsfield (Galloo Island)	43°53′18″N76°26′42″W / 43.88833°N 76.44500°W / 43.88833; -76.44500	1820 (Former) 1867 (Current)	1963	Active	190mm	05858 ft (18 m)
Horse Island Light		Hounsfield (Sackets Harbor)	43°56′35″N76°8′40″W / 43.94306°N 76.14444°W / 43.94306; -76.14444	1831 [1] (Former) 1870 (Current)	1925	1957 (Now a private house)	None	Unknown
Horton Point Light		Southold	41°5′6.51″N72°26′44.77″W / 41.0851417°N 72.4457694°W / 41.0851417; -72.4457694	1857	1933 (Inactive: 1933–1990)	Active	VRB-25	103103 ft (31 m)
Hudson–Athens Lighthouse		Hudson River	42°15′7″N73°48′31″W / 42.25194°N 73.80861°W / 42.25194; -73.80861	1874	1949	Active	300mm	04646 ft (14 m)
Huntington Harbor Light		Huntington	40°54′38.6″N73°25′52.7″W / 40.910722°N 73.431306°W / 40.910722; -73.431306	1857 (Former) 1912 (Current)	1949	Active	300mm	04141 ft (12 m)
Latimer Reef Light		Southold (Fishers Island)	41°18′16.227″N72°55′59.937″W / 41.30450750°N 72.93331583°W / 41.30450750; -72.93331583	1884	1954	Active	300mm	05555 ft (17 m)
Little Gull Island Light		Long Island Sound (Little Gull Island)	41°12′23″N72°06′25″W / 41.20639°N 72.10694°W / 41.20639; -72.10694	1806 (Former) 1869 (Current)	1978	Active	Unknown	09191 ft (28 m)
Little Red Lighthouse Jeffrey's Hook Light		New York City (Manhattan)	40°51′1″N73°56′49″W / 40.85028°N 73.94694°W / 40.85028; -73.94694	1889 (Former) 1921 (Current)	2002 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1947–2002)	300mm	Unknown
Montauk Point Light		Montauk	41°04′16″N71°51′26″W / 41.07099°N 71.85709°W / 41.07099; -71.85709	1797	1987	Active	VRB-25	168168 ft (51 m)
New Dorp Light		New York City (Staten Island)	40°34′51″N74°7′12″W / 40.58083°N 74.12000°W / 40.58083; -74.12000	1856	Never	1964 (Now a private house)	None	190190 ft (58 m)
North Brother Island Light		New York City The Bronx	40°47′57.3″N73°53′58.5″W / 40.799250°N 73.899583°W / 40.799250; -73.899583	1869	Never	1953 (Now Ruins)	None	05050 ft (15 m)
North Dumpling Light		Long Island Sound (Near Fishers Island)	41°17′17″N72°1′10″W / 41.28806°N 72.01944°W / 41.28806; -72.01944	1849	1959	Active	300mm	06060 ft (18 m)
Oak Orchard Light		Oak Orchard Creek	43°22′16″N78°11′35″W / 43.37111°N 78.19306°W / 43.37111; -78.19306	1871	Never	1914 (Destroyed in 1916)	None	Unknown
Ogdensburg Harbor Light		Ogdensburg	44°41′52″N75°30′12″W / 44.69778°N 75.50333°W / 44.69778; -75.50333	1834 (Former) 1900 (Current)	1941	Active (Inactive: 1961–2011)	Unknown	Unknown
Olcott Light		Olcott	43°20′20″N78°42′54″W / 43.33889°N 78.71500°W / 43.33889; -78.71500	1873	Never	1930 (Demolished in 1963, now active as a rebuilt replica)	Unknown	Unknown
Old Field Point Light		Old Field	40°57′45″N73°07′49″W / 40.962370°N 73.130318°W / 40.962370; -73.130318 . [2]	1823 (Former) 1869 (Current)	1991 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1933–1991)	Unknown	07474 ft (23 m)
Old Orchard Shoal Light		Lower New York Bay	40°30′44.272″N74°5′55.369″W / 40.51229778°N 74.09871361°W / 40.51229778; -74.09871361	1893	1955	2012 (Destroyed by Sandy)	None	05151 ft (16 m)
Orient Long Beach Bar Light		Orient	41°6′32″N72°18′23″W / 41.10889°N 72.30639°W / 41.10889; -72.30639	1871	Never	1945 (Destroyed in 1963, now active as a rebuilt replica)	Unknown	05858 ft (18 m)
Orient Point Light		Orient	41°9′48.393″N72°13′25.014″W / 41.16344250°N 72.22361500°W / 41.16344250; -72.22361500	1899	1958	Active	Optic	06464 ft (20 m)
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light		Oswego	43°28′24″N76°31′01″W / 43.47332°N 76.51682°W / 43.47332; -76.51682	1934 (Current)	1968	Active	Optic	05757 ft (17 m)
Plum Island Light		Southold (Plum Island)	41°10′25.20″N72°12′41.47″W / 41.1736667°N 72.2115194°W / 41.1736667; -72.2115194	1827 (Former) 1870 (Current)	1978	Active (metal tower)	Unknown	05050 ft (15 m)
Point Aux Roches Light		Champlain (Lake Champlain)	44°47′58″N73°21′38″W / 44.79944°N 73.36056°W / 44.79944; -73.36056	1859	1933	1989	None	05959 ft (18 m)
Prince's Bay Light		New York City (Staten Island)	40°30′27.7″N74°12′48.3″W / 40.507694°N 74.213417°W / 40.507694; -74.213417	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″N72°2′49.2″W / 41.243500°N 72.047000°W / 41.243500; -72.047000	1879	1978	Active	Unknown	06767 ft (20 m)
