Governors Island National Monument
Governors Island National Monument is a unit of the United States national park system in New York City. It is located on 22 acres island located off the southern tip of Manhattan Island, at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers in New York Harbor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: National monument in Manhattan, New York
- Also known as: “GOIS”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Jay and The Battery.
Fort Jay
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Fort Jay is a coastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. Fort Jay is the oldest existing defensive structure on the island, and was named for John Jay, a member of the…
The Battery
Park
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.
Federal Hall
Historic building
Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.
Federal Hall was the first capitol building of the United States established under the Constitution. Serving as the meeting place of the First United States Congress and the site of George Washington's first presidential inauguration, the building was located on Wall Street facing the northern end of Broad Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, from 1703 to 1812.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Columbia Street Waterfront District and Cobble Hill.
Columbia Street Waterfront District
Neighborhood
The Columbia Street Waterfront District is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City on the Upper New York Bay waterfront between Cobble Hill and Red Hook and situated on the western side of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway.
Cobble Hill
Neighborhood
Cobble Hill is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. A small neighborhood comprising 40 blocks, Cobble Hill sits adjacent to Brooklyn Heights to the north, Boerum Hill to the east, Carroll Gardens to the south, and the Columbia Street Waterfront District to the west.
Cobble Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cobble Hill Historic District is a municipal and national historic district located in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The national district consists of 796 contributing, largely residential buildings built between the 1830s and 1920s.
Governors Island National Monument
- Categories: National Monument of the United States, National Park System unit, and national monument
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Governors Island National Monument” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النصب التذكاري الوطني لجزيرة الحاكم”
- Cebuano: “Governors Island National Monument”
- Chinese: “加弗纳斯岛国家纪念区”
- Chinese: “总督岛国家纪念区”
- Chinese: “總督島國家紀念區”
- Chinese: “總督島國家紀念園區”
- French: “monument national de Governors Island”
- French: “Monument national de Governors Island”
- Japanese: “ガバナーズ島ナショナル・モニュメント”
- Spanish: “Monumento Nacional de Governors Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Colonels Row and Nolan Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castle William Light and Liggett Hall.
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