Frederick Douglass Circle
Frederick Douglass Circle is a traffic circle located at the northwest corner of Central Park at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and 110th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan.Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
- Type: Park
- Description: traffic circle at the northwest corner of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City
- Address: Frederick Douglass Circle, New York, NY 10026
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frederick Douglass Memorial and Blockhouse No. 1.
Frederick Douglass Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Keeper554, Public domain.
The Frederick Douglass Memorial is a memorial commemorating Frederick Douglass, installed at the northwest corner of New York City's Central Park, in the U.S. state of New York.
Blockhouse No. 1
Photo: Sylius, Public domain.
Blockhouse No. 1, colloquially known as The Blockhouse, is a small fort in the North Woods section of Central Park, Manhattan, New York City. Finished in 1814, the Blockhouse is the second-oldest structure in the park, after Cleopatra's Needle, and the oldest surviving structure originally built within the park site. Blockhouse No. 1 is situated 870 feet southeast of Frederick Douglass Circle.
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 1¼ miles south of Frederick Douglass Circle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manhattan Valley and Morningside Heights.
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.
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.
Harlem and Upper Manhattan
Upper Manhattan is a large, relatively under-visited area that ranges from 125th Street to Inwood Hill Park on the west and from 96th Street northward on the east.
Frederick Douglass Circle
- Categories: traffic circle and recreation area
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.80059° or 40° 48′ 2″ northLongitude
-73.95818° or 73° 57′ 30″ westInception
2010Operator
Central Park ConservancyOpen location code
87G8R22R+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 318328998OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q5497668
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Portuguese—“Frederick Douglass Circle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Frederick Douglass Circle”
- Chinese: “弗雷德里克·道格拉斯圓環”
- Chinese: “費德里克·道格拉斯圓環”
- Estonian: “Frederick Douglass Circle”
- French: “Frederick Douglass Circle”
- Interlingua: “Frederick Douglass Circle”
- Japanese: “フレデリック・ダグラス・サークル”
- Korean: “프레드릭 더글라스 서클”
- Portuguese: “Frederick Douglass Circle”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 110th Street Bridge and West 110th Street Playground.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Cathedral Parkway–110th Street and Central Park West & Frederick Douglass Circle.
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