William M. Feehan Triangle is a public green space in the Broadway-Flushing neighborhood of Queens , New York . It is bound by Bayside Lane , 164th Street , and 27th Avenue . The triangle ’s shape is the result of the street grid imposed on the once-rural landscape of Flushing in the 1920s . Bayside Lane predates the grid , cutting across its numbered streets and avenues in a diagonal path . The park is landscaped with trees and shrubs . In 2002 , the New York City Council passed legislation to name the triangle for William M. Feehan . This triangle honors William M. Feehan ( 1929-2001 ) who once lived near this triangle . Feehan was the First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department ( FDNY ) at the time of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11 , 2001 . A son of a firefighter , Feehan was born in Long Island City and graduated from Saint John 's University in 1952 . His studies were interrupted for military service during the Korean War . In 1959 , he was accepted into the Fire Department for what became his career , and rose through every rank of FDNY over the course of nearly four decades . On September 11 , 2001 , Feehan was the oldest among the 343 FDNY personnel who lost their lives on that day
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