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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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