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Please be advised: Slide Hill is temporarily closed for planned maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Please be advised: Slide Hill is temporarily closed for planned maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

And the win­ner is…(drumroll, please)…

Pic­nic Point! A few months ago, we asked you for sug­ges­tions on what to name a fab­u­lous new open space on Gov­er­nors Island. We had many fan­tas­tic sug­ges­tions and we are grate­ful for all of the won­der­ful ideas we received. Ryan Rus­so, of Brook­lyn, sug­gest­ed Pic­nic Point, and we thought the name cap­tured the spir­it of the space per­fect­ly. Pic­nic Point is a brand new eight acre space on Gov­er­nors Island’s south­west­ern shore. Last fall, we demol­ished ten old (but not his­toric) apart­ment build­ings there to cre­ate a new sig­na­ture space for all our vis­i­tors to enjoy. This sum­mer, for the first time, you will be able to walk or bike to Pic­nic Point to relax, enjoy unpar­al­leled views of the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty and New York Har­bor, and of course, pic­nic! We hope to see you on the Island so you can expe­ri­ence this unique and incred­i­ble place for your­selves. [cap­tion id=“attachment_1100” align=“alignnone” width=“468” caption=“Today, Pic­nic Pointhas been cleared of old build­ings to make a brand new space for our vis­i­tors to expe­ri­ence this year. This sum­mer, Pic­nic Point will have eight acres of open green lawn, pic­nic tables and more for our vis­i­tors to enjoy. ”]Picnic Point today has been cleared of old buildings to make a brand new space for our visitors to enjoy this summer [/​caption]