Springfield Boulevard & 56th Avenue

Springfield Boulevard and 56th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/56 Av, is 110 feet away for the Q27 and Q75, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Springfield Blvd/56 Av · Q27, Q75
Within a walk
9 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Springfield Boulevard & 56th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/56 Av, 110 feet away, for the Q27 and Q75.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/56 Av Q27, Q75
    110 feet
    Q27 Q75

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q27 …
  2. Q75 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 56th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 219-02 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11364
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
23
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bayside
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 170 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 in 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 56th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 56th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Springfield Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Springfield Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 203 Oakland Gardens School
    520 feet
  2. Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
    760 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    50 feet
  2. Alley Pond Park
    100 feet
  3. Oakland Gardens Playground
    230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Oakland Gardens Garden
    280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Haknesiah Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Colonial Church of Bayside House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 221-15 Horace Harding Expressway Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 56th Avenue or Springfield Boulevard.

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