How far is Block 88 Telok Blangah Hts from the nearest MRT?

The nearest MRT is Telok Blangah Mrt Station, about 13.6 minutes on foot.

How do I get from Block 88 Telok Blangah Hts to the city centre by public transport?

Take Bus 124 to Blk 25, then Bus 195 to Tiong Bahru /plaza, then East-West Line to Raffles Place. About 31 minutes with 2 transfers, roughly S$1.75.

What is the nearest hawker centre to Block 88?

Telok Blangah Drive Blk 82 (Telok Blangah Market) is roughly 8.9 minutes' walk away.

Which primary school is closest to Block 88 Telok Blangah Hts?

Blangah Rise Primary School, approximately 149 m straight-line — inside the 1 km MOE priority radius.

How many years remain on the lease at Block 88 Telok Blangah Hts?

Approximately 76 years, derived from the block's lease commencement in 2003 against the standard 99-year HDB lease.

What is the liveability score of Block 88 Telok Blangah Hts?

It scores 70.5/100 overall: transport 57, food 94.2, schools 99.6, healthcare 58.2, daily needs 74.1, green space 65, connectivity 61.9, value 72, leisure 41.9.

Is Block 88 Telok Blangah Hts a good place to live and a good buy?

On liveability it scores 70.5/100 overall. On price, resale prices here have been rising faster than most Singapore subzones, and about 76 years of lease remain. Whether that is "worth it" depends on budget and priorities — the index gives the liveability and lease picture, and data.gov.sg resale transactions for Telok Blangah Drive give the price trend.

Block 88 Telok Blangah Hts

100088 · Telok Blangah Drive · Bukit Merah · Built 2000 · Lease from 2003 · ~76 yrs lease left · 145 units · 30 floors

71Overall / 100How we score →

Summary

Block 88 Telok Blangah Hts in Bukit Merah scores 70.5/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 13.6 minutes’ walk from Telok Blangah Mrt Station MRT, 8.9 minutes from Telok Blangah Drive Blk 82 (Telok Blangah Market), and 149 m straight-line from Blangah Rise Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA

Map showing the location of Blk 88 Telok Blangah Hts in Singapore

Block 88 Telok Blangah Hts, Singapore 100088

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Pillar scores

Transport: 57
Food: 94
Schools: 100
Healthcare: 58
Daily needs: 74
Green space: 65
Connectivity: 62
Value (lease): 72
Leisure: 42
EV charging: 52

80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

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Who it suits

Overall: 71
Young Families: 74
Seniors: 69
Renters: 66
Investors: 73
EV Owners: 63

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00

Raffles Placecity centre: 31.2min
one-north: 23min
Jurong East: 43.3min
Changi Airport: 66.2min

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

31 min door to door · S$1.75 · 2 transfers · 4 min (258 m) walking · 9 min waiting · 18 min riding

3m›124›195›1m›EWL›0mthe city centre

Walk 3 min (154 m) to Opp Blk 85
Bus 124 · SBS Transit
Opp Blk 85 → Blk 25 · 4 stops · 5 min
Bus 195 · SBS Transit
Blk 25 → Tiong Bahru /plaza · 5 stops · 7 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

Fastest itinerary · fares & times from OneMap, Singapore Land Authority

What’s nearby

walk times, door to door

Walk-time rings · schematic

Distance 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

PlannedKeppel MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2507 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food

Telok Blangah Drive Blk 82 (Telok Blangah Market)8.9 min
Telok Blangah Drive Blk 79 (Telok Blangah Food Centre)9.4 min
Telok Blangah Hawker Centre & Market11 min

Eateries nearby

food

Back To Basics Alternative Diet Pte. Ltd.1.9 min
Blangah Rise Primary School1.9 min
Maznah Binte Abdul MajidA1.9 min
Khoo Cheng SoonA1.9 min
Thng Hock KeowA1.9 min
Tan Bee LayA1.9 min

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily

Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd10.2 min
Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd15.1 min
Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd17.1 min

CHAS clinics

health

Bliss Medical Clinic9.7 min
Elyon Family Clinic And Surgery11.1 min
Meridian Medical Centre15.1 min

Parks & green

green

Telok Blangah Hill Park10.8 min
Labrador Nature Park15.3 min
Labrador Villa Park17.5 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Eldercare centres

care

Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities Limited8.9 min
THK SAC @ Telok Blangah Crescent20.8 min
Thong Kheng Senior Activity Centre (Queenstown)24 min

Community clubs

leisure

Telok Blangah CC7.6 min
Radin Mas CC19.4 min
Bukit Merah CC31.3 min

Libraries

leisure

Harbour Front Public Library34.3 min
Queenstown Public Library42.6 min

EV charging

Blk 50/71 Telok Blangah Drive Blangah View9.5 min
Blk 78A Telok Blangah Street 32 Multi Storey Car Park9.7 min
Blk 113/114 Depot Road Depot Heights13.8 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap

Walking-reach map around Blk 88 Telok Blangah Hts

5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 2 hawker centres, 1 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

Nearest bus stops

Stop 143991 min walk · 41 m
Stop 143912.5 min walk · 68 m

Buses that serve this block

OPP BLK 853 min walk
120124
AFT TELOK BLANGAH HTS3 min walk
145
BLK 253 min walk
195

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).

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$697k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like

pays a premium

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 88 Telok Blangah Hts is more liveable than 41% of them but pricier than 93% — around S$995/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability41th percentile

Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 7%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (3-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 · lease

Block 88 offers a strong liveability score (70.5/100). On price, resale prices here have been climbing faster than most Singapore subzones and there is plenty of lease runway (~76 years left).

What you get70.5/100overall liveability

Where price is heading+21.3%3 room median PSF, 12-mo

How long it holds76 yrslease remaining

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 Drive. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 88 Telok Blangah Hts

Actual registered resale prices · source data.gov.sg · we show real sale ranges, not an estimated valuation

4-room2 sales · 12 mo

S$765k – S$803k

median S$784k · S$829–836 psf

5-room1 sale · 12 mo

S$980k

median S$980k · S$828–828 psf

Subzone median PSF (smoothed)4-room5-room a sale at this block

Monthly resale volume — Telok Blangah Drive (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 88 Telok Blangah Hts

Month	Type	Storey	Area	Price	PSF
Jun '26	5-room	19 TO 21	110 m²	S$980k	S$828
Oct '25	4-room	22 TO 24	85 m²	S$765k	S$836
Oct '25	4-room	10 TO 12	90 m²	S$803k	S$829
May '25	4-room	19 TO 21	90 m²	S$785k	S$810
Mar '25	5-room	13 TO 15	110 m²	S$1.07m	S$900
Jan '25	5-room	04 TO 06	110 m²	S$880k	S$743
Dec '24	4-room	10 TO 12	85 m²	S$728k	S$796
Nov '24	5-room	13 TO 15	110 m²	S$940k	S$794
Oct '24	4-room	22 TO 24	85 m²	S$790k	S$863

Subzone medians — Telok Blangah Drive

Latest median resale price per sq ft by flat type · 12-month change · source data.gov.sg

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo changeLatest txns

2 ROOMS$619▼ 5.7%1

3 ROOMS$995▲ 21.3%5

4 ROOMS$542▼ 42.3%1

5 ROOMS$802▲ 19.4%1

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