Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 129th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 129th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Nicholas development. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School is 360 feet away, and Apollo Theatre is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 129 St · M10
Within a walk
34 places
13 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 129th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    890 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 129 St, 40 feet away, for the M10.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 129 St M10 · Shelter
    40 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 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 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
30 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 217 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    360 feet
  2. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    600 feet
Show all 8
  1. Saint Nicholas Child care
    630 feet
  2. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  4. New Design Middle School
    1,150 feet
  5. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Metropolitan Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,180 feet
  4. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 129th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.