This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of New York as identified by the United States Coast Guard.
{{cite uscghist|NY}} Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height |
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Ambrose Light | Lower New York Bay | 40|27|00|N|73|48|00|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1967 (First) 1999 (Last) | 1988 | 1999 (First) 2008 (Last) | None | 076 {{convert|76|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Barber's Point Light | Westport (Lake Champlain) | 44.1543|N|73.4045|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1873 | Never | 1935 (Now a private house) | None | 036 {{convert|36|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Barcelona Light | Westfield | 42|20|27|N|79|35|42|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1829 | Never | 1859 | None | 040 {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Blackwell Island Light | New York City (Roosevelt Island) | 40|46|22|N|73|56|24.6|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1872 | Never | 1940 | None | 050 {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Bluff Point Light | Valcour Island (Lake Champlain) | 44.62282|-73.43116|format=dms|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1874 | 1930 | Active (Inactive: 1930-2004) | 300mm | 095 {{convert|95|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Braddock Point Light | Braddock Bay | 43|20|28|N|77|45|45|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1896 | Never | 1954 (Now a private house) | None | 055 {{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Buffalo Main Light | Buffalo (Buffalo River) | 42|52|49|N|78|53|45|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1833 | Never | 1914 | None | 060 {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Buffalo Harbor North Entrance Light | Buffalo | Unknown | 1903 | 1935 | 1980 | None | Unknown |
Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light | Buffalo | 42|50|0|N|78|52|3|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1903 | 1935 | Active | Unknown | Unknown |
Buffalo North breakwater East end Light | Buffalo | N/A | 1903 | 1960 | 1985 | None | 029 {{convert|29|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light | Buffalo | 42|52|49|N|78|53|45|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1903 | 1960 | 1985 | None | Unknown |
Cape Vincent Breakwater Lighthouse | Cape Vincent | 44|7|10|N|76|19|56|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1904 | Never | 1951 | None | 025 {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Cedar Island Light | East Hampton (Cedar Point County Park) | 41|2|26.9|N|72|15|39.5|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1839 (Former) 1868 (Current) | Never | 1934 | None | 057 {{convert|57|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse | Rochester | 43|15|10|N|77|36|40|W|display=inline}} | 1822 | Never | 1881 (Now a museum) | None | Unknown |
Cold Spring Harbor Light | Cold Spring Harbor | 40|54|26.0|N|73|30|35.5|W|type:landmark_region:US_scale:1500|display=inline}} (Preserved light) {{Coord|40|54|51.0|N|73|29|35.2|W|type:landmark_region:US_scale:5000|display=inline}} (Current structure) | 1890 (Former) 1965 (Current) | 1965 (Current) | Active (Replacement) | Unknown | Unknown |
Coney Island Light | New York City (Brooklyn) | 40|34|36|N|74|00|42|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1890 (Former) 1920 (Current) | 1989 | Active | Unknown | 075 {{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Coxsackie Light | Coxsackie, New York (Hudson River) | 42|22|47|N|73|47|41|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1830 (Former) 1868 (Current) | Never | 1940 | None | Unknown |
Crossover Island Light | Saint Lawrence River (Border light) | 44|29|49|N|75|46|42|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1848 (Former) 1882 (Current) | Never | 1941 | None | Unknown |
Crown Point Light | Crown Point (Lake Champlain) | 44.0299|N|73.4216|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1858 | Never | 1926 | None | Unknown |
Cumberland Head Light | Cumberland Head (Lake Champlain) | 44|41|29|N|73|23|7|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1838 (Former) 1868 (Current) | 2003 (Relit) | Active (Inactive: 1934-2003) | Unknown | Unknown |
Dunkirk Light | Dunkirk | 42|29|38|N|79|21|14|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1826 (Former) 1875 (Current) | 1960 | Active | Third-order Fresnel | 082 {{convert|82|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
East Charity Shoal Light | Lake Ontario (Border light) | 44|2|12|N|76|28|54|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1877 (Moved to NY in 1935) | 1935 | Active (Also a private house) | Unknown | 052 {{convert|52|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Eatons Neck Light | Eatons Neck | 40|57|14.5|N|73|23|42.5|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1799 | 1969 | Active | Third-order Fresnel | 126 {{convert|126|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Elm Tree Beacon Light | New York City (Staten Island) | 40|33|50|N|74|5|43|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1856 (Former) 1939 (Current) | 1939 | 1964 | None | 062 {{convert|62|ft|m|abbr=on}} (Original) |
