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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.

Island Update: Hur­ri­cane Sandy

We have received so many well wish­es and ques­tions from every­one about how Gov­er­nors Island fared dur­ing the storm that we want­ed to post a quick update. Our pre­lim­i­nary inspec­tion of the Island shows that the His­toric Dis­trict, includ­ing all land­marked build­ings and the Gov­er­nors Island Nation­al Mon­u­ment, as well as the park con­struc­tion site, do not appear to have suf­fered any last­ing dam­age from the storm. That said, the Island has lost a small hand­ful of trees and there is con­sid­er­able debris around the Island, includ­ing tree branch­es and oth­er mate­r­i­al that washed ashore dur­ing the storm. There is also some fenc­ing that needs to be repaired. Cur­rent­ly, the Island is not open for oper­a­tions because it does not yet have pow­er. The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island team, togeth­er with Turn­er con­struc­tion and HMS Glob­al (which runs the Island’s fer­ry), are work­ing togeth­er on the Island’s clean up. We are also work­ing with all appro­pri­ate agen­cies to return the Island to full oper­a­tions and to resume con­struc­tion as quick­ly and safe­ly as possible.