Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 153rd Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 153rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bethany Baptist Church is 190 feet away, and Hooper Fountain is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them parks, and six places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 153 St · M10
Within a walk
20 places
4 parks, 4 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 153rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St B, D
    1,010 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. 155 St C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Harlem-148 St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 153 St, 130 feet away, for the M10.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 153 St M10 · Shelter
    130 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 155 St & Frederick Douglass Blvd 31 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1936.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1906 and 1937.

  1. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 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
    340 feet
  2. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    320 feet
  2. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    360 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Park
    370 feet
Show all 11
  1. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    370 feet
  2. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    610 feet
  3. Holcombe Rucker Park
    630 feet
  4. Rucker Park Playground
    630 feet
  5. Family Garden - Polo Grounds Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    900 feet
  6. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    1,000 feet
  7. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    1,170 feet
  8. Highbridge Park
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    500 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    670 feet
  2. Community center at Polo Grounds Towers Community center
    890 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 153rd 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.