Here’s a view not many get get to see from the top of Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
It takes climbing 64 rickety wooden steps to get to the 50-foot-high view today at the top of the Blackwell Island Light aka the Lighthouse. @RIOCny Parks and Recreation crews still change the lighthouse’s bulb periodically. pic.twitter.com/Hs6qYNNkelRIOC NYS (@RIOCny) April 27, 2018
and gorgeous views of the Lighthouse at night
2018-04-03, 22:25 (UTC -04:00)Livier I Gonzalez Cordero (@livier_i) April 4, 2018
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and sunset.
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse, New York City #lighthouses pic.twitter.com/52K6ljdF7gMike Pancier Photo (@MAP_Photography) March 25, 2018
Also, a brief history of the Lighthouse from the Roosevelt Island Historical Society ( RIHS ):
… This small lighthouse stands at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island on a projection of land which was at one time a tine separate island connect connected to the main one by a wooden bridge. Local legend maintains that during the 19th century a patient from the nearby Lunatic Asylum was permitted to build a stone fort on this outcropping since he feared an invasion by the British. When plans were formulated to build the lighthouse, this patient allegedly was persuaded to surrender the fort only AFTER much cajoling and a bribe of bogus money. The tale continues that the patient himself demolished the fort and built the new lighthouse, carving the inscription:
… This is the work Was done by John McCarthy
Who built the Light House from he bottom to the Top
All ye who do pass by may Pray for his soul when he dies….
Click here for more information on the Roosevelt Island Lighthouse from RIHS.