158th Street & Oak Avenue
The four-way crossing of 158th Street and Oak Avenue is in East Flushing, Queens, and is also named Firefighter Scott M. Kopytko Triangle by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Park is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 46 Av/158 St, 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 two public places.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 46 Av/158 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q26 and Q27.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 46 Av/158 St 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 station0.5 miles
- 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
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
- 24 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Firefighter Scott M. Kopytko Triangle, a co-naming enacted on January 7, 2003 (Local Law 6 of 2003).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Scott M. Kopytko Triangle.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 158th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 158th Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Oak Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Oak Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
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, 2007630 feet
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Park490 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 158th Street & Quince Avenue 80 feet
- Oak Avenue & Quince Avenue 90 feet
- 157th Street & Oak Avenue 260 feet
- 159th Street & Oak Avenue 260 feet
- Oak Avenue & Rose Avenue 460 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Quince Avenue 500 feet
- 156th Street & Oak Avenue 520 feet
- 160th Street & Oak Avenue 520 feet
See every intersection along 158th Street or Oak Avenue.