Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 112th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 112th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morningside Park is 510 feet away, and the Great Hill in Central Park is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
560 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 112 St · M10
Within a walk
23 places
7 schools, 3 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 112th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    560 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
    1,050 feet
    B C
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 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 112 St, 110 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 112 St M10
    110 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

  • 35 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
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.4 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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 1927.

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 Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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

North side of West 112th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of West 112th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109628 and 114264.

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 three works near this corner, the nearest in Frederick Douglass Circle.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Decorative paving by Algernon Miller, 2011
    530 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue by Gabriel Koren, 2011
    530 feet
  3. Lafayette and Washington Statue by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1900
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. Opportunity Charter School
    620 feet
  3. STEM Institute of Manhattan School
    620 feet
Show all 9
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 School
    620 feet
  2. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Harlem Link Charter School-Annex School
    960 feet
  4. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    1,280 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    1,280 feet
  6. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    510 feet
  2. Electric Ladybug Garden
    550 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    700 feet
Show all 9
  1. Morningside Park Playground
    810 feet
  2. West 110th Street Playground
    900 feet
  3. Lafayette Square
    930 feet
  4. Garden of Love Garden
    1,030 feet
  5. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    1,210 feet
  6. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet
  2. Morningside Post Office
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 112th 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.