Play Way & West Way

Play Way and West Way meet at a three-way junction in The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. A designated landmark, 16th Infantry Regimental Barracks, stands 530 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are six 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
6 places
6 parks, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Play Way & West Way Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Yankee Ferry Terminal 42 docks in all
    880 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
13 feet above sea level

Landmarks and historic districts

Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and built between 1893 and 1941.

  1. 16th Infantry Regimental Barracks Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. Detachment Barracks, First Army Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. War Department Theater Designated landmark
    620 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liggett Terrace Park
    640 feet
  2. Hammock Grove Park
    700 feet
  3. Governors Island Park
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Play Lawn Park
    1,250 feet
  2. Colonels Row Park
    1,280 feet
  3. South Battery Park
    1,280 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Play Way or West 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.