Governors Island
Governors Island is a station in Manhattan, New York. Governors Island is situated nearby to the tourism office Visitor Center, as well as near Fort Jay.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Jay and The Battery.
Fort Jay
Photo: SebastianBlumeArt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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… Fort Jay is situated 700 feet south of Governors Island.
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. Federal Hall is situated 1 mile north of Governors Island.
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.
Financial District
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Financial District comprises the southern tip of Manhattan, with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.
Governors Island
- Type: Station
- Categories: passenger ship terminal and transportation
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.69327° or 40° 41′ 36″ northLongitude
-74.01529° or 74° 0′ 55″ westOpen location code
87G7MXVM+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 2405699093OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=ferry_terminalOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Governors Island” goes by many names.
- French: “Île des gouverneurs”
- German: “Gouverneursinsel”
- Portuguese: “Ilha dos governadores”
- Spanish: “Isla de los gobernadores”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Trust for Governors Island and Visitor Center.
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