Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 135th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 135th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 47 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 599 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. It is 440 feet to the 32nd Precinct. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about two minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
47 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
420 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 135 St · M10
Within a walk
34 places
10 religious buildings, 8 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    420 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. 135 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 135 St, 130 feet away, for the M10.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 135 St M10 · Shelter
    130 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 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
    670 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. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.6 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 47 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 599 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,076th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 167 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Frederick Douglass Boulevard32769
Southbound on Frederick Douglass Boulevard27298
Total599167

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 200 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1897.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    460 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    460 feet
  3. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 10
  1. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    840 feet
  2. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    840 feet
  3. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    840 feet
  4. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change School
    860 feet
  5. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,130 feet
  6. A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
    1,260 feet
  7. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    520 feet
  2. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    830 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    940 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. Harlem Valley Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    740 feet
  3. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. James Weldon Johnson House Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church Landmark
    720 feet
  3. St Philips Church Landmark · listed historic place
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    1,050 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Harlem YMCA Recreation center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    20 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 135th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.