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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.
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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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