Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 148th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 148th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Police Service Area #6 is 150 feet away, and Jackie Robinson Pool is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 148 St · M10
Within a walk
23 places
5 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 148th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    1,230 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D
  2. 155 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 148 St, 100 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 148 St M10 · Shelter
    100 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bradhurst Ave & W 148 St 22 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.3 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10039
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the pin oak.

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 January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1904 and 1928.

  1. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Global Community Charter Middle School
    850 feet
  2. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Park
    370 feet
  2. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    430 feet
  3. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature · landmark
    500 feet
Show all 9
  1. Robert L. Clinkscales Playground and Community Garden (C.G. of West 146th St.) Garden
    930 feet
  2. Robert L. Clinkscales Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  4. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    1,140 feet
  5. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    1,240 feet
  6. Renaissance Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 147th-149th Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Macombs Unit House of worship
    440 feet
  2. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet
  3. St Pauls Community Church House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Union Baptist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackie Robinson Recreation Center Landmark
    690 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    770 feet
  3. Community center at Drew - Hamilton Community center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #6 Police station
    150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 148th 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.