Governors Island is open every Saturday,
Sunday and Holiday Monday from May 26 – September
30.
Sat-Sun and Holiday Mondays (Memorial Day and Labor
Day): 10 AM to 7 PM
Governors Island is closed to the public on weekdays
except for specific programs with the National Park
Service (for more information on these programs visit
nps.gov/gois)
Manhattan Ferry
Free ferries run from Manhattan on Saturdays, Sundays
and Holiday Mondays (Memorial Day and Labor Day).
Sat-Sun & Holiday Mondays: Ferries leave
at 10 AM, 11 AM and then every half hour until 5:30
PM. Ferries return to Manhattan at 10:30 AM, 11:30
AM and then every half hour until 7 PM.
Brooklyn Ferry
Free ferries run from Brooklyn Saturday-Sunday
and all Holiday Mondays.
Ferries run continuously, approximately every 10
minutes, beginning at 11 AM. Ferries run from 11
AM to 5:10 PM. The last ferry returns to Brooklyn
at 7 PM.
Manhattan |
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Brooklyn |
Departs
Manhattan |
Departs
GI |
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Departs
Brooklyn |
Departs
GI |
10:00
AM |
10:30
AM |
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11:00
AM |
11:10
AM |
11:00
AM |
11:00
AM |
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Runs
continuously |
Runs
continuously |
Every
30 minutes |
Every
30 minutes |
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5:20
PM* |
7:00
PM* |
5:30
PM* |
5:00
PM |
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5:30
PM |
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6:00
PM |
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6:30
PM |
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7:00
PM* |
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*
Last Boat |
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East River Ferry Service
Visitors can take the East
River Ferry to Governors Island from Brooklyn,
Queens and Manhattan on Saturdays & Sundays.
Learn
more about routes and ferry schedules for the
East River Ferry service.
NY Waterway's East River
Ferry offers frequent service to Governors Island
on Saturdays and Sundays over the summer. For departure
times heading to Governors Island from all points
North,click
here. For departure times heading from Governors
Island to all points North,click
here.
Directions to the Governors Island Manhattan
Ferry
The Governors Island ferry departs
from the Battery Maritime Building located
at 10 South Street, adjacent to the Staten
Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan. The ferry
terminal is accessible as follows:
By Subway
1 to South Ferry station
4, 5 to Bowling Green station
R to Whitehall St. station
By Bus
M1 (weekdays only), M6, M9, and M15
Directions to the Governors Island Brooklyn
Ferry
The free ferry from Brooklyn leaves from Pier 6 in
Brooklyn Bridge Park, located at the foot of Atlantic
Avenue (corner of Columbia Street).
By Subway
2,3,4,5 to Borough Hall
A,C,F to Jay St./Borough Hall
R to Court Street
By Bus
B63 to the terminus of Atlantic Avenue (at Columbia
Street) |
