Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 113th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 113th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Opportunity Charter School is 530 feet away, and STEM Institute of Manhattan is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about three 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 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 113 St · M10
Within a walk
23 places
7 schools, 3 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 113th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    790 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. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    820 feet
    B C
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 113 St, 120 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 113 St M10
    120 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

  • 41 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
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1920.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109158 and 114163.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1901 and 1945.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Lafayette Square.

  1. Lafayette and Washington Statue by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1900
    550 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Memorial Decorative paving by Algernon Miller, 2011
    790 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue by Gabriel Koren, 2011
    790 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
    80 feet
  2. Opportunity Charter School
    530 feet
  3. STEM Institute of Manhattan School
    530 feet
Show all 9
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 School
    530 feet
  2. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    1,010 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    1,010 feet
  5. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School · landmark
    1,010 feet
  6. Harlem Link Charter School-Annex School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    520 feet
  2. Morningside Park Playground
    550 feet
  3. Lafayette Square
    680 feet
Show all 8
  1. Garden of Love Garden
    760 feet
  2. Electric Ladybug Garden
    810 feet
  3. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    950 feet
  4. Central Park Listed historic place
    960 feet
  5. West 110th Street Playground
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    890 feet
  2. Morningside Post Office
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 113th 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.