Governors Island

Summary

Governors Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (570 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Governors Island is located in Manhattan^[3].
• Governors Island is located in New York County^[4].
• Governors Island is in the country of United States^[5].
• Governors Island is on the body of water Buttermilk Channel^[6].
• Governors Island's image is recorded as USGS Governors Island.png^[7].
• Governors Island's instance of is recorded as island^[8].
• Governors Island's instance of is recorded as public space^[9].
• Colonial Governor of New York is named after Governors Island^[10].
• Governors Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 238608286^[11].
• Governors Island's GND ID is recorded as 7695375-0^[12].
• Governors Island's GND ID is recorded as 507436-8^[13].
• Governors Island's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh92000727^[14].
• Governors Island's Commons category is recorded as Governors Island^[15].
• Governors Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2389631^[16].
• Governors Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00^[17].
• Governors Island's has part is recorded as reclaimed land^[18].
• Governors Island's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 974215^[19].
• Governors Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.6889918, 'lon': -74.0190287}^[20].
• Governors Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02bygw^[21].
• Governors Island's NRHP reference number is recorded as 85002435^[22].
• Governors Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Upper New York Bay^[23].
• Governors Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Governors Island^[24].
• Governors Island's MusicBrainz place ID is recorded as cd81e353-6715-46d0-9f8e-d9d4465af3a3^[25].
• Governors Island's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10036934^[26].
• Governors Island's facet of is recorded as Lower Manhattan expansion^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Governors Island include Governors Island National Monument^[28], a National Monument of the United States^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 2001^[31].

Why It Matters

Governors Island ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (570 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Governors Island National Monument^[28], a National Monument of the United States^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 2001^[31].