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Due to a planned New York Harbor closure and planned street closures in Lower Manhattan, Governors Island will close at 3PM on Friday, July 4, 2025. More info.

Due to a planned New York Harbor closure and planned street closures in Lower Manhattan, Governors Island will close at 3PM on Friday, July 4, 2025. More info.

New York Brewfest Comes to Gov­er­nors Island This June

[cap­tion id=“attachment_2996” align=“aligncenter” width=“211” caption=“Fourth annu­al New York Brewfest, a craft beer sam­pling event and fes­ti­val, is com­ing to Gov­er­nors Island on June 19”][/​caption] This sum­mer, for the first time ever, NY Brewfest is com­ing to Gov­er­nors Island. The 4th annu­al NY Brewfest, pre­sent­ed by Heart­land Brew­ery, will be held on Sat­ur­day, June 19th, 2010 from 3:30 PM until 8:00PM on Gov­er­nors Island. The fes­ti­val is a cel­e­bra­tion of craft beer and will show­case sam­plings from New York State’s out­stand­ing brew­eries. NY Brewfest is a craft beer sam­pling event sanc­tioned by the New York State Brew­ers Asso­ci­a­tion. Admis­sion allows sam­plings from over 300 styles of hand­craft­ed beers from more than 100 brew­eries. Great local foods will be avail­able for pur­chase, and New York bands will per­form through­out the day and evening. Vis­i­tors to the fes­ti­val can take the free Gov­er­nors Island fer­ry, or a water taxi from Pier 11, Brook­lyn or New Jer­sey. NY Brewfest is only open to adults 21 years and old­er. Tick­ets are required for the event and can be pur­chased here.