Governors Island Ferry

Governors Island Ferry is a pier in Manhattan, New York. Governors Island Ferry is situated near the grassland Ferryview Lawn, as well as near the playground Swing Valley.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Brooklyn Bridge and Adam Yauch Park.

Brooklyn Bridge

Photo: CPacker, CC BY 2.0.

The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. Brooklyn Bridge is situated 1 mile north of Governors Island Ferry.

Adam Yauch Park

Park

Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Adam Yauch Park is situated 910 feet east of Governors Island Ferry.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Columbia Street Waterfront District and Cobble Hill.

Columbia Street Waterfront District

Neighborhood

Photo: The lorax, CC0.

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.

Brooklyn Heights

Neighborhood

Photo: Rickbern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway or the East River on the west.

Governors Island Ferry

Type: Pier
Category: transport
Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.69232° or 40° 41′ 32″ north

Longitude

-74.00199° or 74° 0′ 7″ west

Open location code

87G7MXRX+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 700246018

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pier

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Satellite Map

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ferryview Lawn and Waterlab.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6/Atlantic Avenue and Fornino.

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Worth a closer look: Central Park and Upper East Side.

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