Coney Island Light Station
Address:
Beach 46th Street
Sea Gate
Brooklyn
Category: Lighthouses
Active aid to navigation.
Location: Covers the Main Channel from Norton's Point in Sea Gate on the western edge of Coney island.
Built: 1890
Owner: The Coast Guard has leased the light to the Seagate Association, and there are plans to offer public tours.
Description: The skeletal light covering the Main Channel stands 75 feet tall and its red flashing beacon can be seen for 14 miles was established in 1890 on a spit of land in what is today the gated community of Sea Gate. The keeper’s cottage was home to the last civilian keeper, Frank Schubert, who joined the Lighthouse Service in 1937 and administered Coney Island light from 1960 to when he passed in 2003.
