Community leaders and county officials gathered for the rededication of the Sands Point Lighthouse on Oct. 23. The 80-foot lighthouse, built in 1809, had suffered widespread damage during its 206 ...

The lighthouse is located in Sands Point, at the northern tip of the Cow Neck (now Port Washington) Peninsula. Sands Point was named after Captain John Sands (1649-1712), a prosperous sea captain, and ...

The nonprofit group restoring the historic Execution Rocks Lighthouse off Sands Point has gotten a boost from a $600,000 state grant. Craig Morrison, president of Philadelphia-based Historically ...

Halfway between New Rochelle and Sands Point, in the Long Island Sound, an old lighthouse stands 1,400 feet from shore, ruled by a flock of seagulls and haunted by a grisly legacy dating back to the ...

Execution Rocks Lighthouse (above) is located in the middle of the Long Island Sound, off of New Rochelle. It was built in 1849 after the nearby Sands Point Lighthouse was found to be ineffective at ...