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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
This lighthouse originally served as a front range light; the skeletal Waackaack tower in Keansburg, NJ, served as the rear range light.
Height of Focal Plane: 51
Description of Tower: Conical, cast iron "spark plug" type tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1893
Date Present Tower Built: 1893
Date Automated: 1955
Optics: 1893: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now 250 mm.
Fog Signal: Formerly air siren.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
This lighthouse is located offshore of the Gateway National Recreation Area's Great Kills Park. Enter the park through the large parking area to the first Beachhouse Parking Lot. The lighthouse can be seen with binoculars about three miles to the southeast.
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