Prince's Bay Lighthouse
Address:
Mount Loretto Unique Area
Hylan Blvd.
Staten Island
718-482-4953
Category: Lighthouses
Location: Bluffs of Mount Loretto overlooking Princes Bay.
Built: 1828
Owner: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Description: A brownstone keeper’s house and attached tower built on the high bluffs in 1828, serving the oystermen of Prince’s Bay to 1922. For many years, Mt. Lorretto orphanage owned the property and a statue of the Virgin Mary stood in the tower, in place of a light. Since 1999, the land is now a natural preserve.
