Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 120th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 120th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Harriet Tubman Memorial” is 480 feet away, and Soul Saving Christ Crusade is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St · M10
Within a walk
33 places
11 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 120th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    1,090 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
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St, 240 feet away, for the M10.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St M10
    240 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

  • 33 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
    770 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 12 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
30 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 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 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
  • 3 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: 109875 and 112445.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built in 1897.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    510 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
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    130 feet
  2. New York French-American Charter School
    300 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    400 feet
Show all 9
  1. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    430 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    620 feet
  3. Mott Hall II School
    650 feet
  4. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    830 feet
  5. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    1,070 feet
  6. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Five Star Gardens Garden
    420 feet
  2. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    650 feet
  3. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hancock Park
    940 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    970 feet
  3. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    970 feet
  4. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    1,110 feet
  5. A Philip Randolph Square
    1,220 feet
  6. Garden of Love Garden
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    980 feet
  2. Minton's Playhouse Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    460 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 120th 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.