Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 133rd Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 133rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 133 St · M10
Within a walk
33 places
12 religious buildings, 7 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 133rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    890 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
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 135 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 133 St, 120 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 134 St 27 docks in all
    650 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
    0.6 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 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10030
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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    580 feet
  3. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    580 feet
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  1. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    580 feet
  2. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    840 feet
  4. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    840 feet
  5. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    1,000 feet
  6. Mott Hall High School
    1,000 feet
  7. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  8. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    430 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    470 feet
  3. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    1,210 feet
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  1. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    1,290 feet
  2. Dorrance Brooks Square
    1,310 feet
  3. Harlem Valley Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. St Philips Church Landmark · listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. St Aloysius RC Church Landmark
    880 feet
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  1. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  3. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  4. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,200 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    560 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 133rd 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.