Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 115th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 115th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morningside Post Office is 470 feet away, and Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
270 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 116 St · M10
Within a walk
29 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    270 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
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 116 St, 180 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 116 St M10 · Shelter
    180 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

  • 100 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 115 St 33 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
41 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.

Since 2014 at least 47 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Frederick Douglass Boulevard (east side).

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109858 and 114432.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Collegiate Gothic, Italian Renaissance and Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1901 and 1913.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Lafayette and Washington Statue by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1900
    590 feet
  2. Bear and Faun Fountain by Edgar Walter, 1914
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    640 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    640 feet
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  1. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School · landmark
    640 feet
  2. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  3. Opportunity Charter School
    1,050 feet
  4. STEM Institute of Manhattan School
    1,050 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 School
    1,050 feet
  6. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    1,060 feet
  7. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Love Garden
    240 feet
  2. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    430 feet
  3. Lafayette Square
    770 feet
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  1. Morningside Park
    790 feet
  2. Samuel Marx Triangle
    960 feet
  3. Morningside Park Playground
    1,060 feet
  4. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    1,100 feet
  5. 116th Street Playground
    1,190 feet
  6. A Philip Randolph Square
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    980 feet
  2. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    360 feet
  2. Morningside Post Office
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    970 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 115th 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.