Rock Island Light		Saint Lawrence River	44°16′50″N76°1′1″W / 44.28056°N 76.01694°W / 44.28056; -76.01694	1848 (Former) 1882 (Current)	Never	1956	None	05050 ft (15 m)
Rondout Light		Kingston	41°55′15″N73°57′45″W / 41.92083°N 73.96250°W / 41.92083; -73.96250	1838 (Former) 1915 (Current)	1954	Active	250mm	05454 ft (16 m)
Sands Point Light		North Hempstead	40°51′57.2″N73°43′46.2″W / 40.865889°N 73.729500°W / 40.865889; -73.729500	1809	Never	1922	None	06565 ft (20 m)
Saugerties Light		Saugerties	42°4′19.53″N73°55′46.72″W / 42.0720917°N 73.9296444°W / 42.0720917; -73.9296444	1835 (Former) 1867 (Current)	1954	Active (Inactive: 1954–1990)	Unknown	04242 ft (13 m)
Selkirk Light		Pulaski	43°34′24″N76°12′06″W / 43.57333°N 76.20167°W / 43.57333; -76.20167	1838	1989 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1859–1989)	190mm	05050 ft (15 m)
Shinnecock Light		Southampton (Shinnecock Bay)	40°51′2″N72°30′15″W / 40.85056°N 72.50417°W / 40.85056; -72.50417	1858	Never	1931 (Demolished in 1948)	None	168168 ft (51 m)
Sodus Outer Light		Sodus	43°16′38.3″N76°58′26.4″W / 43.277306°N 76.974000°W / 43.277306; -76.974000	1858 (Former) 1938 (Current)	1980	Active	Unknown	05151 ft (16 m)
Sodus Point Light		Sodus (Sodus Point)	43°16′25.7″N76°59′10.2″W / 43.273806°N 76.986167°W / 43.273806; -76.986167	1825 (Former) 1871 (Current)	Never	1901	None	07070 ft (21 m)
South Buffalo North Side Light		Dunkirk	42°50′7″N78°52′3″W / 42.83528°N 78.86750°W / 42.83528; -78.86750	1903	1960	1985	None	Unknown
Staten Island Light		New York City (Staten Island)	40°34′33.8″N74°08′28.5″W / 40.576056°N 74.141250°W / 40.576056; -74.141250 [3]	1912	1921	Active	Unknown	231231 ft (70 m)
Statue of Liberty		New York City (Liberty Island)	40°41′21″N74°2′40″W / 40.68917°N 74.04444°W / 40.68917; -74.04444	1886	—	1902 [4] (As a lighthouse)	—	305305 ft (93 m)
Stepping Stones Light		Long Island Sound	40°49′27.6″N73°46′29.1″W / 40.824333°N 73.774750°W / 40.824333; -73.774750	1877	1964	Active	300mm	04646 ft (14 m)
Stony Point (Henderson) Light		Henderson	43°50′22″N76°17′54″W / 43.83944°N 76.29833°W / 43.83944; -76.29833	1839 (Former) 1869 (Current)	1947	1959	None	05858 ft (18 m)
Stony Point Light		Stony Point	41°14′29″N73°58′20″W / 41.24139°N 73.97222°W / 41.24139; -73.97222	1826	1995 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1925–1995)	Fourth-order Fresnel	05858 ft (18 m)
Stuyvesant Light		Stuyvesant	42°24′42″N73°46′42″W / 42.41167°N 73.77833°W / 42.41167; -73.77833	1829 (Former) 1868 (Current)	Never	1933	None	04242 ft (13 m)
Sunken Rock Light		Saint Lawrence River (Bush Island)	44°20′44″N75°54′55″W / 44.34556°N 75.91528°W / 44.34556; -75.91528	1847 (Former) 1882 (Current)	1958	Active	Unknown	Unknown
Tarrytown Light		Sleepy Hollow	41°5′2.6″N73°52′27.3″W / 41.084056°N 73.874250°W / 41.084056; -73.874250	1883	Never	1961	Fourth-order Fresnel (Replica)	05656 ft (17 m)
Thirty Mile Point Light		Somerset	43°22′30″N78°29′11″W / 43.37500°N 78.48639°W / 43.37500; -78.48639	1876	1958	Active	300mm	07171 ft (22 m)
Throgs Neck Light		New York City The Bronx	40°48′16″N73°47′26″W / 40.80444°N 73.79056°W / 40.80444; -73.79056	1826 (The last L.H. was built in 1906)	Never	1934	None	Unknown
Tibbetts Point Light		Cape Vincent	44°6′00″N76°22′12″W / 44.10000°N 76.37000°W / 44.10000; -76.37000	1827 (Former) 1854 (Current)	1970	Active	Fourth-order Fresnel	06969 ft (21 m)
West Point Light		West Point	41°23′45″N73°57′3″W / 41.39583°N 73.95083°W / 41.39583; -73.95083	1853	Never	1946	None	04040 ft (12 m)
West Bank Light		Lower New York Bay	40°32′16.8″N74°02′34.1″W / 40.538000°N 74.042806°W / 40.538000; -74.042806	1901	1980	Active	300mm	06969 ft (21 m)
Whitestone Point Light		New York City Queens	40°48′06″N73°49′10″W / 40.80167°N 73.81944°W / 40.80167; -73.81944	1889	Unknown	Active	Unknown	05656 ft (17 m)

References

1. Daniel E. Dempster; Todd R. Berge (2002). Lighthouses of the Great Lakes. Voyageur Press. p. 146. ISBN   978-1-61060-437-6.
2. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
3. "Staten Island Lighthouse". US Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, NY. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
4. Barry Moreno (2000). The Statue of Liberty Encyclopedia . Simon & Schuster. p.  41. ISBN   978-0-7385-3689-7.