Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 150th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 150th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jackie Robinson Park is 370 feet away, and Macomb's Bridge Library is 1,280 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 22 public places, four of them playgrounds, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 150 St · 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 Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    1,220 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St B, D
    0.3 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/W 150 St, 40 feet away, for the M10.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 150 St M10 · Shelter
    40 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macombs Pl & W 152 St 33 docks in all
    520 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
    0.4 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 29 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1905 and 1937.

  1. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    540 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
    690 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
    680 feet
  2. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Park
    370 feet
  2. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    390 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    540 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    680 feet
  2. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    730 feet
  3. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    910 feet
  4. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature · landmark
    980 feet
  5. Frederick Johnson Playground
    990 feet
  6. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. West 147th-149th Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Macomb's Bridge Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    1,120 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Recreation Center
    1,210 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #6 Police station
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown 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 seven places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 150th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.