Comfort Road & Evans Road

Comfort Road and Evans Road meet at a three-way junction 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. Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion stands 100 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 and 2 listed historic places, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Comfort Road & Evans Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Comfort Road and Evans Road.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Yankee Ferry Terminal 42 docks in all
    1,020 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
17 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.

Within 820 feet, 46 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and mostly built between 1878 and 1931.

  1. Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. South Battery or Half Moon Battery (later Corbin Hall) Designated landmark
    100 feet
  3. Hospital Steward's Quarters Designated landmark
    240 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 listed historic places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Battery Park
    370 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    670 feet
  3. Nolan Park
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Governors Island Park
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Block House, The Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Admiral's House Listed historic place
    1,230 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Comfort Road or Evans Road.

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.