- Getting to Governors Island: Ferry service to Governors Island is offered daily from late May until late September.
- This guide will go over some of the best things to do on Governors Island and talk through logistics, openings hours, overnight options, & more.
- Need a spot to host a large family gathering or party? Make Governors Island your backyard and reserve a grill and picnic table and host the ultimate cookout.
- Towards that end, two fortifications were placed on Governors Island in the years preceding the War of 1812 as part of an extensive coastal defense system.
- For more than two centuries, Governors Island had been off limits to the public, first as a U.S. Army base and later as a Coast Guard station.
- Governors Island, island in Upper New York Bay, New York, New York, U.S., situated off the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Its area is 172 acres (70 hectares).
- ...once-abandoned island and accentuates the qualities of this unique place, transforming Governors Island into both a destination and landmark.
- Governors Island has a long military history that dates back to 1776. It was controlled by the U.S. Government first for the U.S. Army and later for the Coast Guard.
- January 19, 2001. Governors Island is a 172-acre (70 ha) island in New York Harbor, within the New York City borough of Manhattan.
- Developed from the 2007 international design competition winning entry and the 2010 Park and Public Spaces Masterplan, Phase 1 of Governors Island, which...