William M. Feehan Triangle is a 0.032-acre (130 m2) public green space in theBroadway-Flushing neighborhood ofQueens, 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, theNew York City Council passed legislation to name the triangle for William M. Feehan.[1]
This triangle honors William M. Feehan (1929–2001) who once lived near this triangle. Feehan was the First Deputy Commissioner of theNew York City Fire Department (FDNY) at the time of theSeptember 11, 2001, attacks on theWorld Trade Center. A son of a firefighter, Feehan was born inLong Island City and graduated fromSaint John's University in 1952. His studies were interrupted for military service during theKorean 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.[2] On September 11, 2001, Feehan was the oldest among the 343 FDNY personnel who died.[3]
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