Blooming Grove

Historical marker location:

706 Bloomingrove Drive, Defreestville, New York

( Marker is on Bloomingrove Drive, 0.1 miles south of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

The oldest standing lighthouse in New York State is the Montauk Point Lighthouse, which was completed in 1796 and is located on the eastern tip of Long Island. It is also the fourth-oldest active lighthouse in the United States.