Frederick Douglass Circle & Central Park Entrance West 110th Street

Frederick Douglass Circle and Central Park Entrance West 110th Street meet at a three-way junction in Central Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Morningside Park is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them schools, and 16 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
200 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Central Park North/Central Park West · M3, M4
Within a walk
17 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Frederick Douglass Circle & Central Park Entrance West 110th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    200 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (1999) by Christopher Wynter at the Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park North/Central Park West, 100 feet away, for the M3 and M4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park North/Central Park West M3, M4
    100 feet
    M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance West 110th Street and Frederick Douglass Circle.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 112 St 37 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
City Council district
6
Police precinct
22 and 24 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Central Park
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1945.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Frederick Douglass Circle.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Decorative paving by Algernon Miller, 2011
    90 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue by Gabriel Koren, 2011
    90 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Harlem Link Charter School-Annex School
    1,070 feet
  3. Opportunity Charter School
    1,260 feet
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  1. STEM Institute of Manhattan School
    1,260 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 School
    1,260 feet
  3. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet
  4. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    80 feet
  2. West 110th Street Playground
    260 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    650 feet
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  1. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    660 feet
  2. Electric Ladybug Garden
    780 feet
  3. Blockhouse in Central Park Park feature
    910 feet
  4. Morningside Park Playground
    980 feet
  5. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance West 110th Street or Frederick Douglass Circle.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.