Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 128th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 128th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Nicholas development. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. CEP Community Garden is 520 feet away, and P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about two minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 128 St · M10
Within a walk
35 places
12 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 128th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    630 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. 135 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 125 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 128 St, 140 feet away, for the M10.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 128 St M10 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 129 St 27 docks in all
    260 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1953.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Nicholas development.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

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

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 35 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    620 feet
  2. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 9
  1. New Design Middle School
    890 feet
  2. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    890 feet
  3. Saint Nicholas Child care
    890 feet
  4. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  5. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  6. Teachers College Community School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    430 feet
  2. CEP Community Garden
    520 feet
  3. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    550 feet
Show all 9
  1. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    720 feet
  2. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    750 feet
  3. St Nicholas Park Playground
    780 feet
  4. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    810 feet
  5. Langston Hughes Playground
    1,010 feet
  6. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    880 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    560 feet
  3. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,220 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,250 feet
  3. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    930 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 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 17 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 128th 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, 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.