Little Red Lighthouse - Under The George Washington Bridge NYC

Entrance into the interior of the lighthouse is only available during special insider tours. On this special occasion hosted by Untapped NY, I was able to climb to the top and gain access to the porch that surrounds the lighthouse.
The Little Red Lighthouse, officially Jeffrey's Hook Light, is a small lighthouse located in Fort Washington Park along the Hudson River in Manhattan, New York City, under the George Washington Bridge. It was made notable by the 1942 children's book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Swift, illustrated by Lynd Ward. The lighthouse stands on Jeffrey's Hook, a small point of land that supports the base of the eastern pier of the bridge, which connects Washington Heights, Manhattan, to Fort Lee, New Jersey.
The current structure was built as the North Hook Beacon at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, where it stood until 1917, when it became obsolete. It was reconstructed at its current location in 1921 by the United States Lighthouse Establishment as part of a project to improve Hudson River navigational aids, and originally had a battery-powered lamp and a fog bell. It was operated by a part-time lighthouse keeper.
Public access to the lighthouse is by the Hudson River Greenway, reachable north of the George Washington Bridge by a footbridge across the Henry Hudson Parkway at West 182nd Street and Riverside Drive, and south of the bridge by a footbridge at West 158th Street. The northern path is very steep immediately north of the bridge, while the southern path is flat. Tours of the lighthouse are given on an infrequent basis, arranged by the Parks Department's Urban Park Rangers, especially on the Little Red Lighthouse Festival day in late-September and Open House New York day in October

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My father brought me there when I was a wee lad

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Great memories!
Fun Fact this light house and its location was the inspiration for this children's story book (The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, Lynd Ward).
Thanks for watching.

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@@NYCTraveler that was the children's book that my mother read to me. Crazy to think how much time has passed. I had an obsession with that lighthouse, WTC and Chrysler Building. My father also used to bring me to the observation deck on the south tower. Such fond memories, thank you for the post.

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@@seizuresalad91 So happy that the video brought back such fond memories. Yes I know the feeling of time passage. For that reason I sought out to document things around NYC for me and my children as well as the world. Thanks again for watching this video and the kind words. Be well.
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