Oak Avenue & Rose Avenue
Oak Avenue and Rose Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Flushing, Queens, at the edge of Kissena Park. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Lake in Kissena Park is 1,020 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/Oak Av, is 1,290 feet away for the Q65, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 164 St/Oak Av, 1,290 feet away, for the Q65.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 164 St/Oak Av Q651,290 feetQ65
Next buses at this stop
- Q65 …
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 station0.4 miles
- 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 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 December 2021.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11358
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flushing; the corner is on the edge of the Kissena Park area
- Elevation
- 25 feet above sea level
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 1925 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 106 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 29 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Oak Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Rose Avenue
- No standing 17 signs 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, 2007810 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Greater Flushing Community Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K900 feet
- Immanuel Creative Daycare School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,010 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Park40 feet
- Kissena Lake in Kissena Park Park feature1,020 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 160th Street & Oak Avenue 70 feet
- 159th Street & Oak Avenue 190 feet
- 161st Street & Oak Avenue 330 feet
- Oak Avenue & Quince Avenue 370 feet
- 158th Street & Oak Avenue 460 feet
- 158th Street & Quince Avenue 490 feet
- 162nd Street & Oak Avenue 590 feet
- 160th Street & Laburnum Avenue 680 feet
See every intersection along Oak Avenue or Rose Avenue.