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  2. Play:groundNYC - Wikipedia

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    play:ground holds pop-up playground events in New York City. It has brought pop-up playgrounds to street fairs and several parks including Fort Greene Park, [14] [15] Prospect Park, [16] Maria Hernandez Park, Governors Island, [17] and Brower Park. [18] [19]

  3. Governors Island - Wikipedia

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    Governors Island has become a popular destination for the public, attracting more than 800,000 visitors per year as of 2018. In addition to the 43-acre (17 ha) public park, Governors Island includes free arts and cultural events, as well as recreational activities.

  4. Governors Island National Monument - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Battery Maritime Building - Wikipedia

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    The Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC) assumed operation of Governors Island from the Coast Guard in 2003 as part of an effort to open the island to the public. [95] [96] GIPEC subsequently leased slips 6 and 7 at the Battery Maritime Building for ferry service to Governors Island. [90]

  6. Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park - Wikipedia

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    The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a four-acre (1.6 ha) memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt that celebrates the Four Freedoms he articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. It is located in New York City at the southernmost point of Roosevelt Island , in the East River between Manhattan Island and Queens .

  7. List of parks in New York City - Wikipedia

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    A map showing major greenspaces in New York City: 1) Central Park, 2) Van Cortlandt Park, 3) Bronx Park, 4) Pelham Bay Park, 5) Flushing Meadows Park, 6) Forest Park, 7) Prospect Park, 8) Floyd Bennett Field, 9) Jamaica Bay, A) Jacob Riis Park and Fort Tilden, B) Fort Wadsworth, C) Miller Field, D) Great Kills Park Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States.

  8. Liggett Hall - Wikipedia

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    Liggett Hall, also known as Building 400 is a former barracks building designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1929 near Fort Jay on Governors Island in New York Harbor, in New York City. The Georgian Revival building is three to 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 stories tall and measures 1,023 feet (312 m) long.

  9. Castle Williams - Wikipedia

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    A commitment to preserve the forts of Governors Island was made in the early 20th century by Secretary of War Elihu Root when landfill operations doubled the size of Governors Island between 1901 and 1912. The castle was fitted up as a model prison in 1903. It was most likely wired for electricity when it became available on the island in 1904.