Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 130th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 130th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Nicholas development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church is 850 feet away, and St. Nicholas Playground South is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 129 St · M10
Within a walk
32 places
12 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 130th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    1,150 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
    0.3 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 129 St, 210 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 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
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2016
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 4,000 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 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    330 feet
  3. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    620 feet
Show all 8
  1. Saint Nicholas Child care
    900 feet
  2. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  4. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  5. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    380 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    630 feet
  3. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    820 feet
Show all 9
  1. Langston Hughes Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. CEP Community Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    1,060 feet
  4. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  5. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    1,210 feet
  6. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
Show all 6
  1. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. St Aloysius RC Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  3. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    910 feet
  2. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    570 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 130th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.