Springfield Boulevard & 137th Avenue

Springfield Boulevard and 137th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Laurelton, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Merrick Academy-Queens Public Charter School is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/Eastgate Plaza, is 350 feet away for the Q77, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

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Springfield Boulevard & 137th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/Eastgate Plaza, 350 feet away, for the Q77.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/Eastgate Plaza Q77
    350 feet
    Q77

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q77 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at South Conduit Avenue & 221st Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 219-25 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11413
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
31
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Laurelton
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 137th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Springfield Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Little People Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Merrick Academy-Queens Public Charter School
    760 feet
  3. Cynthia Jenkins School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Montbellier Park
    350 feet
  2. Montbellier Park Playground
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Magdalene RC Church House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.