Tarrytown Lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow was built in 1883 in response to pleas by local steamship companies for assistance in navigating dangerous shoals. It was a critical guide for Hudson River shipping. The Lighthouse is a cast iron “sparkplug” lighthouse, whose superstructure rests on concrete and metal caisson and is the only conical steel structure in Westchester to include living quarters for its keepers, which housed eight keepers and their families when it was active. Once the Tappan Zee Bridge was built, the lighthouse was considered obsolete and taken out of service in 1961. The Tarrytown Lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2024, Westchester County completed a capital project to restore the Lighthouse to its most authentic renditions, which was the time period between, 1937 and 1976.
The Tarrytown Lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow is located at Kingsland Point Park.
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