Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 132nd Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 132nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Evelyn Thomas Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Pauls Baptist Church is 400 feet away, and St Philips Church is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 133 St · M10
Within a walk
30 places
12 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 132nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    1,150 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D
  2. 135 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 133 St, 130 feet away, for the M10.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 133 St M10
    130 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026
  • 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

This corner is also named Evelyn Thomas Way, 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 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Evelyn Thomas Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of West 132nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Gothic Revival and neo-Gothic, one each, and built between 1902 and 1911.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    840 feet
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  1. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    840 feet
  3. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    840 feet
  4. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    840 feet
  5. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    920 feet
  6. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,100 feet
  7. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    1,260 feet
  8. Mott Hall High School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    690 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    730 feet
  3. Langston Hughes Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. St Aloysius RC Church Landmark
    750 feet
  3. St Philips Church Landmark · listed historic place
    930 feet
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  1. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    940 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 132nd 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, 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.