Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 139th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 139th 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, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Grace Congregational Church Harlem is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 138 St · M10
Within a walk
29 places
14 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    1,020 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
    0.4 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 138 St, 160 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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
    30 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 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
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2024 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 139th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 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, 411 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 29 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    540 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    540 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    1,210 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    1,210 feet
  3. St Charles Borromeo School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    690 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    930 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Will Marion Cook House Listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    200 feet
  2. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    410 feet
  3. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mount Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  3. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  4. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  5. New Mount Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Post Office
    660 feet
  2. Community center at Drew - Hamilton Community center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 13 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 139th 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.