156th Street & Oak Avenue
The three-way junction of 156th Street and Oak Avenue is in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The statue “Korean War Memorial” is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 46 Av/Parsons Blvd, is 0.3 miles away for the Q26 and Q27, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 46 Av/Parsons Blvd, 0.3 miles away, for the Q26 and Q27.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 46 Av/Parsons Blvd Q26, Q270.3 milesQ26 Q27
Next buses at this stop
- Q26 …
- Q27 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 161-15 46th Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11355
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flushing
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Kissena Park.
- Korean War Memorial Statue by William Crozier and Thomas Donahue, 2007790 feet
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Park950 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Parsons Boulevard & Oak Avenue 140 feet
- 157th Street & Oak Avenue 260 feet
- Oak Avenue & Burling Street 300 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Poplar Avenue 400 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Negundo Avenue 470 feet
- 158th Street & Oak Avenue 520 feet
- Burling Street & Negundo Avenue 600 feet
- 158th Street & Quince Avenue 600 feet
See every intersection along 156th Street or Oak Avenue.