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City of Water Day

The annual City of Water Day Festival is happening tomorrow! We are so excited for sailing lessons, fishing, harbor tours, and so much more! There are many ways to get to the Island this Saturday, and… more →

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New York’s Island Haven, Secret No More

goingcoastal wrote 3 hours ago: MARTIN HANAN of Manhattan is tough to please. This is a man who just returned from a Hawaiian vacati … more →

Tags: Go Coastal, Manhattan, Public Waterfront, Battery Maritime Building, Buttermilk Channel, ferry, national park service, NPS, park

City of Water Day

Christopher wrote 5 hours ago: The annual City of Water Day Festival is happening tomorrow! We are so excited for sailing lessons, … more →

Tags: Announcements, City of Water Day, free ferry, Manhattan Waterfront Alliance, mWa, New York Habor

New York Times: Our Secret is Out

Ellen wrote 10 hours ago: Visitors enjoy a picnic by Castle Williams at Governors Island. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times The … more →

Tags: media, cats out of bags, island havens, New York Times, secrets, Summer Goodness

Going to Governors Island

brooklynpix wrote 1 day ago: The Coast Guard gave Governors Island to the City of New York in 2003, and now it’s run by th … more →

Tags: art and photography, Miscellaneous, cheap things to do in nyc, Coast Guard, mini golf, national park service, NYC, outdoor sculpture, Photography

Metro to supply biodiesel for New York's 2nd Annual "City of Water Day"

goingcoastal wrote 1 day ago: For the second straight year Metro Terminals will serve as the exclusive biofuels provider and spons … more →

Tags: Get Wet, Manhattan, maritime, BioDeisel, Metro Terminals, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, MWZA

New York Magazine Movie

Christopher wrote 2 days ago: Check out this video by New York Magazine. They came out for a trip to Governors Island and it … more →

Tags: media, New York Magazine, water taxi beach

Weekend Review

Christopher wrote 3 days ago: This was an incredible weekend out here on Governors Island. The weather was great; there was so muc … more →

Tags: bikes, Weekend Report, Bike and Roll, Biking Grand Prix, City of Water Day, Dark Star Orchestra, Downtown Day Camp, Free Bike Friday, Manhattan Youth

Miami-bound

Betty wrote 4 days ago: SIMCOE WAVEDECK, designed by West 8, recently opened on the Toronto waterfront West 8, the leaders o … more →

Tags: Announcements, media, Park and Public Space Master Plan, What's New, Lincoln Park, miami beach, New World Symphony, west 8

Day 40: Free Bike Fridays on Governors Island

Miss Andrea wrote 6 days ago: Feel like taking a bike ride but lack the wheels with which to do so? Take the ferry over to Govern … more →

Tags: NYC for free, NYC Sports and Recreation, Summer 2009, Things to do in NYC, New York City summer

RECESS — 1 comment

Christopher wrote 1 week ago: Recess is coming to Governors Island this Saturday for intense badminton competitions. This is the f … more →

Tags: Badminton, Bocce, Colonels Row, Josh Spear, puma, Recess, Tretorn

Kites, Chalk and Parachutes — 1 comment

Christopher wrote 1 week ago:   Bring your kids down to Picnic Point this afternoon for a day of fun in the sun. Manhattan Youth w … more →

Tags: Announcements, Art on the Island, Upcoming Events, Art, Chalk, Downtown Day Camp, Kites, Manhattan Youth, Parachute Games

Governors Island

sarafine wrote 1 week ago: A couple of times  now (here, here, & there) I have made mention of Governors Island. While I h … more →

Tags: Music, Free, Suggestions, Random, Travel, Food, Concert, Things to do, summer

Tris Vonna-Michell: History-Telling

the power wrote 1 week ago: Performance view, Photo by CAD As mentioned in the previous post, Tris Vonna-Michell’s performance a … more →

Tags: Recommended Viewing, short review, History, Martin Herbert, Tris Vonna-Michell, X-initiative

One for the Record Books

Ellen wrote 1 week ago: Running  from the ferry to grab a free bike from Bike and Bike and Roll Wowzers! Bike and Roll™, … more →

Tags: bikes, Weekend Report, Bike and Roll, Free Bike Friday, water taxi beach

Governors Island makes national news — 1 comment

Christopher wrote 1 week ago: This past Friday, Governors Island was host to a Fox New broadcast by Martha MacCallum! Martha inter … more →

Tags: media, adirondack chair, Fox News, GIPEC, hammock, Martha MacCallum, New York harbor, Picnic Point, Statue of Liberty

Brooklyn Heights from Governors Island — 1 comment

brooklynpix wrote 1 week ago: Brooklyn looks low and humble from the ferry terminal at Governors Island. One Brooklyn Bridge Park … more →

Tags: Misc, Transportation, Brooklyn, Photography, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, East River, ferry, one brooklyn bridge park

NYC

Emily wrote 1 week ago: … more →

Tags: Photography, Brooklyn, ferry, Manhattan

Kicking off July 4th Weekend

Julie wrote 1 week ago:                                                                           Food Vendor Veronica Juli … more →

Tags: New York City Eats, Free Fridays in NYC, Veronica's Kitchen, jamaican cuisine, Trinidadian Cuisine, Vendy Awards, Museum of Modern Art, The Chocolate Room, park slope

Let's Catch A Ferry To Governors Island!

NYConbudget wrote 2 weeks ago: What to do? What to do? It’s finally not raining and you have a whole day for yourself. How a … more →

Tags: Things to do, NYC, New York, things to do in new york, free things to do in new york, cheap things to do in new york, Life, Entertainment, summer


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