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Throggs Neck Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a neighborhood and peninsula in the south-eastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the East River and Long Island Sound to the south and east, Westchester Creek o ...

the Bronx The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...

, New York, was a wooden

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

that was replaced by an iron skeletal tower that is still there. The lighthouse protects ships in the

Long Island Sound Long Island Sound is a sound (geography), marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies predominantly between the U.S. state of Connecticut to the north and Long Island in New York (state), New York to the south. From west to east, ...

from running up against the rocks. The lighthouse is located on the northeasterly side of

Fort Schuyler Fort Schuyler is a preserved 19th century fortification in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of the Bronx. It houses a museum, the Stephen B. Luce Library, and the Marine Transportation Department and Administrative offices ...

, southeasterly end of

Throgs Neck Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a neighborhood and peninsula in the south-eastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the East River and Long Island Sound to the south and east, Westchester Creek o ...

and on the northerly side of the entrance from

into the

East River The East River is a saltwater Estuary, tidal estuary or strait in New York City. The waterway, which is not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island, ...

. * Tower Shape / Markings / Pattern: White, square, pyramidal, * skeleton iron tower; lantern, black (1890); Red brick cylindrical tower (1906) * Height: (1890); (1906)

Chronology

* Original wooden lighthouse established in 1827. It was torn down during the construction of the fort. * A new wooden tower replaced the original lighthouse in 1835. It remained in service until 1890. * Replaced by a skeletal tower in 1890. * An oil house was built in 1896. * Skeletal tower replaced in 1906 with a 35-foot red brick tower. Its location was southwest of the old light. * Light discontinued in 1934 and replaced by a small skeleton tower surmounted with a small signal lamp.

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Throgs Neck Lighthouse
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- at the National Lighthouse Museum * Lighthouses completed in 1827 Lighthouses completed in 1835 Lighthouses completed in 1890 Lighthouses completed in 1906 Lighthouses in New York City 1827 establishments in New York (state) Transportation buildings and structures in the Bronx Throggs Neck, Bronx Government buildings in the Bronx {{NewYork-struct-stub