Frederick Douglass Houses
The Frederick Douglass Houses are a public housing project located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in the Manhattan Valley neighborhood of Upper West Side, named for abolitionist and civil rights pioneer Frederick Douglass.Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Park and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Central Park
Photo: Ed Yourdon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A vast green swath of open space in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park is a district in its own right, neatly separating the Upper East Side from the Upper West Side, stretching from Midtown at the southern end to Harlem at the north.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Museum
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is situated 1 mile south of Frederick Douglass Houses.
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
Photo: Gigi alt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. American Museum of Natural History is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Frederick Douglass Houses.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manhattan Valley and Upper West Side.
Manhattan Valley
Neighborhood
Manhattan Valley is a neighborhood in the northern part of the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by West 110th Street to the north, Central Park West to the east, West 96th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west.
Upper West Side
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Upper West Side covers a large area in upper Manhattan bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and Central Park and Morningside Park on the east.
Morningside Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: Petri Krohn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west.
Frederick Douglass Houses
- Type: Residential area
- Description: Public housing development in Manhattan
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.79684° or 40° 47′ 49″ northLongitude
-73.965° or 73° 57′ 54″ westInception
1958Named after
Frederick DouglassOpen location code
87G8Q2WM+PXOpenStreetMap ID
way 286383424OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialWikidata ID
Q5497672
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan and FDNY Engine 76/Ladder 22/Battalion 11.
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