4. Governors Island is made from Rubble Excavated from Lexington Ave Subway Construction
Similar to many parts of Manhattan, Governors Island is mainly comprised of landfill. In 1912, the island was expanded using rubble from the construction of the 4/5/6 subway lines. This Lexington Avenue landfill, roughly 182,000 cubic yards of fill, makes up the southern portion of the island, the cone its ice cream cone shape.
As reported by Architizer, there’s enough landfill in Governors Island to fill approximately 1,100 subway cars that could stretch from the northern tip of Manhattan to Battery Park. Find out what other parts of Manhattan are man-made!