When anyone asks where my favorite place in NYC is, the answer is obvious: Governors Island. The 172-acre island ... it's held since 1995 when the Coast Guard left—and has become a destination ...

Past meets future: A former military chapel, Our Lady of the Sea is now a living art exhibit on Governors Island, future home of The New York Climate Exchange. What was once U.S. Coast Guard housing ...

Governors Island was a military post and later a major command headquarters for the Army from 1794 until 1966, when it was transferred to the Coast Guard, which left in 1996. The state opened the ...

The installation was transferred to the Coast Guard in 1966. Until its closure 30 years later, Governors Island was home to 3,000 full-time service members and an additional 1,500 daily commuters.

Governors Island was a military facility until 1996, when the U.S. Coast Guard finally closed its operations there. The federal government declared 22 acres of the island a National Monument ...

Presented by Governors Island Arts and the Natural Resources ... the island became an outpost for the army and then the coast guard. The magazine under Fort Jay was used to store ammunition ...