Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 119th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 119th 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. New York French-American Charter School is 560 feet away, and the 28th Precinct is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 119 St · M10
Within a walk
32 places
11 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 119th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    830 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. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 119 St, 20 feet away, for the M10.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 119 St M10
    20 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

  • 53 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
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2023, 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111775 and 114827.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1895 and 1897.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    740 feet
  2. Hotel Cecil & Minton's Playhouse Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Harriet Tubman Plaza.

  1. Harriet Tubman Memorial Sculpture by Alison Saar, 2008
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    140 feet
  2. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    160 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    390 feet
Show all 8
  1. New York French-American Charter School
    560 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    660 feet
  3. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    850 feet
  4. Mott Hall II School
    910 feet
  5. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Five Star Gardens Garden
    680 feet
  2. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    830 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    950 feet
Show all 9
  1. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    910 feet
  2. Garden of Love Garden
    960 feet
  3. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    990 feet
  4. A Philip Randolph Square
    1,080 feet
  5. Hancock Park
    1,200 feet
  6. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    1,060 feet
  2. Morningside Post Office
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    190 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    720 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 119th 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.