Division Road & Short Avenue

Division Road and Short 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. Governors Island is 90 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, five 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
5 parks and 1 listed historic place, within five minutes

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Division Road & Short Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Division Road and Short Avenue.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Yankee Ferry Terminal 42 docks in all
    0.4 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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Governors Island Historic District.

Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and mostly built between 1939 and 1970.

  1. Detachment Barracks, First Army Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Medical & Dental Clinic Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Post Hospital Designated landmark
    530 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 1 listed historic place

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Governors Island Park
    90 feet
  2. Liggett Terrace Park
    740 feet
  3. Colonels Row Park
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hammock Grove Park
    980 feet
  2. Play Lawn Park
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Castle Williams Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Division Road or Short Avenue.

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