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- A 1980 Steve McQueen film The Hunter filmed a chase scene on one of the island's ferryboats.
- The 1998 Richard Preston novel The Cobra Event has a biosafety field lab located on the island.
- David Wellington's zombie novels Monster Island and Monster Planet feature Governors Island as a human safe haven in a zombie-infested world.
- In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, the Triskelion headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Ultimates is located on Governors Island.
- The films Prince of the City and Critical Condition contain scenes shot on the island.
- The drug-making operation in the housing project in the film American Gangster was filmed in apartment building 844 (demolished 2012).
- In Spider-Man 3: The Video Game, the mission "Scorpion Unleashed" takes place on Governors Island.
- In the World in Conflict video game, Governors Island is captured by Soviet Spetsnaz forces.
- In the Freedom Fighters video game, it was the seat of power for the Soviet Armed Forces which had invaded the United States. Governors Island is the final Soviet stronghold.
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