Block 3 Telok Blangah Cres
090003 · Telok Blangah Way · Bukit Merah · Built 1973 · ~46 yrs lease left · 231 units · 12 floors
Block 3 Telok Blangah Cres in Bukit Merah scores 68/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 21.9 minutes’ walk from Telok Blangah Mrt Station MRT, 7.9 minutes from Telok Blangah Crescent Blk 11 (11 Telok Blangah Crescent Market and Food Centre), and 801 m straight-line from Gan Eng Seng Primary School.
Where it is
OneMap · SLABlock 3 Telok Blangah Cres, Singapore 090003
Pillar scores
- Transport
- 28
- Food
- 88
- Schools
- 97
- Healthcare
- 70
- Daily needs
- 100
- Green space
- 59
- Connectivity
- 74
- Value (lease)
- 12
- Leisure
- 47
- EV charging
- 90
Who it suits
- Overall
- 68
- Young Families
- 71
- Seniors
- 70
- Renters
- 65
- Investors
- 43
- EV Owners
- 68
Commute by public transport
OneMap routing · weekday 08:00- Raffles Placecity centre
- 22.1min
- one-north
- 21.9min
- Jurong East
- 37.3min
- Changi Airport
- 57min
Getting to the city centre
weekday 08:00 · OneMap22 min door to door · S$1.68 · 1 transfer · 4 min (243 m) walking · 4 min waiting · 15 min riding
- Walk 2 min (139 m) to Blk 1
- Bus 195 · SBS Transit
Blk 1 → Tiong Bahru /plaza · 6 stops · 9 min - Walk 1 min (76 m) to Tiong Bahru
- East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
Tiong Bahru → Raffles Place · 3 stops · 6 min - Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination
What’s nearby
walk times, door to doorDistance from centre is real walk time (rings at 5 / 10 / 15 min); the angle only spreads categories apart — it is not compass bearing.
MRT stations
transit- Telok Blangah Mrt Station21.9 min
- Tiong Bahru Mrt Station22.4 min
- Tiong Bahru Mrt Station23.6 min
Hawker centres
food- Telok Blangah Crescent Blk 11 (11 Telok Blangah Crescent Market and Food Centre)7.9 min
- Telok Blangah Rise Blk 36 (Telok Blangah Rise Market)14.6 min
- Bukit Merah Central Blk 163 (Bukit Merah Central Food Centre)15.8 min
Eateries nearby
food- Garden Cuisine Pte. Ltd.4.5 min
- Al-Hudah Restaurant Pte LtdB4.5 min
- Pure Coffee House Pte. Ltd.B4.5 min
- Tan Mei LanB4.5 min
- Tan Poh PengB4.5 min
- Low Mei ChunB4.5 min
Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).
Supermarkets
daily- Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd4.2 min
- Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd14.6 min
- Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd18.2 min
CHAS clinics
health- Chung & Ee Medical Clinic4.5 min
- Hl Clinic Pte Ltd6.9 min
- Keppel Medical Group6.9 min
Parks & green
green- Mount Faber Park20.9 min
- Silat Avenue Park23 min
- Tiong Bahru Pk23.1 min
Primary schools
straight-lineEldercare centres
care- THK SAC @ Telok Blangah Crescent0 min
- THK SAC @ Bukit Merah16.3 min
- NTUC Health Cluster Support @ Bt Merah16.7 min
Community clubs
leisure- Radin Mas CC8 min
- Henderson CC20.1 min
- Bukit Merah CC24.1 min
Libraries
leisure- Harbour Front Public Library30.5 min
EV charging
ev- Blk 1/2/3/4/6 Telok Blangah Crescent Mount Faber Green2.9 min
- Blk 12/22 Telok Blangah Crescent6.6 min
- Blk 50/71 Telok Blangah Drive Blangah View15.7 min
What’s within a walk
OSRM foot · OneMapWithin ~10 minutes on foot: 1 hawker centres, 1 supermarkets, 3 clinics.
Shaded areas are real pedestrian reach (OSRM foot routing), sampled on a grid — an approximate schematic, not a legal boundary.Buses near here
LTA stops · OneMap routing- Stop 142593.5 min walk · 153 m
- Stop 142816.2 min walk · 188 m
- BLK 12 min walk176195
Services seen boarding near this block on real OneMap public-transport routes — not a full timetable. Check the LTA / bus operator app for live arrivals.
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Bukit Merah planning area- Age profile
- In Bukit Merah, 12.6% of residents are under 15 and 22% are 65 or older.
- 40–447.8%45–497.8%60–647.3%55–597.1%
- Household income
- 35% of Bukit Merah households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person20.8%$20,000+13%$1,000–1,9997.7%$2,000–2,9995.8%
- Dwelling mix
- 90.2% of Bukit Merah households live in HDB flats; 9.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats29.1%HDB 3 room flats26.3%HDB 1 and 2 room flats18.4%HDB 5 room and executive flats16.4%
- Household size
- 52.5% of Bukit Merah households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person28.8%1-person23.7%3-person18.5%4-person15.9%
- In education
- Of Bukit Merah residents currently in education, 20.9% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary38.4%Secondary22.5%University12.4%Polytechnic8.5%
- Commute to work
- 62.6% of working Bukit Merah residents commute by public transport; 24.1% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus24.3%Bus23.7%Car17.1%MRT LRT only12.6%
Resident data for the Bukit Merah planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).
Value for money
liveability vs price · like-for-likeAmong 1-room HDB flats islandwide (25 compared), Blk 3 Telok Blangah Cres is more liveable than 8% of them and cheaper than 100% — around S$754/psf for 1 room (as of 2026-06).
Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (1-room HDB flats islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2026-06
Is it worth it?
liveability · price trend · leaseBlock 3 offers a strong liveability score (68/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is ageing (~46 years left).
A plain-language read, not financial advice. Liveability and lease come from the index; price signals from data.gov.sg resale transactions for Telok Blangah Way. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.
Prices & transactions — Blk 3 Telok Blangah Cres
Actual registered resale prices · source data.gov.sg · we show real sale ranges, not an estimated valuation
No registered resale at Blk 3 Telok Blangah Cres in the last 2 years — figures above reflect Telok Blangah Way medians.
Subzone medians — Telok Blangah Way
Latest median resale price per sq ft by flat type · 12-month change · source data.gov.sg
See what’s for sale
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