The East River and Long Island Sound Lighthouse BOAT Tour....presented by the National Lighthouse Museum Staten Island, NY

Sunday, July 9, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Many of NYC’s most fascinating and noteworthy historical sights are highlighted on this unforgettable journey up the East River and Long Island Sound.

As we pass ROBBINS REEF Lighthouse, aka “Kate’s Light” we recount the compelling story of the legendary Keeper, Kate Walker.

Across the harbor on the Brooklyn side we see the docks of Red Hook, subject of the famous movie about racketeering and corruption that afflicted the lives of Red Hook’s LongShoremen: “On the Waterfront”, the Atlantic Basin, Governor’s Island, notable vessels at the South Street Seaport such as the AMBROSE LIGHTSHIP and the Waverley, the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, DUMBO, the Williamsburg Bridge, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Corlears Hook, once a dangerous and sordid hotbed of criminal East River Maritime life.

Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Long Island City, ROOSEVELT ISLAND and its NEWLY RESTORED LIGHTHOUSE, Hell Gate, the Hell Gate Bridge and RFK (Triborough Bridge), Wards and Randalls Island, Astoria, North and South Brothers Island, Rikers Island, the giant Vernon C. Bain Prison Ship.

LaGuardia Airport, the Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges, College Point, Fort Schuyler and SUNY Maritime College, the US Merchant Marine Academy, the Throgs Neck, STEPPING STONES and EXECUTION ROCKS LIGHTHOUSES, Hart and City Islands, New Rochelle, Glen Island, David’s Island where Fort Slocum, once stood, and the legendary North shore “Gold Coast” with a stunning array of 1920’s mansions that today, comprise the Sands Point Preserve, immortalized by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Great Gatsby. Near to the Sands Point Preserve stands the stalwart 1809 SANDS POINT LIGHTHOUSE, the third oldest lighthouse on Long Island.

LIGHTHOUSE PASSPORTS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE...LIGHTHOUSE STAMPS        AVAILABLE

For info/reservations:
info@lighthhousemuseum.org 
718 390 0040                                     
Call for parking information....Coming from the FREE Staten Island Ferry....           bear right to the nearest boat landing...foot of Bank Street 

*COMBO Ticket Available: $75 for adults/$50 for children.

Includes BOAT TOUR, NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM ADMISSION and SI FERRY HAWKS 4:00 pm BASEBALL GAME.  Baseball field steps away from the boat landing.