Colden Street & Oak Avenue
Colden Street and Oak Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Queensboro Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jehovahs Witness Kingdom Hall Flushing is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Negundo Av, is 660 feet away for the Q17 and Q25. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Negundo Av, 660 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kissena Blvd/Negundo Av Q17, Q25660 feetQ17 Q25
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
- Q25 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.8 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.3 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 May 2025.
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)
- Queensboro Hill
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
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 1940 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 50 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Colden Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Colden Street
- Back-in parking only 9 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Oak Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Oak Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 garden
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Corridor Park40 feet
- Evergreen Community Garden910 feet
- Kissena Park1,180 feet
Houses of worship
- Jehovahs Witness Kingdom Hall Flushing House of worship890 feet
Supermarkets
- Gold City Supermarket Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Colden Street & Negundo Avenue 260 feet
- Kissena Boulevard & Oak Avenue 330 feet
- Colden Street & Mulberry Avenue 540 feet
- Kissena Boulevard & Negundo Avenue 560 feet
- Kissena Boulevard & Poplar Avenue 590 feet
- Kissena Boulevard & Mulberry Avenue 810 feet
- Colden Street & Laburnum Avenue 810 feet
- Kissena Boulevard & 152nd Street 850 feet
See every intersection along Colden Street or Oak Avenue.