North Brother Island Light
Encyclopedia
North Brother Island Light is located on North Brother Island
North Brother Island
North Brother Island is an island in the East River situated between the Bronx and Riker's Island. Its companion, South Brother Island, is a short distance away. Together, the two Brother Islands, North and South, have a land area of .-History:...

 in the East River
East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland...

 in New York.

Cultural

The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcard
Postcard
A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope....

s of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of North Brother Island Light with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
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