Springfield Boulevard & Lucas Street

Springfield Boulevard and Lucas Street meet at a four-way crossing in St. Albans, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 2,773 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 5,034 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. P.S. 132 Ralph Bunche is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/Lucas St, is 80 feet away for the Q77. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

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Springfield Boulevard & Lucas Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/Lucas St, 80 feet away, for the Q77.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/Lucas St Q77
    80 feet
    Q77

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q77 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at 133rd Avenue & Laurelton Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 219-25 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1,280 feet

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2019

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 5,034 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 Boulevard4,659
Southbound on Springfield Boulevard375
Total5,034

In 2025, 2,773 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 319th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,918 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 12
City Council district
27 and 31 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. Albans
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

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 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 132nd Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lucas Street

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

South side of Lucas Street

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

West side of Springfield Boulevard

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Springfield Gardens School
    700 feet
  2. P.S. 132 Ralph Bunche School
    740 feet
  3. I.S. 059 Springfield Gardens School
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Springfield Gardens - New York 6 School
    750 feet
  2. Prime Vocational Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  3. Rehoboth Care Preschool
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and one food store.

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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.