The banner for this gallery page should probably be suffixed, "Under the Great Grey Bridge" after the children's book by the same title!  The Little Red lighthouse was put into service in 1921 to guide mariners around a dangerous rock formation, Jeffrey's Hook, that juts out into the Hudson River.  The lighthouse now stands beneath the 672 foot tall tower of the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson, and the role of the lighthouse was supplanted by the lights on the much taller bridge.  The lighthouse was decomissioned by the Coast Guard in 1947 and was declared excess property in 1951.  In all liklihood, the popularity of the children's book by Hildegarde H. Swift titled, "The Little Red Lighthosue and the Great Gray Bridge" may well have been responsible for saving the venerable red lighthouse.  The lighthouse was transferred to the NYC Parks Department by the USCG.  The lighthouse fell victim to vandals and years of neglect, falling into disrepair.  The NYC Parks Department has, however renovated The Little Red Lighthouse back to its former beauty.  The lighthouse was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.  The surrounding part renovations were finishe din 1986, and in 1991, the Little Red Lighthouse officially became a New York City landmark.

The curious juxtaposition of the Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge is well illustrated by the vertical pano image on the left below!