Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 116th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 116th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 582 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Garden of Love is 160 feet away, and Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
28 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
W 116 St/Frederick Douglass Blvd · M7, M116
Within a walk
27 places
6 religious buildings, 4 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    80 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
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 116 St/Frederick Douglass Blvd, 60 feet away, for the M7 and M116.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 116 St/Frederick Douglass Blvd M7, M116
    60 feet
    M7 M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

  • 104 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
    290 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 27 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 582 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,101st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 276 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 4,500 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 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and May 2025, 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), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 116th Street (north 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

South side of West 116th Street

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110445, 110677, 112694 and 114041.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1895 and 1913.

  1. Hotel Cecil & Minton's Playhouse Designated landmark
    810 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Lafayette Square.

  1. Lafayette and Washington Statue by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1900
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    770 feet
  3. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    780 feet
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  1. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    930 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    930 feet
  3. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School · landmark
    930 feet
  4. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  5. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Love Garden
    160 feet
  2. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    590 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    940 feet
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  1. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    810 feet
  2. A Philip Randolph Square
    960 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground
    1,010 feet
  4. Lafayette Square
    1,050 feet
  5. Samuel Marx Triangle
    1,150 feet
  6. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    900 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  3. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    690 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 116th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.