After a successful eight years, Island Oyster, the first restaurant to ever open on Governors Island, will officially shut down this year, following a final season set to wrap up on October 31, 2025.

Island Oyster – which has been perennially named one of the city’s hottest waterfront dining spots by Time Out – was once the ...

The first full-fledged restaurant to ever open on Governors Island will close this year. Island Oyster opened its doors in ...

It’s been more than a decade since this former Coast Guard facility—a 172-acre hunk of land off the coast of Manhattan—re-opened as a public park. But it continues to evolve. In 2016 it ...

Human remains were found in a suitcase floating near Governors Island Wednesday afternoon, according to the NYPD. The body ...

NYC Ferry's weekend shuttle service from Wall Street/Pier 11 will serve Governors Island on Saturdays and Sundays until the launch of this extended service. For more information, visit govisland.org.

The Thousand Islands Biological Station (T.I.B.S.) Observing System is located on Governors Island in the upper reach of the St. Lawrence River near Clayton NY. The observing system currently reports ...

Governors Island is the focus of an important New School partnership with The City University of New York (CUNY) and 30+ other groups to propose plans for a new climate solutions hub called NYC3 (New ...

Tucked between Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty, The New York Climate Exchange on Governors Island will be a laboratory for universities, corporations and public interest groups. The Exchange is a ...