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Little Red Lighthouse

The Little Red Lighthouse, officially Jeffrey's Hook Light, is a small lighthouse located in Fort Washington Park along the in , , under the .
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Jeffrey’s Hook Light” and “Jeffries Hook Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include George Washington Bridge and Bennett Park.

Bridge
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The is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the , connecting in , with the neighborhood of , New York City. is situated 1,800 feet west of Little Red Lighthouse.

Park
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, also known as James Gordon , is a 1.8-acre public park in , named for James Gordon Bennett, Sr., the newspaper publisher who launched the New York Herald in 1835.

Park
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is a park of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation which is located between Fort Washington and Haven Avenue, and between West 173rd and 176th Streets in the neighborhood of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Washington Heights and Fort Lee.

Quarter
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of in . It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.

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is a city in . This town is comprised of a large residential community that includes natives, transplants from New York, and immigrants, especially from .

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the central-west section of , . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, to the south, and the to the west.

Little Red Lighthouse

Latitude
40.85026° or 40° 51′ 1″ north
Longitude
-73.94696° or 73° 56′ 49″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Inception
1921
Height
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
87G8V323+46
Open­Street­Map ID
way 397678729
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
6353132
Wiki­data ID
Q3739789
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Little Red Lighthouse” goes by many names.

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