What to Know
- Governors Island will likely be open year-round beginning this fall, Mayor Invoice de Blasio introduced Tuesday.
- Beginning Nov. 1, Governors Island will likely be open from 7 a.m. to 6:15 p.m., seven days per week, all yr lengthy.
- Moreover, to accommodate the brand new schedule, the mayor additionally introduced that ferry service to Governors Island can even increase.
Governors Island will likely be open year-round beginning this fall, Mayor Invoice de Blasio introduced Tuesday.
Beginning Nov. 1, Governors Island will likely be open from 7 a.m. to 6:15 p.m., seven days per week, all yr lengthy.
“We have a jewel in New York harbor. We have a place that is magical that all New Yorkers should experience. It’s going to be a big part of our future: Governors Island,” de Blasio stated. “But Governors Island for a long time wasn’t accessible to New Yorkers, and then, since it has become accessible, it’s not for the whole year , it’s only for certain times a year. We are going to change that. Starting this fall we are going to be opening up Governors Island year round.”
Moreover, to accommodate the brand new schedule, the mayor additionally introduced that ferry service to Governors Island can even increase. In accordance to de Blasio, as soon as town’s new Coney Island Line ferry launches, it should cease at Governors Island yr spherical.
“It’s an amazing place to go and get a break from the hussle and bussle of the city,” de Blasio stated, including that the change in schedule comes at a time when town is engaged on a brand new local weather middle on the island.
The Middle for Local weather Options that town is creating on Governors Island “is literally going to become the global capital for fighting climate change” with curiosity from quite a few universities and different companions who need to be part of the venture, de Blasio stated.
“Governors Island, where modern New York City began, is going to be the place where we help to save New York City and all the cities of the world by coming up with solutions to [combat] climate change,” he stated.