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DEADLINE EXTENDED! Apply by December 8 to see your designs carved to life at the 2024 Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show—no ice carving experience required. Click here.

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Apply by December 8 to see your designs carved to life at the 2024 Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show—no ice carving experience required. Click here.

The Easiest Way To Get Away

Governors Island is a 172 acre island in the heart of New York Harbor. It’s only 800 yards from Lower Manhattan, and even closer to Brooklyn. It is a world unto itself, unique and full of promise.

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ON GOVERNORS ISLAND

The Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions is a ground­break­ing ini­tia­tive designed to fur­ther New York City as a glob­al leader in efforts to respond to the cli­mate cri­sis. On Gov­er­nors Island, the project will sup­port the research, devel­op­ment and demon­stra­tion of equi­table cli­mate solu­tions through two key initiatives: the New York Climate Exchange and the Governors Island Living Lab. Click here to learn more.

Rendering: Renovated Yankee Pier leading toward a new public plaza and new mass timber academic and research buildings at the New York Climate Exchange © SOM | Brick Visual