Springfield Boulevard & 147th Avenue

Springfield Boulevard and 147th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,684 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 1,049 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Springfield Park is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 147 Av/Springfield LN, is 500 feet away for the Q111, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places.

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Springfield Boulevard & 147th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 147 Av/Springfield LN, 500 feet away, for the Q111.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 147 Av/Springfield LN Q111
    500 feet
    Q111

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q111 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at South Conduit Avenue & 221st Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 185-25 North Conduit Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,049 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Eastbound on 147th Avenue871
Westbound on 147th Avenue178
Total1,049

In 2025, 1,684 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 500th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,749 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

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)
Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 200 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 1960 and 2000.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 147th Avenue

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • Road tests only 7 signs NYS ROAD TEST ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of Springfield Boulevard

  • No standing 13 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Sherlet Day Care Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Springfield Park
    70 feet
  2. Springfield Playground
    270 feet
  3. Idlewild Park Nature area
    930 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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