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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.
English: Map of Governor's Island, ... Governors Island National Monument; ... Governors Island; Usage on es.wikipedia.org
The National Park Service administers a small portion of the north end of the island as the Governors Island National Monument, including two former military fortifications named Fort Jay and Castle Williams. The Trust for Governors Island operates the remaining 150 acres (61 ha), including 52 historic buildings, as a public park.
English: Island map is a regional location map showing showing the positions of other federally administered park properties in Upper New York Bay. "*GPO:2008--339-126/80150 Reprint 2008." Title from panel.
English: Relief location map of the State of New York, USA. Geographic limits of the map: N: 45.3° N ... Governors Island National Monument; Green Lake (New York ...
Governors Island: A circular 19th century fortification of red sandstone on the northwest point of Governors Island, part of a system of forts to protect New York City from naval attack. Now part of Governors Island National Monument. 5: Chapel of the Good Shepherd: Chapel of the Good Shepherd
The LPC designated its first landmarks on smaller islands in Manhattan during 1967, when five buildings on Governors Island were given individual-landmark status. [17] The LPC subsequently gave individual-landmark status to six buildings on Roosevelt Island in March 1976; the structures included a house, a lighthouse, a chapel, and three former hospitals. [18]
There are nine National Monuments, National Memorials or National Historic Sites in New York City (all but the Statue of Liberty and Castle Clinton are also National Historic Landmarks): African Burial Ground National Monument, declared February 27, 2006; Governors Island National Monument, declared January 19, 2001