Comfort Road & King Avenue

Comfort Road and King Avenue 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. Parade Ground is 300 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.

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Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Yankee Ferry Terminal 42 docks in all
    820 feet

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
14 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, 34 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and built between 1812 and 1942.

  1. Detachment Barracks, First Army Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. Army Young Men's Christian Association (Fort Jay) Designated landmark
    370 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
    300 feet
  2. South Battery Park
    560 feet
  3. Governors Island Park · listed historic place
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Liggett Terrace Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Colonels Row Park
    1,080 feet
  3. Hammock Grove Park
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Block House, The Listed historic place
    1,300 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.