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Vis­it Gov­er­nors Island this Fourth of July Weekend

Jun 25, 2019 5:17 pm

Gov­er­nors Island is the place to cel­e­brate this Fourth of July! Bring a pic­nic, go for a scenic bike ride, wave to the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty from the top of Out­look Hill or just take a peace­ful nap in a ham­mock. Swing by Threes Brew­ing at Liggett Ter­race all after­noon for a spe­cial July 4^th BBQ with Popina! Learn more about the Island and its his­to­ry with the U.S. Army and Coast Guard at Cas­tle Williams, half of Gov­er­nors Island Nation­al Mon­u­ment, on a tour led by a Nation­al Park Ser­vice Ranger. 

We’ll be open until 6:00 PM on July 4, run­ning increased fer­ry ser­vice from Man­hat­tan to Sois­sons Land­ing. Due to planned har­bor clo­sures for the Macy’s 4^th of July fire­works dis­play, Gov­er­nors Island will close at 6:00 PM on ⁷⁄₄ and will not be open for fire­works view­ing. See the full sched­ule here and note the impor­tant July 4 fer­ry times below. Hap­py Fourth!

July 4, 2019 – Man­hat­tan fer­ry times
First fer­ry to Gov­er­nors Island: 10:00 AM
Last fer­ry to Gov­er­nors Island: 4:20 PM
Last fer­ry off of Gov­er­nors Island – all vis­i­tors must be aboard: 6:00 PM

July 5 is the sec­ond First Fri­day of the sea­son, when hous­es in Nolan Park and Colonels Row open in the evening so vis­i­tors can peruse their pro­grams and check out spe­cial evening events. These pro­grams will be open 6 – 8pm for July’s First Friday:

Nolan Park
Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House
NY Vir­tu­al Vol­cano Obser­va­to­ry
Works on Water
Pio­neer Works
Har­vest­works
West Harlem Art Fund
NYC Audubon
Cli­mate Museum

Colonels Row
Syra­cuse Uni­ver­si­ty MFA Sum­mer Res­i­den­cy
4heads’ Artists in Res­i­den­cy Pro­gram
Ris­ing Sun Per­for­mance Com­pa­ny
STEM Kids NYC

Please note, Brook­lyn fer­ries will not run on July 4 or 5.