List of lighthouses in New York

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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 2017-05-01.

Name	Image	Location	Coordinates	Year first lit	Automated	Year deactivated	Current Lens	Focal Height
Ambrose Light		Lower New York Bay	40°27′00″N 73°48′00″W / 40.45000°N 73.80000°W / 40.45000; -73.80000	1967 (First) 1999 (Last)	1988	1999 (First) 2008 (Last)	None	076 76 ft (23 m)
Barber's Point Light		Westport (Lake Champlain)	44°09′15″N 73°24′16″W / 44.1543°N 73.4045°W / 44.1543; -73.4045	1873	Never	1935 (Now a private house)	None	036 36 ft (11 m)
Barcelona Light		Westfield	42°20′27″N 79°35′42″W / 42.34083°N 79.59500°W / 42.34083; -79.59500	1829	Never	1859	None	040 40 ft (12 m)
Blackwell Island Light		New York City (Roosevelt Island)	40°46′22″N 73°56′24.6″W / 40.77278°N 73.940167°W / 40.77278; -73.940167	1872	Never	1940	None	050 50 ft (15 m)
Bluff Point Light		Valcour Island (Lake Champlain)	44°37′22″N 73°25′52″W / 44.62282°N 73.43116°W / 44.62282; -73.43116	1874	1930	Active (Inactive: 1930–2004)	300mm	095 95 ft (29 m)
Braddock Point Light		Braddock Bay	43°20′28″N 77°45′45″W / 43.34111°N 77.76250°W / 43.34111; -77.76250	1896	Never	1954 (Now a private house)	None	055 55 ft (17 m)
Buffalo Main Light		Buffalo (Buffalo River)	42°52′49″N 78°53′45″W / 42.88028°N 78.89583°W / 42.88028; -78.89583	1833	Never	1914	None	060 60 ft (18 m)
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 / 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	029 29 ft (8.8 m)
Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light		Buffalo	42°52′49″N 78°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″N 76°19′56″W / 44.11944°N 76.33222°W / 44.11944; -76.33222	1904	Never	1951	None	025 25 ft (7.6 m)
Cedar Island Light		East Hampton (Cedar Point County Park)	41°2′26.9″N 72°15′39.5″W / 41.040806°N 72.260972°W / 41.040806; -72.260972	1839 (Former) 1868 (Current)	Never	1934	None	057 57 ft (17 m)
Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse		Rochester	43°15′10″N 77°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″N 73°30′35.5″W / 40.907222°N 73.509861°W / 40.907222; -73.509861 (Preserved light) 40°54′51.0″N 73°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″N 74°00′42″W / 40.57667°N 74.01167°W / 40.57667; -74.01167	1890 (Former) 1920 (Current)	1989	Active	Unknown	075 75 ft (23 m)
Coxsackie Light		Coxsackie, New York (Hudson River)	42°22′47″N 73°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″N 75°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″N 73°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″N 73°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″N 79°21′14″W / 42.49389°N 79.35389°W / 42.49389; -79.35389	1826 (Former) 1875 (Current)	1960	Active	Third-order Fresnel	082 61 ft (19 m)
East Charity Shoal Light		Lake Ontario (Border light)	44°2′12″N 76°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	052 52 ft (16 m)
Eatons Neck Light		Eatons Neck	40°57′14.5″N 73°23′42.5″W / 40.954028°N 73.395139°W / 40.954028; -73.395139	1799	1969	Active	Third-order Fresnel	126 126 ft (38 m)
Elm Tree Beacon Light		New York City (Staten Island)	40°33′50″N 74°5′43″W / 40.56389°N 74.09528°W / 40.56389; -74.09528	1856 (Former) 1939 (Current)	1939	1964	None	062 62 ft (19 m) (Original)
Esopus Meadows Light		Esopus (Hudson River)	41°52′6.2″N 73°56′29.8″W / 41.868389°N 73.941611°W / 41.868389; -73.941611	1839 (Former) 1872 (Current)	1965	Active (Inactive: 1965–2003)	Unknown	052 52 ft (16 m)
Execution Rocks Light		Long Island Sound	40°52′41.3″N 73°44′16.3″W / 40.878139°N 73.737861°W / 40.878139; -73.737861	1850	1979	Active	APRB-251	062 62 ft (19 m)
Fire Island Light		Fire Island (Long Island)	40°37′56.8″N 73°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	168 168 ft (51 m)
