Springfield Boulevard is a major north/south roadway that runs through the eastern section of
Queens,
New York
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. It is long and goes from
Northern Boulevard in
Bayside, to 147th Avenue in
Springfield Gardens. Springfield Boulevard runs through Bayside,
Oakland Gardens,
Queens Village
Queens Village is a mostly residential middle class neighborhood in the eastern part of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bound by Hollis to the west, Cambria Heights to the south, Bellerose to the east, and Oakland Gardens to the north. ...
,
Cambria Heights,
Laurelton, Springfield Gardens and along the eastern border of
St. Albans. The name "Springfield," derived from the
Springfield Armory, is one of several firearms-oriented street names in the area. This is the result of the National Rifle Range having been situated on the grounds of what is now
Creedmoor State Hospital
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center is a psychiatric hospital at 79-26 Winchester Boulevard in Queens Village, Queens, New York, United States. It provides inpatient, outpatient and residential services for severely mentally ill patients. The hospital o ...
during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The north end of Springfield Boulevard is a simple two-way two lane street in southeastern Bayside. It gradually gets wider as it heads towards Springfield Gardens. At some time the city widened Springfield Boulevard in Queens Village from 112th Avenue to Jamaica Avenue, in character with its name as a "Boulevard". South of Jamaica Avenue, it gains a strip median used as a turning lane for intersections, and south of 112th Avenue all the way to 147th Avenue, it gains a
median divider. The
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