Previously known as Play:ground, The Yard is a 50,000 square foot adventure playground on Governors Island that is well stocked with donated materials children can use to create their own playscapes.

He was just one of dozens of kids running around New York City’s first adventure playground in decades. This is a typical scene at play:groundNYC, located on Governors Island, where children are ...

Image Governors Island’s cultural identity is shaping ... She has called the island “New York’s newest playground for the arts.” She has argued that if it could house arts programs that ...

Tucked away in New York Harbor, Governors Island is a car-free, green paradise with more than 172 acres of open space just waiting to be explored. Whether your crew is into playground adventures ...

But it’s not the only option. Go the other way and spend a day on Governors Island, the 172-acre park in the middle of New York Harbor (views of the skyline and the Statue of Liberty ...

Governors Island is on the fast track to getting a lot greener, with workers planting the first of nearly a thousand trees for a new park that is opening a full year ahead of schedule. An ...

Related: The New Elevated Governors Island Park is Made of Recycled Materials The four artificial hills that cover 10 acres of park space will give visitors even more open green space to enjoy.

From Dutch outpost to urban playground, Governors Island has had many lives. Now, it's pioneering a zero-waste concept that could show other cities how to develop more sustainably. There's a ...

Thirteen years after the federal government sold off Governors Island for a buck, its park is finally gorgeous and complete, which means that the rest of it is just getting going. The first phase ...