Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 123rd Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 123rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Randy Nelson “Bubba” McGhee Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 210 feet to the 28th Precinct. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 123 St · M10
Within a walk
43 places
13 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 123rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    840 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
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 125 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 123 St, 110 feet away, for the M10.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 123 St M10
    110 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 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
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
24 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Randy Nelson “Bubba” McGhee Place, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 212 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Randy Nelson “Bubba” McGhee Place.

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: 115173.

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, and built between 1897 and 1914.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    450 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
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  2. New York French-American Charter School
    1,080 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
Show all 7
  1. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  2. Mott Hall II School
    1,200 feet
  3. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    1,210 feet
  4. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    260 feet
  2. Hancock Park
    360 feet
  3. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    690 feet
Show all 13
  1. Five Star Gardens Garden
    830 feet
  2. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    880 feet
  3. CEP Community Garden
    880 feet
  4. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    950 feet
  5. Morningside Park
    950 feet
  6. Playground 123 Playground
    1,050 feet
  7. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  8. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,150 feet
  9. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    1,190 feet
  10. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    400 feet
  2. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Hotel Theresa Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    260 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  4. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,040 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,070 feet
  3. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    210 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    680 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    830 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 123rd 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 Records, 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.