West Bank Light, officially West Bank Front Range Light, is a lighthouse in

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, within

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, and acts as the front range light for the Ambrose Channel. It is currently active and not open to the public. The tower was built in 1901 and heightened in 1908. Staten Island Light serves as the rear range light. On May 29, 2007, the Secretary of the Interior identified West Bank Light, offshore in Ambrose Channel–Lower New York Bay, as surplus under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. The property was described as tall with two floors, a keeper's dwelling, and located on of underwater area. The keeper's dwelling, located on the second story (about five standard stories above the ground), was . It could be seen as far as the

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, as well as from

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.Available properties through the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Program for 2007
/ref> No group was identified as willing and able to preserve the West Bank Light, and on June 5, 2008, the

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placed the light up for sale via auction with an initial bid was $10,000. The auction ended on August 27, 2008 at a final bid of $245,000.GSA listing (1-PR-08-004) for West Bank Light
/ref> The sale did not close, and the light was auctioned a second time in September 2010, selling for $195,000 to Sheridan Reilly.

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Lighthouse Friends site

* {{authority control Lighthouses completed in 1901 Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City National Register of Historic Places in Staten Island Lighthouses in Staten Island 1901 establishments in New York City