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The National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is responsible for managing the 22 acres (8.9 ha) that comprise the Governors Island National Monument. It works with the National Parks of New York Harbor (a branch of the National Park Service) in a public-private partnership, and is the official nonprofit ...
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: 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
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 ...
Fort Jay is a coastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in New York Harbor, within New York City.Fort Jay is the oldest existing defensive structure on the island, and was named for John Jay, a member of the Federalist Party, New York governor, Chief Justice of the United States, Secretary of State, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United ...
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.
Yocum, Barbara, Castle Williams: Historic Structure Report : Governors Island National Monument, National Parks of New York Harbor, New York City, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, Historic Architecture Program, Northeast Region, p. 193
The tide may turn for this oyster joint. Island Oyster is at risk of losing its spot on Governors Island as the Trust for Governors Island has opened a new vendor request for proposals for a ...