Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 152nd Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 152nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,077 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden is 60 feet away, and the mural “Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Mural” is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them playgrounds, and six places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 152 St · M10
Within a walk
21 places
6 playgrounds, 3 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 152nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St B, D
    1,270 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 152 St, 120 feet away, for the M10.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 152 St M10
    120 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 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
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,077 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 723rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 626 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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 3,800 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 87 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three 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 1928.

  1. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    610 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
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    60 feet
  2. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    200 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Park
    360 feet
Show all 12
  1. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    390 feet
  2. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    770 feet
  3. Holcombe Rucker Park
    890 feet
  4. Rucker Park Playground
    890 feet
  5. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    910 feet
  6. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    1,110 feet
  7. Family Garden - Polo Grounds Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    1,160 feet
  8. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    1,160 feet
  9. Frederick Johnson Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    360 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    810 feet
  2. Community center at Polo Grounds Towers Community center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #6 Police station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 152nd Street.

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