Central Park West & Frederick Douglass Circle

Central Park West and Frederick Douglass Circle meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. West 110th Street Playground is 340 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 15 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
150 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Cathedral Pkwy/Frederick Douglass Blvd · M3, M4
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 150 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
    150 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 Cathedral Pkwy/Frederick Douglass Blvd, 170 feet away, for the M3 and M4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy/Frederick Douglass Blvd M3, M4
    170 feet
    M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 112 St 37 docks in all
    730 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6 and 7 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
22 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley; the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

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

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Harlem Link Charter School-Annex School
    1,160 feet
  3. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    90 feet
  2. West 110th Street Playground
    340 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    740 feet
  2. Electric Ladybug Garden
    860 feet
  3. Morningside Park Playground
    890 feet
  4. Blockhouse in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  5. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Cancer Hospital Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    640 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 16 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park West 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.