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Adventure playground: Location: 40 Barry Road, Governors Island, New York, NY 10004: Coordinates: Area: 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2) Operated by: play:groundNYC: Open: Free and open to the public weekends 12pm – 4pm (April 1 to November 17) Website: Official website
Governors Island 40°41′26″N 74°01′00″W / 40.690556°N 74.016667°W / 40.690556; -74.016667 ( Governors A 172-acre (70 ha) island in New York Harbor which has been expanded over time.
Governors Island National Monument is a unit of the United States national park system in New York City. It is located on 22 acres (89,000 m 2 ) of Governors Island , a 172-acre (0.70 km 2 ) island located off the southern tip of Manhattan Island , at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers in New York Harbor .
Governors Island is a 172-acre (70 ha) island in New York Harbor, within the New York City borough of Manhattan.It is located approximately 800 yards (730 m) south of Manhattan Island, and is separated from Brooklyn to the east by the 400-yard-wide (370 m) Buttermilk Channel.
The New York City borough of Manhattan contains numerous smaller islands in addition to the main island of Manhattan. [2] Three of these islands, Ellis Island, Governors Island, and Liberty Island, are located in Upper New York Bay, [3]: 9 though jurisdiction of Ellis Island is shared with neighboring Jersey City, New Jersey, and Liberty Island is an exclave of Manhattan within New Jersey.
It was, perhaps, the best real estate deal in New York City history: For one lousy buck, New York State bought 172 acres of land less than 800 yards from lower Manhattan. Governors Island, the ...
Maria Burks, commissioner of the National Parks of New York Harbor, and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar at the Statue of Liberty in May 2009. National Parks of New York Harbor is an office of the National Park Service that coordinates administration of eleven NPS sites, including 23 unique destinations located in the New York metropolitan area.
Great Kills Park is a public park in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City. Originally named Marine Park , [ 1 ] it is a part of the Staten Island unit of Gateway National Recreation Area . Administered by the National Park Service , it covers an area of approximately 580 acres (2.3 km 2 ) of salt marsh , beach and woodlands, stretching ...