Central Park North & Frederick Douglass Circle

Central Park North and Frederick Douglass Circle meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The decorative paving “Frederick Douglass Memorial” is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
230 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Central Park North/Central Park West · M3, M4
Within a walk
16 places
4 schools, 3 park features and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park North & Frederick Douglass Circle Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    230 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (1999) by Christopher Wynter at the Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park North/Central Park West, 70 feet away, for the M3 and M4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park North/Central Park West M3, M4
    70 feet
    M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Park North and Frederick Douglass Circle.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 112 St 37 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
6 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
22 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Central Park North

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Frederick Douglass Circle

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Frederick Douglass Circle

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1945.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Frederick Douglass Circle.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Decorative paving by Algernon Miller, 2011
    90 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue by Gabriel Koren, 2011
    90 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 park features
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. Harlem Link Charter School-Annex School
    1,000 feet
  3. Opportunity Charter School
    1,180 feet
Show all 6
  1. STEM Institute of Manhattan School
    1,180 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 School
    1,180 feet
  3. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. West 110th Street Playground
    340 feet
  3. Electric Ladybug Garden
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. Morningside Park
    710 feet
  2. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    730 feet
  3. Morningside Park Playground
    960 feet
  4. Blockhouse in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet
  5. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park North or Frederick Douglass Circle.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.