Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 150th Street at Macombs Place

Frederick Douglass Boulevard, West 150th Street and Macombs Place meet at a five-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Matthew Henson Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dunbar Apartments, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 120 feet away, and Colonial Park Post Office is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and five places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/Macombs Pl · M10
Within a walk
22 places
4 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 150th Street at Macombs Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    1,150 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/Macombs Pl, 110 feet away, for the M10.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/Macombs Pl M10
    110 feet
    M10

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. Macombs Pl & W 152 St 33 docks in all
    440 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. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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

This corner is also named Matthew Henson Plaza, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,100 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 1936.

Since 2014 at least 82 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Matthew Henson Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

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

East side of Macombs Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Macombs Place

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 150th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 150th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 18 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1926 and 1937.

  1. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    490 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    530 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
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    600 feet
  2. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Park
    450 feet
  2. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    470 feet
  3. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    600 feet
Show all 9
  1. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    620 feet
  2. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    800 feet
  3. Frederick Johnson Playground
    910 feet
  4. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    980 feet
  5. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    1,000 feet
  6. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. West 147th-149th Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Macomb's Bridge Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Macombs Unit House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    1,040 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Recreation Center
    1,230 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #6 Police station
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium 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 five places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Macombs Place or West 150th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.