Sea Gate, Brooklyn
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Sea Gate is a private gated community at the far western end of Coney Island at the southwestern tip of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Located on the portion of the Coney Island peninsula west
Aerial view of Sea Gate
Beach strip
Eastern border of Sea Gate
The Atlantic Yacht Club building, which burned down in 1933
Frank Schubert
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Frank Schubert was the lighthouse keeper of the Coney Island Light for over 40 years. He was among the last civilian lighthouse keepers in the United States.
Sea Gate, Brooklyn
…Gate is the 75-foot-tall (23 m) Coney Island Light, is a lighthouse built in 1890, before the area was populated. The lighthouse is the former home of Frank Schubert, the United States' last civilian lighthouse keeper, who died in 2003. The chapel in Sea Gate, once used for services and built in 1901, is a historical…
Frank Schubert with the lens of the Coney Island Light in 1961