WayfarrowPrinces Bay Light
Lighthouse · Richmond County, New York
Princes Bay Light is a lighthouse in Richmond County, New York. New York has 84 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 8 of them in Richmond County.
It was built in 1864, in the Civil War era, making it the 14th oldest of the 56 in New York with a recorded construction date; it was deactivated in 1922.
Status check, 2026-11: The 1864 brownstone tower replaced the 1828 original. It was deactivated in 1922, and a VRB-25 beacon was added in 2006. It is now the John Cardinal O'Connor Light in the Mount Loretto Unique Area. Sources disagree on whether it is active, and none gave a confirmed tower height. It stands at 40.5077° N, 74.2134° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Deactivated | 1922 |
| Coordinates | 40.50769, -74.21341 |
Nearby places
- Great Beds Lightlighthouse · Middlesex County · 2.6 mi
- Barberghost town · Middlesex County · 2.8 mi
- Old Orchard Shoal Lightlighthouse · Richmond County · 6 mi
- Waackaack Rear Range Lightlighthouse · Monmouth County · 6 mi
- Staten Island Lightlighthouse · Richmond County · 6.1 mi
- New Dorp Lightlighthouse · Richmond County · 7 mi
- Elm Tree Beacon Lightlighthouse · Richmond County · 7.3 mi
- West Bank Lightlighthouse · Richmond County · 9.2 mi
- Conover Beaconlighthouse · Monmouth County · 10.2 mi
- Romer Shoal Lightlighthouse · Monmouth County · 10.5 mi
- Fort Tompkins Lightlighthouse · Richmond County · 10.8 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Lightlighthouse · Richmond County · 10.8 mi
Questions
Where is Princes Bay Light?
Princes Bay Light is in Richmond County, New York, at 40.5077, -74.2134.
How many lighthouses are in Richmond County?
Richmond County, New York has 8 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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