It has 39 light masts, each of them bearing the inscription "Why" in a 39 different language.
The entrance is marked by the rusting, skeletal remains of the Revere Sugar factory and a sunken lightship, submerged except for the top of its light masts, which seem almost desperately trying to warn any passing ships to stay far away.
The project involved the demolishing of the four light masts and instead installing the lights along the roof.
Thirty-metre high lighting masts loom above the homes at regular intervals, with floodlights glaring down all night over the wide streets, so the area can be easily surveyed from a helicopter.
Housing is set back at least 60 metres from the road, a dimension, like the lighting masts' height, that is governed by the distance you can throw a stone.
A crisscross pattern in black and white granite spreads across the full width of the road on either side of a line of tall, sleek lighting masts that resemble towering spotlights more than traditional lampposts.
They appear out of the inky dark on Chestnut Ridge Road like a recovered memory — twin towers outlined in blue rope lighting, broadcast mast with white lighting and red warning beacon on top, a red heart linking them.
At the same time, her funnel was shortened by 20 feet and her tripod foremast was replaced by a light pole mast to reduce her topweight.
Her hull was finished, and a superstructure deck, bridge deck and conning tower had been fitted, along with a light signal mast directly aft of the second barbette.
In addition, the heavy military masts were replaced by light pole masts.
