Potong Pasir Property Guide: Compact Estate, Strong Schools, Bidadari Next Door
Updated 2026-09-29
Potong Pasir is one of Singapore's smallest mature estates, sitting on the North East Line between the city fringe and the newly completed Bidadari township. With 376 live listings averaging S$1,783,382 and a mix weighted heavily towards condominiums, it offers a quiet residential character backed by some of the strongest school clusters in the central region.
What is it like living near Potong Pasir MRT?
Potong Pasir MRT (NE10) sits beneath Upper Serangoon Road at its junction with Potong Pasir Avenue 1 and Wan Tho Avenue. The station puts Dhoby Ghaut four stops away and HarbourFront seven stops in the other direction, with no line change needed for either. Bus services 13, 107, 133, 142, 147 and 853 connect from stops directly outside the station.
The estate itself is low-rise by Singapore standards. Most HDB blocks date from the mid-1980s, set along quiet avenues with mature trees and direct access to the Kallang River park connector. Daily shopping goes through The Poiz Centre, a compact mall beside the station with a Guardian pharmacy, Starbucks and a small supermarket. For a fuller retail experience, The Woodleigh Mall is one stop away and NEX at Serangoon is two stops north.
What are 120 and 121 Potong Pasir Avenue 1?
Blocks 120 and 121 Potong Pasir Avenue 1 are HDB blocks completed in 1984 on 99-year leases, placing them at roughly 42 years of age with about 57 years of lease remaining. They sit within walking distance of Potong Pasir MRT and are among the most searched addresses in the estate.
Block 120 contains 85 three-room and 61 four-room flats. Block 121 is the larger of the two, with 54 three-room, 62 four-room and 62 five-room units. Recent transaction data shows resale prices at Block 120 ranging from S$425,000 to S$630,000, while Block 121 units have transacted around S$545,000. Rental rates for both blocks sit between S$2,300 and S$4,000 per month depending on flat size. Nearby amenities include Sheng Siong supermarket, Hao Mart and The Poiz Centre.
Schools and the St Andrew's Village cluster
Potong Pasir's strongest draw for families is its school cluster. St Andrew's Village, located along Potong Pasir Avenue 1, brings St Andrew's Junior School, St Andrew's Secondary School and St Andrew's Junior College onto a single campus. This is one of the few locations in Singapore where a student can progress from primary through to junior college without leaving the neighbourhood.
Beyond St Andrew's, the area is also served by Maris Stella High School (a well-regarded SAP school offering both primary and secondary levels), Cedar Girls' Secondary School and Cedar Primary School. All of these sit within the broader Potong Pasir and Upper Serangoon corridor, reachable on foot or by a short bus ride from most parts of the estate.
Housing stock and prices
Hombble currently lists 376 properties near Potong Pasir MRT, with condominiums making up the largest share at 254 listings, followed by 99 HDB flats, 22 landed homes and one executive condominium. The average asking price across all types is S$1,783,382 at an average size of 1,044 square feet, which works out to about S$1,717 per square foot.
The condo-heavy mix reflects the string of private developments built along Potong Pasir Avenue 1 and Meyappa Chettiar Road over the past decade. Recent condo listings show one-bedroom units in newer developments asking around S$835,000 to S$848,000, while the older HDB resale stock trades at a significant discount. Buyers considering the HDB blocks should factor in remaining lease length, as most Potong Pasir HDB blocks carry leases starting from 1984, leaving roughly 57 years on the clock.
Bidadari next door and what it means for Potong Pasir
The completion of the Bidadari estate in January 2026 is the single biggest change to Potong Pasir's surroundings in decades. Bidadari, centred on Woodleigh MRT (one stop from Potong Pasir), delivered approximately 8,872 new HDB homes, The Woodleigh Mall, a hawker centre and an integrated bus interchange across a 93-hectare site built on a former cemetery.
Bidadari's new BTO flats carry leases of 90-plus years, and their resale prices have already set records: a three-room flat at Alkaff Crescent sold for S$945,000 in June 2026, and a four-room unit fetched S$1.368 million. These headline prices create a contrast with Potong Pasir's older HDB stock, where shorter remaining leases keep prices lower. For buyers, that gap represents either a value opportunity or a lease-decay risk depending on the intended holding period.
Outlook: Kallang River corridor and future plans
URA's Draft Master Plan 2025 identifies the Kallang River as an identity corridor earmarked for enhancement with new community spaces and parks, particularly in the stretch between Potong Pasir and St Andrew's Village. PUB's ABC Waters programme has already upgraded a section of the riverbank between Potong Pasir Avenue 1 and St Andrew's Junior School with naturalised planting and communal seating.
Longer term, the planned transformation of the nearby Kallang Industrial Estate into a mixed-use waterfront precinct could bring further connectivity and amenity improvements to the broader area. Potong Pasir is unlikely to see large-scale redevelopment of its own HDB stock in the near term, but the cumulative effect of Bidadari's completion and the river corridor upgrades is gradually repositioning this compact estate from a quiet backwater into a more connected part of the city fringe.