Division Road & Play Way

Division Road and Play Way (south-east) 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. A designated landmark, 16th Infantry Regimental Barracks, stands 290 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places. 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
7 parks, within five minutes

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Division Road & Play Way Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Division Road and Play Way.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Yankee Ferry Terminal 42 docks in all
    900 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

  • One travel lane

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Governors Island Historic District.

Fourteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and built between 1893 and 1942.

  1. 16th Infantry Regimental Barracks Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Detachment Barracks, First Army Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. War Department Theater Designated landmark
    640 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liggett Terrace Park
    380 feet
  2. Hammock Grove Park
    430 feet
  3. Governors Island Park
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Colonels Row Park
    1,010 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    1,160 feet
  3. Play Lawn Park
    1,300 feet
  4. South Battery Park
    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 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Division Road or Play Way.

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.