and another structure of historic interest which will be permitted to remain is Fort Jay, which crowns the summit of the island. From the center of the fort there will rise as a crowning ...

Governor's Island, just off the southern tip of Manhattan and its financial district has sat abandoned since 1996 when the former federal run military and then Coast Guard base was closed.

At Governors Island National Monument, biologists are discovering how birds navigate through New York City’s skyscrapers. He gestures around the grounds, pointing out Castle Williams and Fort Jay, ...

The fort did not last long under American control ... The first fortifications were built on Governors Island by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. In 1794, Congress authorized ...