Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 117th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 117th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about a minute on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
15 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 116 St · M10
Within a walk
26 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 117th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 310 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
    310 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
    0.4 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, 140 feet away, for the M10.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 116 St M10
    140 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

  • 98 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 117 St 39 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and February 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 117th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110677 and 114041.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1895 and 1896.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    490 feet
  2. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    500 feet
  3. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
Show all 10
  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  2. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. New York French-American Charter School
    1,080 feet
  4. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    1,180 feet
  5. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    1,210 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    1,210 feet
  7. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Love Garden
    440 feet
  2. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    530 feet
  3. A Philip Randolph Square
    780 feet
Show all 8
  1. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    880 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    950 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground
    1,000 feet
  4. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    1,030 feet
  5. Five Star Gardens Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    710 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 17 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 117th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.