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{{Short description|Planning Area and HDB Town in North-East Region, Singapore}}
{{about|the town in the North-East Region of Singapore|the island located in Punggol called "Pulau Serangoon"|Coney Island, Singapore|the river|Sungei Serangoon|the strait|Serangoon Harbour|the TV drama|Serangoon Road}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{more citations needed|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Serangoon
| settlement_type    = [[Planning Areas of Singapore|Planning Area]] and [[New towns of Singapore|HDB Town]]
| translit_lang1     = Other
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Malay language|Malay]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ms|Serangoon}} {{font|size=70%|([[Malay alphabet|Rumi]])}}<br>{{lang|ms-arab|{{Script|Arab|سرڠݢون}}}} {{font|size=70%|([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]])}}
| translit_lang1_type2 = [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
| translit_lang1_info2 = {{lang|zh-hans|实龙岗}} {{font|size=70%|([[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]])}}<br>{{lang|zh-hant|實龍崗}} {{font|size=70%|([[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional]])}}<br>''Shílónggǎng'' {{font|size=70%|([[Pinyin]])}}<br>''Si̍t-lêng-kong'' {{font|size=70%|([[Singapore Hokkien|Hokkien]] [[Pe̍h-ōe-jī|POJ]])}}
| translit_lang1_type3 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| translit_lang1_info3 = {{lang|ta|சிராங்கூன்}}<br>''Cirāṅkūṉ'' {{font|size=70%|([[ISO 15919|Transliteration]])}}
| image_skyline      = {{Photomontage
 |photo1a = Terraced houses at Serangoon Terrace, Singapore.jpg
 |photo2a = Serangoon North HDB.JPG
 |photo2b = Serangoon Viaduct, Sep 06.JPG
 |photo3a = Lorong Chuan MRT for Wikipedia.jpg
 |photo4a = Nex 4.jpg
 |size = 280
 |spacing = 2
 |color = transparent
 |border = 0
 }}
| image_caption      = From top left to right: Terraced housing in Serangoon, [[Housing and Development Board|HDB]] flats in [[Serangoon North]], Serangoon Viaduct, [[Lorong Chuan MRT station]], [[Nex, Singapore|Nex]]
| pushpin_map        = Singapore
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Serangoon within Singapore
| coordinates        = {{coord|01|21|49|N|103|52|03|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Singapore}}
| subdivision_type1  = Region
| subdivision_name1  = [[North-East Region, Singapore|North-East Region]]
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| subdivision_type2  = [[Community Development Council|CDCs]]
| subdivision_name2  = *[[Central Singapore Community Development Council|Central Singapore CDC]]
*[[North East Community Development Council|North East CDC]]
*[[South East Community Development Council|South East CDC]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Town Council (Singapore)|Town councils]]
| subdivision_name3  = *Ang Mo Kio Town Council
*Aljunied-Hougang Town Council
*Marine Parade Town Council
| subdivision_type4  = [[Constituencies of Singapore|Constituencies]]
| subdivision_name4  = *[[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency|Aljunied GRC]]
*[[Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency|Ang Mo Kio GRC]]
*[[Marine Parade–Braddell Heights Group Representation Constituency|Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC]]
| leader_title1      = Mayors
| leader_name1       = '''Central Singapore CDC'''
*[[Denise Phua]]
'''North East CDC'''
*[[Baey Yam Keng]]
'''South East CDC'''
*[[Dinesh Vasu Dash]]
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| leader_title2      = Members of Parliament
| leader_name2       = '''Aljunied GRC'''
* [[Kenneth Tiong]]
'''Ang Mo Kio GRC'''
* [[Jasmin Lau]]
'''Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC'''
* [[Seah Kian Peng]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=citypopulation>{{Cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/singapore-admin.php?adm1id=306 |title=City Population – statistics, maps and charts {{!}} Serangoon |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815202244/http://citypopulation.de/php/singapore-admin.php?adm1id=306 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=HDBstatistics>[http://www10.hdb.gov.sg/ebook/ar2015/html5/index.html?opf=tablet/Key%20Statistics.xml HDB Key Statistics FY 2014/2015] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304145846/http://www10.hdb.gov.sg/ebook/ar2015/html5/index.html?opf=tablet%2FKey%20Statistics.xml |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 10.1
| area_blank1_title  = Residential
| area_blank1_km2    = 1.63
| population_as_of   = 2025
| population_footnotes = <ref name=citypopulation/><ref name=singstats>{{Cite web |date=June 2025 |title=Geographic Distribution Dashboard |url=https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/geographic-distribution/visualising-data/geographical-distribution-dashboard |url-status=live |publisher=Department of Statistics Singapore |access-date=7 October 2025 |archive-date=29 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250929150236/https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/geographic-distribution/visualising-data/geographical-distribution-dashboard }}</ref>
| population_total   = 116,630
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = 
| postal_code_type   = Postal districts
| postal_code        = 19, 28
| blank_name_sec1    = Dwelling units
| blank_info_sec1    = 21,293
| blank1_name_sec1   = Projected ultimate
| blank1_info_sec1   = 30,000
| image_map          = Serangoon location.svg
| map_caption        = Location of Serangoon in Singapore
}}

'''Serangoon''' ({{IPAc-en|ipa|s|ə|ˈ|r|æ|ŋ|g|uː|n}} {{Respell|sə|RANG|goon}}) is a [[Planning Areas of Singapore|planning area]] and [[New towns of Singapore|residential town]] located in the [[North-East Region, Singapore|North-East Region of Singapore]].

