8. There’s a Huge Reservoir Underneath the Ball Field

The water management system here is impressive too. If you look around, you’ll see very few drains on the ground. That’s because the whole thing functions as a stormwater management basin. Underneath the ball field, there’s a huge reservoir that was built and the landscaping is such that the water drains into this space underground. Another engineering feat for Governors Island has been the the construction of a new pipeline to bring water in from Brooklyn. During the Coast Guard era, water was piped in through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel!