Coney Island Light

Coney Island Light

Norton's Point Light
Location	Sea Gate, Brooklyn, New York City
Coordinates	40°34′36″N 74°00′42″W / 40.57667°N 74.01167°W / 40.57667; -74.01167
Year first constructed	1890
Year first lit	1920
Automated	1989
Foundation	Steel Pile
Construction	Steel
Tower shape	Square
Markings / pattern	Skeletal White Tower w/ black trim
Focal height	75 ft (23 m)
Original lens	Fourth Order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Flashing Red 5 seconds
ARLHS number	USA-187 [1]
USCG number	1-34910 [2]

Coney Island (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.

References

1. ^ ARLHS World List of Lights
2. ^ (PDF) Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. Light List. United States Coast Guard. http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList%20V1.pdf. 

External links

• Coney Island Lighthouse web site
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHNY.asp. 

Further reading