Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 127th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 127th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named The Rev. Dr. Frank J. Blackshear Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church is 100 feet away, and Trinity AME Church is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about a minute on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
370 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 127 St · M10
Within a walk
40 places
15 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 127th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    370 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. 125 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. 135 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 127 St, 140 feet away, for the M10.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 127 St M10 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 127th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 129 St 27 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2017
  • 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 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

This corner is also named The Rev. Dr. Frank J. Blackshear Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 238 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on The Rev. Dr. Frank J. Blackshear Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Frederick Douglass Boulevard (both sides).

East side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112111 and 113188.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1913 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Design Middle School
    630 feet
  2. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    630 feet
  3. Saint Nicholas Child care
    660 feet
Show all 9
  1. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    880 feet
  2. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. Teachers College Community School
    1,060 feet
  4. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    1,120 feet
  5. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  6. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. CEP Community Garden
    260 feet
  2. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    290 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Park
    690 feet
Show all 9
  1. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    460 feet
  2. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    490 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    790 feet
  4. St Nicholas Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  5. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,070 feet
  6. Langston Hughes Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    330 feet
  3. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Metropolitan Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  4. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,000 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,010 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    990 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 127th 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 Records, NYCHA, 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.