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Managing Organization:
City of New York Parks & Recreation
Telephone: 212-304-2365
Website: http://nycparks.completeinet.net/sub_about/parks_divisions/historic_houses/hh_little_red_light.html
Contact Address Information:
c/o Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
4881 Broadway
New York
New York, 10034, United States
Notes:
This lighthouse was popularized by the children's book "The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge," by Hildegarde H. Swift, published in 1942. The lighthouse originally served as the the Sandy Hook North Beacon at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, from 1880 to 1917. It was moved to Jeffrey's Hook in 1921. The light was relit as a private aid to navigation on September 19, 2002.
Description of Tower: Red, conical cast iron tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1921
Date Present Tower Built: 1880
Tower Moved?
1921
Date Deactivated: 1947-2002
Optics: 300 mm
Current Use: Attraction in city park, private aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Yes.
Museum?
Scheduled tours are offered from spring through fall by the New York City Urban Park Rangers. For tour information, call (212) 304-2365.
Directions:
From Lafayette Place at W. 181st Street, take steps, footpath and footbridge over the highway, down to the park and south to the lighthouse.
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