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Blackwell Island Light

Manhattan, US

Blackwell Island Light

Blackwell Island Lighthouse (now Roosevelt Island Lighthouse, also formerly Welfare Island Lighthouse) is a stone lighthouse built by the government of New York City in 1872. It is within Lighthouse Park at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island in the East River. It was named to the National Register

of Historic Places on March 16, 1972 and was designated a New York City Landmark on March 23, 1976.

Listen to the audio guide for Blackwell Island Light Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off

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