- Governors Island National Monument - Governors Island National Monument - Fort Jay. Open Wednesday-Sunday + Federal Holidays, 10am-5pm.
- Fort Jay is located on Governors Island in New York Harbor, one half-mile from the southern tip of Manhattan.
- The highest natural point on Governors Island is 40 feet (12 m) above mean water level at the base of Fort Jay, in the northern portion of the island.
- Fort Jay is the fort on Governors Island built and used during the 1800's. Is is built of red bricks and has a cannon about 10 feet on the gaurding wall.
- Fort Jay at Governors Island National Monument is open to the public from 10 AM until 4:30 PM during the week and until 5 PM on the weekends.
- Fort Jay is situated on Governors Island (which was known as Nutten Island from 1664 to 1784, based on Dutch Noten Eylandt for "Nut Island").
- There are two forts on Governors Island, namely Fort Jay and Castle Williams. These heritage structures were made a national monument in 2001.
- Fort Jay, Governors Island. Still, it’s hard to criticize somewhere where you go exploring the basement levels and come upon a door marked “Ammo.”
- For the final stop on our tour, we re-entered the domain of the National Park Service and toured Fort Jay. Fort Jay is the earliest of the three forts on the island...
