Governors Island, which lies just south of Manhattan, was a U.S. Army post before it was turned into 172 acres of public park and event space.

To look at Governors Island, one would think that it was untouched by September 11th. But a proposal for the island, sponsored by the Regional Plan Association, has languished, in part because of the ...

A “living laboratory” for climate solutions will rise on the idyllic 172-acre island off Lower Manhattan, led by Stony Brook University.

Governors Island’s famous oyster bar’s future up in the air as ‘social hub’ sought for massive waterfront space By . Nicole Rosenthal. Published Feb. 2, 2025, 5:14 p.m. ET.

Even more change could be coming to Governors Island, as the managing trust revealed plans to build a 4.2-million-square-foot climate solutions center there CLOSE AD × ...

On a mid-December weekend, about 2,600 people took ferries to Governors Island, an artsy green space and former military outpost in New York Harbor, for the opening of its inaugural Winter Village ...

Governors and Roosevelt Islands, N.Y. By . Willa Plank. Share. ... Governors Island was used as a military base for most of the past 200 years, then sold to the city and state of New York in 2003.