Earlybird Road & Play Way

Earlybird Road and Play Way 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. A designated landmark, 16th Infantry Regimental Barracks, stands 70 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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Earlybird Road & Play Way Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Yankee Ferry Terminal 42 docks in all
    1,270 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
11 feet above sea level

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Governors Island Historic District.

Sixteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival and neo-Georgian, and built between 1893 and 1958.

  1. 16th Infantry Regimental Barracks Designated landmark
    70 feet
  2. Bachelor Officer's Quarters Designated landmark
    610 feet
  3. Detachment Barracks, First Army Designated landmark
    630 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
    180 feet
  2. Hammock Grove Park
    390 feet
  3. Colonels Row Park
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Governors Island Park
    940 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    1,140 feet
  3. Play Lawn Park
    1,250 feet
  4. South Battery Park
    1,310 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 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Earlybird 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.