6. There was Once a Burger King on Governors Island
As we covered previously, there used to be a Burger King on Governors Island. Moreover, during the Coast Guard era (1966-1996), Burger King was attached to a bowling alley and sold beer! For $3.99 you could get a pitcher and for $2.10 you could buy yourself a cold 32-ounce.
In 2009, the publication Latitudes set up a temporary office base camp “in the former Dia Center building on 22nd Street, transposing daily operations while presenting our publications and other paraphernalia. The office-‘scenario’ was conceived by the New York-based artist group The Bruce High Quality Foundation, incorporating dining furniture from the abandoned 1983 Burger King facility on Governors Island,” the organization writes. The Burger King building, Building 785, was demolished.