Norton Point Light, Coney Island, NY – 1999 The Norton Point Light [40° 34' 36" N – 74° 00' 42" W] on the western end of Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY circa 1999. The light is a 75-foot tall square steel skeleton tower that was built in 1890 and has a flashing red light every 5 seconds. Interestingly, this light had a lightkeeper until it was automated in 1989. Mr. Frank Schubert had been the lightkeeper since 1960 and was the last civilian lightkeeper for the US Lighthouse Service. Even though he was retired, Mr. Schubert remained as the guardian of the light in the keeper's home next door. He also served as lightkeeper at the Old Orchard Shoal Lighthouse in Raritan Bay. Mr. Schubert passed away in 2003.