Fort Niagara Light		Porter (Fort Niagara State Park)	43°15′42″N 79°3′48″W / 43.26167°N 79.06333°W / 43.26167; -79.06333	1782 (Former) 1872 (Current)	Never	1993	None	091 91 ft (28 m)
Fort Tompkins Light		New York City (Staten Island)	40°36′21″N 74°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″N 74°3′14″W / 40.60583°N 74.05389°W / 40.60583; -74.05389	1903	2005 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1965–2005)	Unknown	075 75 ft (23 m)
Frenchman Island Light		Oneida Lake	43°13′06″N 76°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″N 76°26′42″W / 43.88833°N 76.44500°W / 43.88833; -76.44500	1820 (Former) 1867 (Current)	1963	Active	190mm	058 58 ft (18 m)
Horse Island Light		Hounsfield (Sackets Harbor)	43°56′35″N 76°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″N 72°26′44.77″W / 41.0851417°N 72.4457694°W / 41.0851417; -72.4457694	1857	1933 (Inactive: 1933–1990)	Active	VRB-25	103 103 ft (31 m)
Hudson–Athens Lighthouse		Hudson River	42°15′7″N 73°48′31″W / 42.25194°N 73.80861°W / 42.25194; -73.80861	1874	1949	Active	300mm	046 46 ft (14 m)
Huntington Harbor Light		Huntington	40°54′38.6″N 73°25′52.7″W / 40.910722°N 73.431306°W / 40.910722; -73.431306	1857 (Former) 1912 (Current)	1949	Active	300mm	041 41 ft (12 m)
Latimer Reef Light		Southold (Fishers Island)	41°18′16.227″N 72°55′59.937″W / 41.30450750°N 72.93331583°W / 41.30450750; -72.93331583	1884	1954	Active	300mm	055 55 ft (17 m)
Little Gull Island Light		Long Island Sound (Little Gull Island)	41°12′23″N 72°06′25″W / 41.20639°N 72.10694°W / 41.20639; -72.10694	1806 (Former) 1869 (Current)	1978	Active	Unknown	091 91 ft (28 m)
Little Red Lighthouse Jeffrey's Hook Light		New York City (Manhattan)	40°51′1″N 73°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″N 71°51′26″W / 41.07099°N 71.85709°W / 41.07099; -71.85709	1797	1987	Active	VRB-25	168 168 ft (51 m)
New Dorp Light		New York City (Staten Island)	40°34′51″N 74°7′12″W / 40.58083°N 74.12000°W / 40.58083; -74.12000	1856	Never	1964 (Now a private house)	None	190 190 ft (58 m)
North Brother Island Light		New York City The Bronx	40°47′57.3″N 73°53′58.5″W / 40.799250°N 73.899583°W / 40.799250; -73.899583	1869	Never	1953 (Now Ruins)	None	050 50 ft (15 m)
North Dumpling Light		Long Island Sound (Near Fishers Island)	41°17′17″N 72°1′10″W / 41.28806°N 72.01944°W / 41.28806; -72.01944	1849	1959	Active	300mm	060 60 ft (18 m)
Oak Orchard Light		Oak Orchard Creek	43°22′16″N 78°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″N 75°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″N 78°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″N 73°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	074 74 ft (23 m)
Old Orchard Shoal Light		Lower New York Bay	40°30′44.272″N 74°5′55.369″W / 40.51229778°N 74.09871361°W / 40.51229778; -74.09871361	1893	1955	2012 (Destroyed by Sandy)	None	051 51 ft (16 m)
Orient Long Beach Bar Light		Orient	41°6′32″N 72°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	058 58 ft (18 m)
Orient Point Light		Orient	41°9′48.393″N 72°13′25.014″W / 41.16344250°N 72.22361500°W / 41.16344250; -72.22361500	1899	1958	Active	Optic	064 64 ft (20 m)
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light		Oswego	43°28′24″N 76°31′01″W / 43.47332°N 76.51682°W / 43.47332; -76.51682	1934 (Current)	1968	Active	Optic	057 57 ft (17 m)
Plum Island Light		Southold (Plum Island)	41°10′25.20″N 72°12′41.47″W / 41.1736667°N 72.2115194°W / 41.1736667; -72.2115194	1827 (Former) 1870 (Current)	1978	Active (metal tower)	Unknown	050 50 ft (15 m)
Point Aux Roches Light		Champlain (Lake Champlain)	44°47′58″N 73°21′38″W / 44.79944°N 73.36056°W / 44.79944; -73.36056	1859	1933	1989	None	059 59 ft (18 m)