Serangoon is bordered by these planning areas – [[Sengkang]] to the north, [[Hougang]] to the east, [[Ang Mo Kio]] and [[Bishan, Singapore|Bishan]] to the west, as well as [[Toa Payoh]] to the south. Serangoon planning area has a total of seven subzones: Serangoon Central, [[Lorong Chuan]], Upper Paya Lebar, [[Serangoon Garden]], [[Serangoon North]], Seletar Hills and Serangoon North Industrial Estate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.singstat.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/publications/publications_and_papers/population_and_population_structure/population2015-map1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013413/http://www.singstat.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/publications/publications_and_papers/population_and_population_structure/population2015-map1.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Transportation==
The original Serangoon bus interchange was opened on 13 March 1988 along Serangoon Central.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Interchange in new town opens on Sunday |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19880308-1.2.26.2 |work=The Straits Times |date=8 March 1988 |access-date=23 June 2017 |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706195835/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19880308-1.2.26.2 |url-status=live }}</ref> It later relocated to [[Nex, Singapore|nex]] on 3 September 2011.<ref name=sbs-sgoon>{{cite web |url=https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/2011-08-25-01.aspx |title=Bus Services Operating From The New Serangoon Bus Interchange |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=25 August 2017 |publisher=SBS Transit |access-date=23 June 2017 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629054808/https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/2011-08-25-01.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Rail network ===
A large part of the [[North East MRT line]] runs in parallel with this arterial road. Stations that are located along this road are from [[Little India MRT station|Little India]] to [[Kovan MRT station|Kovan]]. Current MRT Stations that are located in the Serangoon area include:
*{{SMRT code|NE|12|CC|13}} [[Serangoon MRT station|Serangoon]]
*{{SMRT code|CC|14}} [[Lorong Chuan MRT station|Lorong Chuan]]

There are plans to build two more stations as part of the [[Cross Island MRT line]], slated to be completed by 2030.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LTA {{!}} Cross Island Line |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/upcoming_projects/rail_expansion/cross_island_line.html |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.lta.gov.sg}}</ref> The stations are as follows:
*{{SMRT code|CR|09}} [[Serangoon North MRT station|Serangoon North]]
*{{SMRT code|CR|10}} [[Tavistock MRT station|Tavistock]]

===Road network===
Upper Serangoon Road is an important road being one of the oldest and busiest roads, links the North-East region with Central area

Other important main roads include Yio Chu Kang Road, Upper Paya Lebar Road, Bartley Road, Braddell Road, and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and 3.

The CTE [[Central Expressway, Singapore|(Central Expressway)]] at the west of the town provides a link to [[Seletar Airport]], Toa Payoh and CBD (Central Business District).

==Education==
{{As of|2017}}, this area has a total of 5 primary schools, 4 secondary schools and [[Nanyang Junior College]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sis.moe.gov.sg/ |title=School Information Service |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=31 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531164522/http://sis.moe.gov.sg/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Politics==
Serangoon Neighbourhood 1, some parts of Neighbourhood 2 and [[Serangoon Garden]] fall under the [[Aljunied GRC]] (Serangoon division), served by the [[The Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]], while the area surrounding Upper Paya Lebar Road lies within the Aljunied GRC Paya Lebar division. Prior to 2006, the Serangoon division belonged to the [[Marine Parade GRC]], which administers Serangoon Neighbourhoods 2, 3 and 4 in the Braddell Heights division till this day. Neighbourhood 5 in [[Serangoon North]] falls under the [[Ang Mo Kio GRC]] (Seletar–Serangoon division).

==See also==
*[[Serangoon North]]
*[[Serangoon Garden]]
*[[Nex, Singapore|Nex]]

==Gallery==
{{wide image|SerangoonBishanPano,Singapore.jpg|900px|Panoramic view of the Serangoon and Bishan area, as seen from Ang Mo Kio}}

==References==
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==Sources==
*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), ''Toponymics – A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern Universities Press, {{ISBN|981-210-205-1}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ura.gov.sg/ppd/mp2003/index.jsp?content=nework03&region=northeast Masterplan 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716193412/http://www.ura.gov.sg/ppd/mp2003/index.jsp?content=nework03&region=northeast |date=16 July 2012 }} – [[Urban Redevelopment Authority]]
*[http://www.ura.gov.sg/dgp_reports/srgoon/int-hist.html Serangoon Planning Report 1995] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182210/http://www.ura.gov.sg/dgp_reports/srgoon/int-hist.html |date=27 September 2007 }}

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