Elm Tree Beacon Light, New York City

Name: Elm Tree Beacon Light
Address: New York City, United States

#1796 among attractions in New York City

Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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Elm Tree Beacon Light served as the front range with New Dorp Light as the rear to mark Swash Channel. The channel is now marked by Staten Island Light and West Bank Light. ()

Coordinates: 40°33'50"N, 74°5'43"W

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East Shore (New Dorp Beach)New York City United States

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Elm Tree Beacon Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alice Austen House, Battery Weed, Clove Lakes Park, Moravian Cemetery.

3.9 miNE
Museum, Art museum, History museum
Alice Austen House, New York City
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3.6 miNE
Forts and castles, Historical place
Battery Weed, New York City
92 min walk • Battery Weed is a four-tiered 19th century fortification guarding the Narrows, the main approach from the Atlantic Ocean to New York City.
4 miN
Park
Clove Lakes Park, New York City
101 min walk • Clove Lakes Park is a public park in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City. Clove Lakes Park has a rich natural history with valuable ecological assets and a few remnants of the past.
1.8 miNW
Cemetery
Moravian Cemetery, New York City
45 min walk • The Moravian Cemetery is a cemetery in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City.
3.7 miN
Museum, History museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, New York City
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1.5 miNE
Park, Beach
South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk, New York City
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3.8 miNW
Park
Ingram Woods, New York City
97 min walk • Ingram Woods is a 3.7-acre forest preserve in the Westerleigh neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, bound by Warwick Avenue, Purdy Avenue, Ingram Avenue, and Gannon Avenue North.
3.2 miNE
Lighthouse
Fort Wadsworth Light, New York City
83 min walk • Fort Wadsworth Light is a 1903 lighthouse built atop Battery Weed on Staten Island in New York Harbor. The light illuminates the Narrows, the entrance to the harbor. It is located under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
1.8 miSW
Park
Great Kills Park, New York City
45 min walk • Great Kills Park is a public park in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City. Originally named Marine Park, it is a part of the Staten Island unit of Gateway National Recreation Area.
3.9 miNE
Museum, History museum
Historic House Trust, New York City
100 min walk • The Historic House Trust of New York City was formed in 1989 as a public-private partnership with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to preserve the historic houses located within New York City parks, although most of the houses were not originally city-owned.
3.2 miNE
Park, Forts and castles
Fort Wadsworth, New York City
83 min walk • Fort Wadsworth is a former United States military installation on Staten Island in New York City, situated on The Narrows which divide New York Bay into Upper and Lower halves, a natural point for defense of the Upper Bay and Manhattan beyond.