Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 138th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 138th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the St. Nicholas Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Calvary Methodist Church is 630 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 25 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 138 St · M10
Within a walk
25 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 760 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
    760 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. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 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 138 St, 120 feet away, for the M10.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 138 St M10
    120 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 139 St 22 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.5 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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 62 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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 TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the St. Nicholas Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 463 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1897.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    800 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    800 feet
  3. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Hall High School
    950 feet
  2. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    660 feet
  2. Dorrance Brooks Square
    750 feet
  3. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Will Marion Cook House Listed historic place
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    290 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    590 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church Landmark
    830 feet
  2. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Abyssinian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Post Office
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 138th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.