Springfield Boulevard & Hempstead Avenue

Springfield Boulevard and Hempstead Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2026, 551 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. P.S. 034 John Harvard is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/Hempstead Av, is 70 feet away for the Q27. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Springfield Blvd/Hempstead Av · Q27
Within a walk
15 places
11 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Springfield Boulevard & Hempstead Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/Hempstead Av, 70 feet away, for the Q27.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/Hempstead Av Q27
    70 feet
    Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Hempstead Avenue & Cross Island Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2010
  • Turn calming, February 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 551 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
Northbound on Springfield Boulevard365
Eastbound on Hempstead Avenue186
Total551

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11429
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
27
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queens Village
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 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 1924 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Hempstead Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hempstead Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 1 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Springfield Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Springfield Boulevard

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412344 and 412668.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Alpha Fundamental Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    400 feet
  2. District 29 Pre-K Center at 100-05 Springfield Boulevard Pre-K center
    730 feet
  3. P.S. 034 John Harvard School
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. SS Joachim & Anne School
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Lutheran Church Queens Village House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Hope Restoration Ministries House of worship
    350 feet
  3. Sts Joachim & Anne Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 12 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hempstead Avenue or Springfield Boulevard.

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