Prince's Bay Light		New York City (Staten Island)	40°30′27.7″N 74°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″N 72°2′49.2″W / 41.243500°N 72.047000°W / 41.243500; -72.047000	1879	1978	Active	Unknown	067 67 ft (20 m)
Rock Island Light		Saint Lawrence River	44°16′50″N 76°1′1″W / 44.28056°N 76.01694°W / 44.28056; -76.01694	1848 (Former) 1882 (Current)	Never	1956	None	050 50 ft (15 m)
Rondout Light		Kingston	41°55′15″N 73°57′45″W / 41.92083°N 73.96250°W / 41.92083; -73.96250	1838 (Former) 1915 (Current)	1954	Active	250mm	054 54 ft (16 m)
Sands Point Light		North Hempstead	40°51′57.2″N 73°43′46.2″W / 40.865889°N 73.729500°W / 40.865889; -73.729500	1809	Never	1922	None	065 65 ft (20 m)
Saugerties Light		Saugerties	42°4′19.53″N 73°55′46.72″W / 42.0720917°N 73.9296444°W / 42.0720917; -73.9296444	1835 (Former) 1867 (Current)	1954	Active (Inactive: 1954–1990)	Unknown	042 42 ft (13 m)
Selkirk Light		Pulaski	43°34′24″N 76°12′06″W / 43.57333°N 76.20167°W / 43.57333; -76.20167	1838	1989 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1859–1989)	190mm	050 50 ft (15 m)
Shinnecock Light		Southampton (Shinnecock Bay)	40°51′2″N 72°30′15″W / 40.85056°N 72.50417°W / 40.85056; -72.50417	1858	Never	1931 (Demolished in 1948)	None	168 168 ft (51 m)
Sodus Outer Light		Sodus	43°16′38.3″N 76°58′26.4″W / 43.277306°N 76.974000°W / 43.277306; -76.974000	1858 (Former) 1938 (Current)	1980	Active	Unknown	051 51 ft (16 m)
Sodus Point Light		Sodus (Sodus Point)	43°16′25.7″N 76°59′10.2″W / 43.273806°N 76.986167°W / 43.273806; -76.986167	1825 (Former) 1871 (Current)	Never	1901	None	070 70 ft (21 m)
South Buffalo North Side Light		Dunkirk	42°50′7″N 78°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″N 74°08′28.5″W / 40.576056°N 74.141250°W / 40.576056; -74.141250[3]	1912	1921	Active	Unknown	231 231 ft (70 m)
Statue of Liberty		New York City (Liberty Island)	40°41′21″N 74°2′40″W / 40.68917°N 74.04444°W / 40.68917; -74.04444	1886	—	1902[4] (As a lighthouse)	—	305 305 ft (93 m)
Stepping Stones Light		Long Island Sound	40°49′27.6″N 73°46′29.1″W / 40.824333°N 73.774750°W / 40.824333; -73.774750	1877	1964	Active	300mm	046 46 ft (14 m)
Stony Point (Henderson) Light		Henderson	43°50′22″N 76°17′54″W / 43.83944°N 76.29833°W / 43.83944; -76.29833	1839 (Former) 1869 (Current)	1947	1959	None	058 58 ft (18 m)
Stony Point Light		Stony Point	41°14′29″N 73°58′20″W / 41.24139°N 73.97222°W / 41.24139; -73.97222	1826	1995 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1925–1995)	Fourth-order Fresnel	058 58 ft (18 m)
Stuyvesant Light		Stuyvesant	42°24′42″N 73°46′42″W / 42.41167°N 73.77833°W / 42.41167; -73.77833	1829 (Former) 1868 (Current)	Never	1933	None	042 42 ft (13 m)
Sunken Rock Light		Saint Lawrence River (Bush Island)	44°20′44″N 75°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″N 73°52′27.3″W / 41.084056°N 73.874250°W / 41.084056; -73.874250	1883	Never	1961	Fourth-order Fresnel (Replica)	056 56 ft (17 m)
Thirty Mile Point Light		Somerset	43°22′30″N 78°29′11″W / 43.37500°N 78.48639°W / 43.37500; -78.48639	1876	1958	Active	300mm	071 71 ft (22 m)
Throgs Neck Light		New York City The Bronx	40°48′16″N 73°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″N 76°22′12″W / 44.10000°N 76.37000°W / 44.10000; -76.37000	1827 (Former) 1854 (Current)	1970	Active	Fourth-order Fresnel	069 69 ft (21 m)
West Point Light		West Point	41°23′45″N 73°57′3″W / 41.39583°N 73.95083°W / 41.39583; -73.95083	1853	Never	1946	None	040 40 ft (12 m)
West Bank Light		Lower New York Bay	40°32′16.8″N 74°02′34.1″W / 40.538000°N 74.042806°W / 40.538000; -74.042806	1901	1980	Active	300mm	069 69 ft (21 m)
Whitestone Point Light		New York City Queens	40°48′06″N 73°49′10″W / 40.80167°N 73.81944°W / 40.80167; -73.81944	1889	Unknown	Active	Unknown	056 56 ft (17 m)