Governors Island

Governors Island is a 172-acre island in , within the borough of . It is located approximately 800 yards south of Manhattan Island, and is separated from to the east by the 400-yard-wide .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Manhattan, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Governor’s I.”, “Governor’s Is.”, “Governor’s Island”, “Governors I.”, “Governors Is.”, “Hoogcamer Eylandt”, “Nooten Eylandt”, “Nooten Island”, “Noten Eylant”, “Nut Island”, “Nutten Island”, “Pagganack”, “Pagganch”, and “Pagganck”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Liggett Hall and Fort Jay.

Building
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
, also known as Building 400, is a former barracks building designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1929 near on Governors Island in , in .

Photo: SebastianBlumeArt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a coastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in , within . is the oldest existing defensive structure on the island, and was named for John Jay, a member of the…

Park
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of in facing .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Columbia Street Waterfront District and Red Hook.

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood in the borough of in on the Upper New York Bay waterfront between and and situated on the western side of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in western , , United States, within the area once known as . It is located on a peninsula projecting into the Upper New York Bay and is bounded by the Gowanus Expressway and the neighborhood on the northeast, on the east, and the Upper New York Bay on the west and south.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of . A small neighborhood comprising 40 blocks, sits adjacent to Brooklyn Heights to the north, Boerum Hill to the east, Carroll Gardens to the south, and the to the west.

Governors Island

Latitude
40.68899° or 40° 41′ 20″ north
Longitude
-74.01903° or 74° 1′ 9″ west
Population
2
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87G7MXQJ+H9
Geo­Names ID
5118949
Wiki­data ID
Q1190547
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Governors Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة غفرنرز”
  • Catalan: “Governors Island”
  • Cebuano: “Governors Island”
  • Chinese: “州長島”
  • Chinese: “总督岛”
  • Chinese: “總督島”
  • Chinese: “領主島”
  • Chinese: “领主岛”
  • Dutch: “Governors Island (New York)”
  • Dutch: “Governors Island National Monument”
  • Dutch: “Governors Island”
  • Esperanto: “Governors Island”
  • Estonian: “Governors Island”
  • French: “Governors Island”
  • French: “Noten Eylant”
  • German: “Governors Island”
  • Hebrew: “גברנרז איילנד”
  • Hungarian: “Governors Island”
  • Italian: “Governors Island”
  • Japanese: “ガバナーズ島”
  • Korean: “거버너스 섬”
  • Korean: “거버너스섬”
  • Persian: “جزیره فرمانداران”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ فرمانداران”
  • Portuguese: “Governors Island”
  • Russian: “Говернорс”
  • Russian: “Губернаторский остров”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guvernerov otok”
  • Spanish: “Governors Island”
  • Turkish: “Governors Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Говернорс”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Ґовернорс”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Governor”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Governors”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Thống Đốc”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Colonels Row and Nolan Park.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Governors Island National Monument and Castle William Light.

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