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Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Announces Expand­ed Sum­mer Fer­ry Ser­vice Begin­ning Memo­r­i­al Day Weekend

May 21, 2026 11:57 am

Fer­ries to run every 15 min­utes dur­ing peak hours Memo­r­i­al Day-Labor Day

Addi­tion­al fer­ry ser­vice to Brook­lyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 and Red Hook’s Atlantic Basin will be avail­able week­ends from May 23-Novem­ber 1

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island today announced expand­ed fer­ry ser­vice and extend­ed late-night hours for the 2026 sum­mer sea­son, mak­ing it eas­i­er than ever for New York­ers and vis­i­tors to enjoy the Island. From Memo­r­i­al Day through Labor Day week­ends, fer­ries from Low­er Man­hat­tan will run every 15 min­utes dur­ing peak trav­el times, includ­ing week­day morn­ings from 7 to 11am and week­ends from 10am to 6pm. Sea­son­al week­end fer­ry ser­vice from Brook­lyn Bridge Park and Red Hook will also return May 23 through Novem­ber 1.

From Memo­r­i­al Day through Labor Day week­ends, the Island will remain open until 10 p.m. Sun­day through Thurs­day and 11 p.m. Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, with evening food and bev­er­age offer­ings from ven­dors includ­ing Taco Vista, Six Coasts by Smor­gas­burg, and Three Peaks Lodge at Col­lec­tive Retreats. Vis­i­tors can also enjoy pub­lic art­works, a full events cal­en­dar, 120 acres of expan­sive open space, recre­ation oppor­tu­ni­ties, and cul­tur­al pro­gram­ming through­out the season.

Trust-oper­at­ed fer­ries run dai­ly between the Bat­tery Mar­itime Build­ing in Low­er Man­hat­tan and Sois­sons Land­ing on Gov­er­nors Island, with sea­son­al week­end ser­vice from Pier 6 in Brook­lyn Bridge Park and Atlantic Basin in Red Hook through Novem­ber 1, 2026. Round-trip fer­ry tick­ets are $5 for adults, with free fer­ry ser­vice avail­able for chil­dren 12 and under, old­er adults, NYCHA res­i­dents, IDNYC hold­ers, mil­i­tary ser­vice mem­bers, and Gov­er­nors Island mem­bers. Week­end fer­ries before 11 a.m. are free for all visitors.

The Trust also offers free fer­ry fares for non­prof­it and com­mu­ni­ty-based orga­ni­za­tions, youth camps, and senior cen­ters. To inquire about group vis­its, orga­ni­za­tions may email groupvisits@​govisland.​org.

In addi­tion, NYC Fer­ry serves Gov­er­nors Island dai­ly via the South Brook­lyn Route and the sea­son­al Gov­er­nors Island shut­tle. For tick­et­ing infor­ma­tion and full sched­ules for NYC Fer­ry, vis­it the NYC Fer­ry web­site, www.ferry.nyc.

The Gov­er­nors Island 2026 sea­son is gen­er­ous­ly sup­port­ed by the Black­stone Char­i­ta­ble Foun­da­tion, Bloomberg Phil­an­thropies, and the Riv­ian Foundation.

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About the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island 

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island is the non­prof­it cor­po­ra­tion cre­at­ed by the City of New York that is respon­si­ble for the rede­vel­op­ment and oper­a­tion of 150 acres of Gov­er­nors Island. The Trust’s mis­sion is to real­ize the full poten­tial of Gov­er­nors Island for the inspi­ra­tion and enjoy­ment of all New York­ers, demon­strat­ing a bold vision for pub­lic space. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org.