Springfield Boulevard & 64th Avenue

Springfield Boulevard and 64th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills, Queens. The corner is also named Battalion Chief Christopher Scalone Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The mosaic “Firefighting Mosaic” is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/Horace Harding Expwy, is 520 feet away for the Q27, QM5, QM8 and QM35. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1,230 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Springfield Blvd/Horace Harding Expwy · Q27, QM5, QM8, QM35
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Springfield Boulevard & 64th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/Horace Harding Expwy, 520 feet away, for the Q27, QM5, QM8 and QM35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/Horace Harding Expwy Q27, QM5, QM8, QM35
    520 feet
    Q27 QM5 QM8 QM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q27 …
  2. QM5 …
  3. QM8 …
  4. QM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Springfield Boulevard.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1,230 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

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)
Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills
Elevation
97 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Battalion Chief Christopher Scalone Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Battalion Chief Christopher Scalone Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Springfield Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Springfield Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 433012 and 451388.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at FDNY Engine 326 / Ladder 160 / Battalion 53.

  1. Firefighting Mosaic Mosaic by Ned Smyth, 1984
    100 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Interdisciplinary Cntr - Springfield School
    150 feet
  2. Kog Industries Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 046 Alley Pond School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tall Oak Playground
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Haknesiah Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Oakland Gardens Post Office
    280 feet
  2. Older adult center at 221-15 Horace Harding Expressway Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 53/Engine 326/Ladder 160 Fire station
    120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    380 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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:

See every intersection along 64th Avenue or Springfield Boulevard.

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