Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 149th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 149th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Playground 149 CIL is 370 feet away, and Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about four 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 playgrounds, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 148 St · M10
Within a walk
23 places
5 playgrounds, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 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, 200 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 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
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.5 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
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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
10039
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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 1928.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is 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, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 23 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Moderne, Colonial Revival and Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1907 and 1937.

  1. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground.

  1. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Mural Mural, 1992
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    880 feet
  2. Global Community Charter Middle School
    1,110 feet
  3. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Park
    350 feet
  2. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    370 feet
  3. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature · landmark
    730 feet
Show all 11
  1. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    800 feet
  2. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    880 feet
  3. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    980 feet
  4. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    1,160 feet
  5. Robert L. Clinkscales Playground and Community Garden (C.G. of West 146th St.) Garden
    1,180 feet
  6. Frederick Johnson Playground
    1,190 feet
  7. Robert L. Clinkscales Playground
    1,260 feet
  8. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Macombs Unit House of worship
    700 feet
  2. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    710 feet
  3. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Pauls Community Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  2. Union Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackie Robinson Recreation Center Landmark
    950 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #6 Police station
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 17 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 149th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.