The Montauk Point Lighthouse stands at the eastern tip of Long Island, and it attracts about 100,000 tourists every year (a $6 billion industry to the region). The lighthouse has been the pride of ...

MARGARET BUCKRIDGE BOCK was 10 when her father, Thomas Abel Buckridge, took over as the Montauk Point Lighthouse keeper in 1930. Bock, a former nurse, said that when her family moved to the lightho… ...

Over an intense 40-hour period, I traveled to Montauk Point on Long Island, N.Y., where I visited a historic lighthouse, found a special seltzer water at a grocery store and then squeezed in a few ...

Comedy superstar Kevin Hart and Grammy-winning artist Norah Jones will each headline special outdoor benefit shows this summer at the Montauk Point Lighthouse, supporting preservation efforts at ...

The lighthouse in Montauk, the oldest in New York State, got a massive Fresnel lens in 1860, Certic said, but as the 20th century dawned, officials decided that the lighthouse needed a different one.

MONTAUK, N.Y. -- The Montauk Point Lighthouse is back open after a restoration project. It was part of a large resiliency project put together by state officials and the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Montauk may only have a population of about 3,000 people, but it is filled with big attractions and a lot of history. This weekend on a new episode of The East End, we meet the keeper of the ...

Afterwards, I went to the museum inside the lighthouse and looked at the artifacts, which displayed the storied past of the Montauk lighthouse, dating back to 1792. I’d be remiss if I didn’t go up to ...