Clayton Road & King Avenue

Clayton Road and King Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Governors Island Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Detachment Barracks, First Army stands 200 feet away, and Colonels Row is 980 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them parks. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Within a walk
7 places
6 parks and 1 listed historic place, within five minutes

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Clayton Road & King Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Clayton Road and King Avenue.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Yankee Ferry Terminal 42 docks in all
    740 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10004
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Governors Island Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 26 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Victorian Vernacular and neo-Georgian, and mostly built between 1878 and 1933.

  1. Detachment Barracks, First Army Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. Army Young Men's Christian Association (Fort Jay) Designated landmark
    320 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 1 listed historic place

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    400 feet
  2. South Battery Park
    570 feet
  3. Governors Island Park · listed historic place
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Liggett Terrace Park
    920 feet
  2. Colonels Row Park
    980 feet
  3. Hammock Grove Park
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Block House, The Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clayton Road or King Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.