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  • One ShotsYou'd Never Believe You're in NYC

    NEW DORP LIGHT

    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2022 1 comment

    I’m not sure I have ever photographed the New Dorp Lighthouse in Staten Island; things get fuzzy after 23 years and counting of doing Forgotten New York. The lighthouse is…

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    GELLATLY AT SERVICE

    by Kevin Walsh January 30, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh January 30, 2020 0 comment

    In this shot from January 2014, the Peter F. Gellatly tug is at service in Upper New York Bay. The Gellatly was commissioned in 2008 and built by by Thoma-Sea…

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    STEPPING STONES LIGHTHOUSE

    by Kevin Walsh August 29, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh August 29, 2016 0 comment

    Technically in Nassau County, this Victorian-era lighthouse is visibleĀ from the south end of City Island Avenue (officially known as Belden Point), especially from the seagull-frequented deck of Johnny’s Reef Restaurant.…

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    STATEN ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, Lighthouse Hill

    by Kevin Walsh October 20, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh October 20, 2015 2 comments

    Staten Island has several land-anchored active lighthouses (Brooklyn and the Bronx have one apiece). TheĀ Staten Island Lighthouse, built on Edinboro Road in Lighthouse Hill near Richmondtown from 1907-1912 and operating…

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    OLD ORCHARD R.I.P.

    by Kevin Walsh November 9, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh November 9, 2013 1 comment

    Old Orchard Lighthouse, in Raritan Bay off the southeast end of Staten Island, was built in 1893 and automated in 1955. This photo, from September 2012, was one of the…

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    ROAD TO THE LITTLE RED LIGHTHOUSE

    by Kevin Walsh June 20, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh June 20, 2012 18 comments

    In Washington Heights, as part of the George Washington Bridge ramp system, Riverside Drive and Henry Hudson Parkway intertwine and become one. Sounds romantic, no? Anything but. Both roads run…

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    MIND THE LIGHT, KATE

    by Kevin Walsh September 20, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh September 20, 2011 10 comments

    The Robbins Reef Lighthouse, familiar to Staten Island Ferry riders as it sits at the confluence of Upper New York Bay and the Kill Van Kull, was originally built in…

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