| Boon Lay Place | |
| Settlement Type: | Subzone of Jurong West Planning Area & Housing Estate |
| Translit Lang1: | Name |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Chinese |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | 文礼/文禮 |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | Wén Lǐ |
| Translit Lang1 Info2: | Bûn Lé |
| Translit Lang1 Type4: | Malay |
| Translit Lang1 Info4: | Boon Lay |
| Translit Lang1 Type5: | Tamil |
| Translit Lang1 Info5: | பூன் லே |
| Pushpin Map: | Singapore |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Boon Lay Place within Singapore |
| Coordinates: | 1.3459°N 103.7116°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Singapore |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.9063 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 29,340 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Boon Lay (Tamil: பூன் லே) is a neighbourhood located in the town of Jurong West in the West Region of Singapore.[2] Its borders very roughly correspond to the URA subzone of Boon Lay Place, situated within the Jurong West Planning Area.[2]
The subzone is a division of West Coast Group Representation Constituency, under the management of West Coast Town Council. The people living there are represented by member of parliament Desmond Lee.
The subzone was named after Chew Boon Lay, a prominent businessman in the late 19th century and early 20th century who owned the land where the precinct stands.[3]
The War Department of the colonial government of Singapore made a requisition of of land from his estate and the land was subsequently named Boon Lay after Chew. This led to the growth of Boon Lay Village in the 1940s, with a population of about 420 in the early 1960s. Boon Lay Place had earthworks begun in 1969 and had their HDB flats built since 1974.
The only private estate in the precinct is Summerdale, while the rest consists of estates built by the government.
| Street | Block number |
|---|---|
| Boon Lay Avenue | 185–187, 216A-216B, 217A-217B, 218A-218D |
| Boon Lay Drive | 167–172, 174–179, 180A-180C, 181A-181B, 183A-183D, 188–191, 196A-196B, 197A-197D, 198–206, 237A-B, 238A-B, 239A-B, 257–261, 262–267 |
| Boon Lay Place | 221, 207–209, 210–215 |
The main roads in the precinct are Jalan Boon Lay, Boon Lay Way, Corporation Road and Jurong West Avenue 2, which bounds the precinct and connects it to the rest of the island through linking with the PIE (exits 34 and 36), with minor roads (Boon Lay Avenue, Boon Lay Drive and Boon Lay Place) winding through the various estates in the precinct.
The precinct is situated between Boon Lay and Lakeside stations. Connection to both stations is available through feeder bus services 240 and 246 and trunk bus services 30, 154, 157 and 180, depending on direction of travel.
In addition to local buses, Malaysian Inter-State Express Buses start off from the former Savoy cinema to specific destinations in Malaysia as an alternative to the bus terminals located downtown such as those at Kallang Bahru Bus Terminal and Golden Mile Shopping Centre. Tickets can be bought from ticket agents at Boon Lay Shopping Centre.
There is 1 primary school (Boon Lay Garden), 2 secondary schools (Boon Lay Secondary School and River Valley High) and many childcare centres in the precinct.
The town centre is located at Boon Lay Place and is where the residents of Boon Lay bond with each other while meeting their daily needs. It is accessible from all parts of the precinct through feeder bus service 240 and 246 and trunk bus service 99.
There are 2 churches (The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi and Jurong Church of Christ) and 1 Chinese temple known as Tuas Pek Kong Keng Temple (大士伯公宫)[4] in the precinct and all of them are found in the town centre.
There is a Boon Lay Hawker at the town centre where local food can be found.
The precinct's community centre (Boon Lay Community Centre) is located at the junction of Boon Lay Place and Boon Lay Avenue, as part of the town centre. It was upgraded from 2010 to 2011.
Managed by HDB, this is the shopping centre that caters mainly to the residents of Boon Lay Place. An anchor tenant in this shopping centre is NTUC Fairprice. The shopping centre has been upgraded with new facilities likes elevators and escalators since late 2012.