Jeffrey's Hook "Little Red" Lighthouse
Address:
Fort Washington Park
West 181st Street
Manhattan
Category: Lighthouses
Urban Rangers conduct periodic tours and host an annual festival.
Location: On an outcropping of rocks called Jeffrey’s Hook just under the George Washington Bridge.
Built: 1889
Owner: NYC Parks & Recreation
Description: America's most beloved lighthouse. Deactivated in 1947, the small cast iron sentinel was slated for demolition. It was rescued by a children’s book, “The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge” by Hildegarde H. Swift, which is about being small in a big world, which inspired community action and preservation. The light was re-lit in 2002.
