Staten Island Range Lighthouse

Year Built

1912

Cost

$74,000

Type

Octagonal

Height

90 feet

Location

New York City

Automated Year

N/A

First Lit

1912

Lens Type

Second Order Fresnel lens

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

White

Last Keeper - Date

Vernon M. Ball (at least 1919 – at least 1920)

Description

The lighthouse is not open to the public.

Brief History

•  In June 1906, Congress authorized the establishment of Staten Island Lighthouse and the raising of West Bank Lighthouse at a cost not to exceed $100,000.
•  Plans and specifications for the nearby keeper’s dwelling were drawn up in 1910, and by July 1911, twenty-five percent of the residence was finished.
•  In 1992, after a series of Coast Guard budget cuts, Joe Esposito asked the Coast Guard about the possibility of becoming caretaker of the light.
•  In 2001, after nine years at the unpaid volunteer position, the then sixty-two-year-old Esposito was forced to step down due to medical problems.
•  In 2019, the Coast Guard granted stewardship responsibilities for Staten Island Rear Range Lighthouse to the National Lighthouse Museum.