Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 111th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 111th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Electric Ladybug Garden is 400 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 19 public places, four of them schools, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
300 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 111 St · M10
Within a walk
19 places
4 schools, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 300 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
    300 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
    1,310 feet
    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 Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 111 St, 100 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 111 St M10 · Shelter
    100 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 111th Street.

  • 29 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
    270 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 111th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 109628.

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
    270 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue by Gabriel Koren, 2011
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Electric Ladybug Garden
    400 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    500 feet
Show all 9
  1. West 110th Street Playground
    640 feet
  2. Morningside Park Playground
    660 feet
  3. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,030 feet
  4. Lafayette Square
    1,190 feet
  5. Blockhouse in Central Park Park feature
    1,280 feet
  6. Garden of Love Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 111th Street.

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.