Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville

Neighborhood · Queens

Along the northern edge of Kennedy Airport, this strip of southeast Queens takes in the southern part of Springfield Gardens and the Brookville section east of Springfield Boulevard.

  • 2.06 square miles
  • 23,103 residents, 2020 Census
  • 336 street corners
  • 10 bus routes

Europeans settled the area in 1660 and farmed it for generations; it grew quickly in the 1920s as newcomers arrived from Brooklyn, and in 1927 it became known as Springfield Gardens. Springfield Park was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1939 around a three-acre lake that had been a swamp, with ball fields nearby, and the tidal marshes of Idlewild Park lie along the area's southern edge.

Sources: Springfield Gardens, Queens (Wikipedia); Springfield Park – Jamaica NY (The Living New Deal); Idlewild Park Preserve (Eastern Queens Alliance presentation) (Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay).

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Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville borders six areas, and South Conduit Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 42 of 336.

Street map of Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville, Queens, outlined among John F. Kennedy International Airport, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village and Laurelton, with Idlewild Park.LaureltonRosedaleJohn F. Kennedy International AirportBaisley ParkSouth Ozone ParkSpringfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village
  • Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville
  • A neighboring area
  • Park

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on ten routes stop in or at the edge of Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville.

  • 10 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Q3
  • Q6
  • Q77
  • Q85
  • Q86
  • Q89
  • Q111
  • Q113
  • Q114
  • Q115

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Queens corner.

  • 2,380 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 7.1 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner
  • 63 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 15 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
12
Leading pedestrian intervals
7
Turn calming
1
Safety Improvement Projects
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 12,541 red-light camera tickets at seven corners
  • 24,496 school-zone speed camera tickets at eight corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
South Conduit Avenue & Farmers Boulevard, 3,293

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 23,103 residents in Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville, about 11,200 per square mile.

  • 7,049 homes, 2020 Census
  • 369 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 3,916 residential lots hold buildings from 1950 or earlier, and 24% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks

Parkland
276.5 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Idlewild Park (160.8 acres), Brookville Park (88.8 acres) and Springfield Park (25.8 acres)

Streets and trees

Trees
5,316 in NYC Parks' records, most often Japanese flowering cherry, thornless honeylocust and pin oak
Street with the most corners
South Conduit Avenue, with 42 of the area's 336
Height above sea level
From 4 feet at 236th Street & Bentley Road to 30 feet at 150th Street & Belt Parkway
Honorary street name
1 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools

The City lists six schools in Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville.

Public schools
5
Charter or private school
1

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 232 major felonies at places in Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville

  • 221 major felonies in 2024
  • 1,094 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville, the NYPD recorded another 17 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 10.8 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville.

Police precincts
116th (most of the area), 113th
Major felonies recorded at places in Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 91 major felonies at places in Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville, against 116 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.