Esopus Meadows Light | Esopus (Hudson River) | 41|52|6.2|N|73|56|29.8|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1839 (Former) 1872 (Current) | 1965 | Active (Inactive: 1965-2003) | Unknown | 052 {{convert|52|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Execution Rocks Light | Long Island Sound | 40|52|41.3|N|73|44|16.3|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1850 | 1979 | Active | APRB-251 | 062 {{convert|62|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Fire Island Light | Fire Island (Long Island) | 40|37|56.8|N|73|13|6.9|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1826 (Former) 1858 (Current) | 1938 | Active (Inactive: 1974-1986) | DCB-224 | 168 {{convert|168|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Fort Niagara Light | Porter (Fort Niagara State Park) | 43|15|42|N|79|3|48|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1782 (Former) 1872 (Current) | Never | 1993 | None | 091 {{convert|91|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Fort Tompkins Light | New York City (Staten Island) | 40.6057|N|74.0539|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 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|N|74|3|14|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1903 | 2005 (Relit) | Active (Inactive: 1965-2005) | Unknown | 075 {{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Frenchman Island Light | Oneida Lake | 43|13|06|N|76|02|59|W|type:isle_region:US-NY|display=inline}} | 1918 | 1949 | Active | Unknown | Unknown |
Galloo Island Light | Hounsfield (Galloo Island) | 43|53|18|N|76|26|42|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1820 (Former) 1867 (Current) | 1963 | Active | 190mm | 058 {{convert|58|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Horse Island Light | Hounsfield (Sackets Harbor) | 43|56|35|N|76|8|40|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1831[1] (Former) 1870 (Current) | 1925 | 1957 (Now a private house) | None | Unknown |
Horton Point Light | Southold | 41|5|6.51|N|72|26|44.77|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1857 | 1933 (Inactive: 1933-1990) | Active | VRB-25 | 103 {{convert|103|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Hudson–Athens light | Hudson River | 42|15|7|N|73|48|31|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1874 | 1949 | Active | 300mm | 046 {{convert|46|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Huntington Harbor Light | Huntington | 40|54|38.6|N|73|25|52.7|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1857 (Former) 1912 (Current) | 1949 | Active | 300mm | 041 {{convert|41|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Latimer Reef Light | Southold (Fishers Island) | 41|18|16.227|N|72|55|59.937|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1884 | 1954 | Active | 300mm | 055 {{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Little Gull Island Light | Long Island Sound (Little Gull Island) | 41|12|23|N|72|06|25|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1806 (Former) 1869 (Current) | 1978 | Active | Unknown | 091 {{convert|91|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Little Red Lighthouse Jeffrey's Hook Light | New York City (Manhattan) | 40|51|1|N|73|56|49|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1889 (Former) 1921 (Current) | 2002 (Relit) | Active (Inactive: 1947-2002) | 300mm | Unknown |
Montauk Point Light | Montauk | 41.07099|-71.85709|format=dms|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1797 | 1987 | Active | VRB-25 | 168 {{convert|168|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
New Dorp Light | New York City (Staten Island) | 40|34|51|N|74|7|12|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1856 | Never | 1964 (Now a private house) | None | 190 {{convert|190|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
North Brother Island Light | New York City The Bronx | 40|47|57.3|N|73|53|58.5|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1869 | Never | 1953 (Now Ruins) | None | 050 {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
North Dumpling Light | Long Island Sound (Near Fishers Island) | 41|17|17|N|72|1|10|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1849 | 1959 | Active | 300mm | 060 {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Oak Orchard Light | Oak Orchard Creek | 43|22|16|N|78|11|35|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1871 | Never | 1914 (Destroyed in 1916) | None | Unknown |
Ogdensburg Harbor Light | Ogdensburg | 44|41|52|N|75|30|12|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1834 (Former) 1900 (Current) | 1941 | Active (Inactive: 1961-2011) | Unknown | Unknown |
Olcott Light | Olcott | 43|20|20|N|78|42|54|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1873 | Never | 1930 (Demolished in 1963, now active as a rebuilt replica) | Unknown | Unknown |
Old Field Point Light | Old Field | 40.962370|-73.130318|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.[2] | 1823 (Former) 1869 (Current) | 1991 (Relit) | Active (Inactive: 1933-1991) | Unknown | 074 {{convert|74|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Old Orchard Shoal Light | Lower New York Bay | 40|30|44.272|N|74|5|55.369|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1893 | 1955 | 2012 (Destroyed by Sandy) | None | 051 {{convert|51|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Orient Long Beach Bar Light | Orient | 41|6|32|N|72|18|23|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1871 | Never | 1945 (Destroyed in 1963, now active as a rebuilt replica) | Unknown | 058 {{convert|58|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Orient Point Light | Orient | 41|9|48.393|N|72|13|25.014|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1899 | 1958 | Active | Optic | 064 {{convert|64|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light | Oswego | 43.47332|N|76.51682|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1934 (Current) | 1968 | Active | Optic | 057 {{convert|57|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Plum Island Light | Southold (Plum Island) | 41|10|25.20|N|72|12|41.47|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1827 (Former) 1870 (Current) | 1978 | Active (metal tower) | Unknown | 050 {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Point Aux Roches Light | Champlain (Lake Champlain) | 44|47|58|N|73|21|38|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1859 | 1933 | 1989 | None | 059 {{convert|59|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Prince's Bay Light | New York City (Staten Island) | 40|30|27.7|N|74|12|48.3|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 