Why Proximity to Crescent Girls' School Matters
Crescent Girls' School (CGS) at 357 Tanglin Road is one of Singapore's most sought-after government autonomous secondary schools — and for families with daughters, the address on your HDB lease can be the deciding factor in securing a coveted Phase 2B or Phase 3 registration slot. Under MOE's distance-based balloting rules (as of 2026-05), households within 1km receive the highest priority tier, followed by those between 1km and 2km. When a popular school is oversubscribed, every metre counts.
CGS sits in Singapore's Central zone, tucked between Tanglin Road and the low-rise Redhill estate in Bukit Merah. Its Tanglin Road address places it squarely in the premium city-fringe corridor — a neighbourhood far more associated with freehold condominiums than public housing. That geographical tension is exactly what this report unpacks: the HDB supply near CGS is thin, competition for those units is real, and the price premium is measurable. Families targeting Crescent Girls' School need to move with their eyes open to both the opportunity and the cost.
Sources consulted for this report include the MOE distance-priority framework and HDB's resale transaction portal.
- School: Crescent Girls' School (Primary)
- HDB blocks within 1km: 0
- HDB blocks within 2km: 3
- Avg resale price nearby: $957,072
School Overview
Crescent Girls' School is a Primary school in the Central zone. There are 0 HDB blocks within 1km and 3 within 2km.
Location Map
Map shows Crescent Girls' School (centre marker) with the closest HDB blocks. Use to gauge walking distance and route from each block.
- Crescent Girls'
- Blk 91 HENDERSON RD
- Blk 92 HENDERSON RD
- Blk 93 HENDERSON RD
HDB Blocks Within 2km
HDB blocks between 1km and 2km from Crescent Girls' School.
| Block | Road Name | Town | Year Built | Units | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | HENDERSON RD | BM | 1975 | 360 | 1.6 km |
| 92 | HENDERSON RD | BM | 1975 | 360 | 1.6 km |
| 93 | HENDERSON RD | BM | 1975 | 360 | 1.6 km |
Price Analysis
Based on recent HDB resale transactions for streets near Crescent Girls' School:
| Street | Transactions | Avg Price | Min Price | Max Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON RD | 115 | $957,072 | $503,000 | $1,728,000 |
HDB Blocks Within 2km of Crescent Girls' School
The supply picture here is unusually stark. There are zero HDB blocks within the 1km priority radius of Crescent Girls' School. The school's immediate Tanglin Road surroundings are dominated by landed housing, private condominiums, and embassies — public housing simply does not exist in that micro-catchment.
Widen the lens to 2km and three HDB blocks emerge, all clustered on Henderson Road in Bukit Merah:
- Blk 91 Henderson Road — 360 units, built 1975, approximately 1.6 km from CGS
- Blk 92 Henderson Road — 360 units, built 1975, approximately 1.6 km from CGS
- Blk 93 Henderson Road — 360 units, built 1975, approximately 1.6 km from CGS
All three blocks were constructed in 1975, putting them at roughly 50 years old (as of 2026-05). Each block carries 360 units, giving a combined pool of around 1,080 flats — a modest supply for a school of CGS's standing. Flat types in these older Bukit Merah blocks typically run from 3-room to 5-room configurations, though the older stock skews toward 3-room and 4-room layouts.
The distance of 1.6 km places all three blocks in the 1–2 km priority band, not the coveted sub-1 km band. For families whose sole objective is priority admission, these are still stronger choices than living outside 2 km — but they do not eliminate balloting risk entirely. Refer to the HDB resale data hub for the latest transaction records on these streets.
Distance, Price, and the Admission Trade-Off
Living on Henderson Road at 1.6 km from CGS places a family in MOE's second-priority distance band — ahead of applicants outside 2 km, but behind any household that could legitimately claim a sub-1 km address. The practical effect depends on the year: in years where CGS is heavily oversubscribed, the 1–2 km band may still face balloting; in quieter cohort years, it may be sufficient to secure a place outright.
On the pricing side, the 115 resale transactions recorded on Henderson Road show an average price of $957,072, with a floor of $503,000 (likely smaller 3-room units) and a ceiling of $1,728,000 (larger 5-room or premium-floor units). At roughly $957K average, these are among the pricier HDB streets in Singapore — reflective of the Bukit Merah estate's city-fringe premium and the persistent school-zone demand from families targeting CGS and other strong central-zone schools.
Compare this against the broader Bukit Merah market: 4-room flats averaging around $996 psf and 5-room units around $1,173 psf (as of mid-2025) confirm that Henderson Road sits at or above the estate median, not below it. Buyers should run an affordability check and model their mortgage payments before committing — the school-zone premium is real and durable, but it does widen the entry cost considerably relative to further-out estates.
A useful comparison: families willing to accept a 2–3 km radius (and no distance-based priority) can access a far larger pool of Queenstown and Bukit Merah HDB blocks at broadly similar pricing, but without the admission edge. The trade-off is transparently one of supply certainty versus admission priority.
The Alexandra Vista Factor: A New Option Worth Watching
One development reshapes the proximity calculus for families thinking beyond the existing resale pool. Alexandra Vista, launched in the July 2025 HDB BTO sales exercise, sits directly adjacent to Crescent Girls' School on Tanglin Road. The project comprises three 32-storey blocks offering 609 Prime flats in 2-room Flexi, 3-room, and 4-room configurations.
The catch — and it is a significant one — is classification. Alexandra Vista is designated a Prime Location Housing (PLH) project, which brings a 10-year Minimum Occupation Period and tighter resale restrictions. Temporary Occupation Permit is expected at end-2029, meaning resale eligibility arrives no earlier than end-2039. For families thinking about P1 registration in 2026–2030, an Alexandra Vista unit would confer immediate 1km priority (the school is literally next door), but the PLH subsidies come with income ceilings and the long MOP locks in capital for a decade.
For buyers who can plan that far ahead — perhaps parents of toddlers today — Alexandra Vista represents the most direct possible proximity play for Crescent Girls' School. For everyone else, the Henderson Road resale blocks remain the only near-term HDB pathway.
The Redhill MRT station on the East-West Line is the closest rapid-transit stop, approximately 10–15 minutes' walk from both CGS and the Henderson Road blocks. Bus connectivity along Alexandra Road and Queensway supplements the walk. Explore the commute-time map to model door-to-door journey times from Henderson Road to key employment nodes in the Central Business District — commutes of 20–30 minutes to Raffles Place are realistic.
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Methodology & Sources
The dataset behind this report spans the latest available data; we refresh it as new data becomes available.
Transaction data sourced from URA REALIS.
- Distances calculated using haversine formula.
- School data from MOE.
- Transaction data from HDB via data.gov.sg.
Price-per-square-foot (PSF) here means the median deal in the period; means are reserved for volume-weighted aggregates explicitly labelled as such.