Staten Island Light

About

The Staten Island Range Light, also known as the Ambrose Channel Range Light, is a lighthouse on Richmond Hill (Lighthouse Hill) in Staten Island, New York, United States. It is the rear range light companion to the West Bank Lighthouse. Built in 1912, the 90-foot tower sits more than five miles northwest of the West Bank Lighthouse, 141 feet above sea level. It shows a fixed white light that can be seen for 18 miles, by all vessels bound to the Port of New York and New Jersey coming in from the Atlantic Ocean (on range only).

The original hardware, including the second magnitude Fresnel lens and glass reflector, remain in place. However, the original mineral oil-burning lamp has since been replaced with a 1000 watt General Electric-manufactured Airway Signal incandescent lamp, with the backup light, which automatically turns on in the event of primary lamp failure, being the same. Many lighthouses have transitioned to LED systems, but this legacy equipment remains in use at this light.