Hay Road & Wheeler Avenue

Hay Road and Wheeler 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. Post Hospital stands 250 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them parks, and one place to eat. 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, 1 historic site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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Hay Road & Wheeler Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Hay Road and Wheeler Avenue.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Soissons Landing 29 docks in all
    1,310 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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Governors Island Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 32 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and built between 1807 and 1970.

  1. Medical & Dental Clinic Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Post Hospital Designated landmark
    250 feet
  3. Bachelor Officer's Quarters Designated landmark
    300 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 listed historic place

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colonels Row Park
    330 feet
  2. Governors Island Park
    800 feet
  3. Liggett Terrace Park
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hammock Grove Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Castle Williams Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Governors Island National Monument Historic site
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hay Road or Wheeler Avenue.

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.