Throgs Neck Light
Throgs Neck Light in Throggs Neck, the Bronx, New York, was a wooden lighthouse that was replaced by an iron skeletal tower that is still there. The lighthouse protects ships in the Long Island Sound from running up against the rocks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: lighthouse in New York, United States
- Also known as: “Throg’s Neck Lighthouse” and “Throgs Neck Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Throgs Neck Bridge and State University of New York Maritime College.
Throgs Neck Bridge
Bridge
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The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 295 over the East River where it meets the Long Island Sound. Throgs Neck Bridge is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Throgs Neck Light.
State University of New York Maritime College
University
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The State University of New York Maritime College is a public maritime college in the Bronx, New York City. It is part of the State University of New York system. State University of New York Maritime College is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Throgs Neck Light.
Reinhart Field
Pitch
Photo: Roy Saplin, CC BY 2.0.
The Reinhart Field is a 1,500 seat, expandable to 3,500 seat, multipurpose facility in Bronx, New York within the campus of SUNY Maritime College. Named after SUNY Maritime Athletic Director, Professor Roger Reinhart, the stadium is home to the Maritime College Privateers soccer, football, and lacrosse teams. Reinhart Field is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Throgs Neck Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silver Beach and Locust Point.
Silver Beach
Neighborhood
Throggs Neck is a neighborhood and peninsula in the south-eastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the East River and Long Island Sound to the south and east, Westchester Creek on the west, and Baisley Avenue and the Bruckner Expressway on the north.
Locust Point
Neighborhood
Locust Point is a small, peninsular neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is bounded by Harding Avenue on the north, the Throgs Neck Bridge to the east, and Eastchester Bay.
Beechhurst
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Beechhurst is a neighborhood in the northeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is northeast of Whitestone, bordered by the East River to the north, the Cross Island Parkway to the south, and the approaches to the Throgs Neck and Whitestone bridges to the east and west, respectively.
Throgs Neck Light
- Category: lighthouse
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Throgs Neck Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Throgs Neck”
- French: “Phare de Throgs Neck”
- Japanese: “スロッグス・ネック灯台”
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