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April 19, 2024: As of 2:15pm, NYC Ferry service to Governors Island has resumed as scheduled.

April 19, 2024: As of 2:15pm, NYC Ferry service to Governors Island has resumed as scheduled.

Explore Rachel Whitread's Cabin on the Bloomberg Connects app. Photo by Julienne Schaer

Open at all times
See the schedule for island hours.

Explore Gov­er­nors Island form your phone with our dig­i­tal guide on Bloomberg Con­nects, the free arts and cul­ture app. Use the app to plan your vis­it, then eas­i­ly access help­ful insights on site. After­ward, dive deep­er into your favorite parts of the Island at home – or any­where, any­time! Search for or scroll to Gov­er­nors Island to start plan­ning your visit. 

Cur­rent­ly fea­tured on our Bloomberg Con­nects guide:

Gov­er­nors Island Arts
The arts and cul­tur­al pro­gram­ming pre­sent­ed by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island comes to life through detailed pho­tos, infor­ma­tion about artists, his­toric per­spec­tives, and more. 

A Resilient Park in the Har­bor
Explore the inno­v­a­tive cli­mate resilien­cy mea­sures that have been lit­er­al­ly built into Gov­er­nors Island’s award-win­ning 43-acre park. 

The Trees of Gov­er­nors Island
Learn the ins and outs of stew­ard­ing an urban for­est in the mid­dle of New York Har­bor and dis­cov­er the six most com­mon species of trees on Gov­er­nors Island.

Also includ­ed:

Vis­i­tor infor­ma­tion on things to do, a map, recre­ation­al activ­i­ties, upcom­ing events, food and drink, and more. 

In addi­tion to Gov­er­nors Island, Bloomberg Con­nects lets you explore more than 80 muse­ums, gal­leries, sculp­ture parks, gar­dens, and cul­tur­al spaces around the world, all with one free down­load from the App Store or Google Play.

Open at all times
See the schedule for island hours.