Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 122nd Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 122nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Harriet Tubman Memorial” is 60 feet away, and Morningside Field House is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St · M10
Within a walk
37 places
12 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 122nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    980 feet
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 125 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St, 330 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & Manhattan Ave 31 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 26 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 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

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2020, 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

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 109114.

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 Queen Anne, one each, and built between 1883 and 1897.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Washington Apartments Designated landmark
    780 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
    60 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    390 feet
  2. New York French-American Charter School
    820 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mott Hall II School
    940 feet
  2. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    950 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    120 feet
  2. Hancock Park
    500 feet
  3. Five Star Gardens Garden
    570 feet
Show all 12
  1. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    590 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    960 feet
  3. Playground 123 Playground
    1,000 feet
  4. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  5. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    1,100 feet
  6. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  7. CEP Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  8. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    1,230 feet
  9. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    540 feet
  2. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    700 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    500 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    710 feet
  3. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  2. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    1,140 feet
  2. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,180 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    970 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 122nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.