Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 154th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 154th 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. Rucker Park Playground is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them parks, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 154 St · M10
Within a walk
19 places
4 parks, 3 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 154th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St B, D
    750 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 154 St, 100 feet away, for the M10.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 154 St M10 · Shelter
    100 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 155 St & Frederick Douglass Blvd 31 docks in all
    370 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 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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 2,200 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 1912 and 1936.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the black oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were built between 1912 and 1937.

  1. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 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
    1,140 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Holcombe Rucker Park
    370 feet
  2. Rucker Park Playground
    370 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Park
    420 feet
Show all 10
  1. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    580 feet
  2. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    620 feet
  3. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    630 feet
  4. Family Garden - Polo Grounds Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    640 feet
  5. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    750 feet
  6. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    850 feet
  7. Highbridge Park
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    590 feet
  2. Community center at Polo Grounds Towers Community center
    630 feet
  3. Older adult center at 2965 Frederick Douglass Boulevard Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 154th 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.