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North Brother Island
State: NY
Year established: 1869
Latitude: 40 deg 47
min 57 sec N
Longitude: 73 deg 53
min 58 sec W
Height above sea level: 50 feet Original construction:
octagonal wooden tower attached to dwelling
Status:
discontinued in 1953, tower removed and station abandoned, keepers house is deteriorating
More information:
http://www.lighthousemuseum.org/nylights/nbrother.htm
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 209-213

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