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|N|72|2|49.2|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1879 | 1978 | Active | Unknown | 067 {{convert|67|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Rock Island Light | Saint Lawrence River | 44|16|50|N|76|1|1|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1848 (Former) 1882 (Current) | Never | 1956 | None | 050 {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Rondout Light | Kingston | 41|55|15|N|73|57|45|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1838 (Former) 1915 (Current) | 1954 | Active | 250mm | 054 {{convert|54|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Sands Point Light | North Hempstead | 40|51|57.2|N|73|43|46.2|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1809 | Never | 1922 | None | 065 {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Saugerties Light | Saugerties | 42|4|19.53|N|73|55|46.72|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1835 (Former) 1867 (Current) | 1954 | Active (Inactive: 1954-1990) | Unknown | 042 {{convert|42|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Selkirk Light | Pulaski | 43|34|24|N|76|12|06|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1838 | 1989 (Relit) | Active (Inactive: 1859-1989) | 190mm | 050 {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Shinnecock Light | Southampton (Shinnecock Bay) | 40|51|2|N|72|30|15|W|display=inline}} | 1858 | Never | 1931 (Demolished in 1948) | None | 168 {{convert|168|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Sodus Outer Light | Sodus | 43|16|38.3|N|76|58|26.4|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1858 (Former) 1938 (Current) | 1980 | Active | Unknown | 051 {{convert|51|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Sodus Point Light | Sodus (Sodus Point) | 43|16|25.7|N|76|59|10.2|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1825 (Former) 1871 (Current) | Never | 1901 | None | 070 {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
South Buffalo North Side Light | Dunkirk | 42|50|7|N|78|52|3|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1903 | 1960 | 1985 | None | Unknown |
Staten Island Light | New York City (Staten Island) | 40|34|33.8|N|74|08|28.5|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}}[3] | 1912 | 1921 | Active | Unknown | 231 {{convert|231|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Statue of Liberty | New York City (Liberty Island) | 40|41|21|N|74|2|40|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark_scale:5000|display=inline}} | 1886 | — | 1902[4] (As a lighthouse) | — | 305 {{convert|305|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Stepping Stones Light | Long Island Sound | 40|49|27.6|N|73|46|29.1|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1877 | 1964 | Active | 300mm | 046 {{convert|46|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Stony Point (Henderson) Light | Henderson | 43|50|22|N|76|17|54|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1839 (Former) 1869 (Current) | 1947 | 1959 | None | 058 {{convert|58|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Stony Point Light | Stony Point | 41|14|29|N|73|58|20|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1826 | 1995 (Relit) | Active (Inactive: 1925-1995) | Fourth-order Fresnel | 058 {{convert|58|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Stuyvesant Light | Stuyvesant | 42|24|42|N|73|46|42|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1829 (Former) 1868 (Current) | Never | 1933 | None | 042 {{convert|42|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Sunken Rock Light | Saint Lawrence River (Bush Island) | 44|20|44|N|75|54|55|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1847 (Former) 1882 (Current) | 1958 | Active | Unknown | Unknown |
Tarrytown Light | Sleepy Hollow | 41|5|2.6|N|73|52|27.3|W|display=inline}} | 1883 | Never | 1961 | Fourth-order Fresnel (Replica) | 056 {{convert|56|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Thirty Mile Point Light | Somerset | 43|22|30|N|78|29|11|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1876 | 1958 | Active | 300mm | 071 {{convert|71|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Throgs Neck Light | New York City The Bronx | 40|48|16|N|73|47|26|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1826 (The last L.H. was built in 1906) | Never | 1934 | None | Unknown |
Tibbetts Point Light | Cape Vincent | 44|6|00|N|76|22|12|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1827 (Former) 1854 (Current) | 1970 | Active | Fourth-order Fresnel | 069 {{convert|69|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
West Point Light | West Point | 41|23|45|N|73|57|3|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1853 | Never | 1946 | None | 040 {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
West Bank Light | Lower New York Bay | 40|32|16.8|N|74|02|34.1|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1901 | 1980 | Active | 300mm | 069 {{convert|69|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Whitestone Point Light | New York City Queens | 40|48|06|N|73|49|10|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}} | 1889 | Unknown | Active | Unknown | 056 {{convert|56|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
1. ^{{cite book|title=Lighthouses of the Great Lakes|url=https://books.google.com/?id=zIWlTXcK2LoC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=%22Horse+Island+Light%22#v=onepage&q=%22Horse%20Island%20Light%22&f=false|author1=Daniel E. Dempster|author2=Todd R. Berge|page=146|isbn=9781610604376|year=2002}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/d1/antNewYork/lighthouses/StatenIsland.asp |title=Staten Island Lighthouse |publisher=US Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, NY |accessdate=2009-07-13}}
4. ^{{cite book|title=The Statue of Liberty Encyclopedia|author=Barry Moreno|publisher=Simon & Schuster|ISBN=978-0-7385-3689-7|year=2000|page=41}}
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