Buttermilk Beach Access Plan is a series of two rope ladders designed to be installed along the Governors Island promenade to provide access to Buttermilk Beach during low tide. As described in the Waterfront Alliance Maritime Activation Plan for Governors Island, tidal timing allows Buttermilk Beach, on the east side of the island facing Brooklyn and Buttermilk Channel, to accommodate at least three hours of on-beach public programming per-day for ten out of every fourteen days. Currently, there are no formal public access points allowing visitors to touch the water along the Governors Island coastline, and there is a six-foot drop from the promenade down to Buttermilk Beach.

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