Free bike rentals on Governors Island on Labor Day Monday

Bike and Roll is providing FREE one-hour bike rentals on Governors Island on Labor Day Monday between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Bike and Roll has been offering this freebie every Memorial and Labor Day holiday weekend since 2008. There are two locations on Governors Island — at Colonels Row/Castle Williams and at Nolan Park/Pershing Hall with more than two dozen employees ready to outfit riders with a bicycle and necessary safety equipment, including bells and helmet. Governors Island is accessible via free ferry service from the Battery Maritime Building in Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 in Brooklyn Heights.