Clayton Road & Wheeler Avenue

Clayton Road and Wheeler 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. Colonels Row is 320 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four 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
6 places
4 parks, 1 historic site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

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Clayton Road & Wheeler Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Soissons Landing 29 docks in all
    0.3 miles

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Governors Island Historic District.

Twenty buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival and neo-Georgian, and built between 1807 and 1970.

  1. Medical & Dental Clinic Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Detachment Barracks, First Army Designated landmark
    250 feet
  3. Post Hospital Designated landmark
    270 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 listed historic place

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colonels Row Park
    320 feet
  2. Governors Island Park
    640 feet
  3. Liggett Terrace Park
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hammock Grove Park
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Castle Williams Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Governors Island National Monument Historic site
    1,170 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clayton Road or Wheeler 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.