Coney Island Light

Coney Island Light

Seen in 2008
Location	Sea Gate, Brooklyn, New York City
Coordinates	40°34′36″N 74°00′42″W
Tower
Constructed	1890
Foundation	Steel Pile
Construction	Steel
Automated	1989
Height	23 m (75 ft)
Shape	Square
Markings	Skeletal White Tower w/ black trim
Light
First lit	1920
Focal height	75 feet (23 m)
Lens	Fourth Order fresnel lens
Range	16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)
Characteristic	Flashing Red 5 seconds

Coney Island Light (also Nortons Point Light) is a lighthouse located in Sea Gate, on the west end of Coney Island, Brooklyn, in New York City, east of New York Harbor's main channel.

The lighthouse was first established in 1890. The current tower was first lit in 1920 and is still operational. It was automated in 1989. The foundation material is steel pile and the lighthouse is made out of steel. It is a skeletal white tower with black trim. The original lens was a fourth order Fresnel lens put up in 1890. The most recent resident keeper was Frank Schubert (1915–2003). Schubert was the last civilian lighthouse keeper in the United States. He worked for the United States Coast Guard since 1939, serving at Coney Island since 1960.

The Long Island chapter of Sons of the American Revolution has published a history of the light.

External links

• Coney Island Lighthouse web site
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
• Coney Island Lighthouse Friends
• Coney Island July 2012