Ampere Avenue & Dwight Place
Ampere Avenue and Dwight Place meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island, Bronx. The corner is also named James J. Dell Square by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Pelham Bay Park is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bruckner Blvd/Middletown Rd, is 510 feet away for the Bx5 and Bx24, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Bruckner Blvd/Middletown Rd, 510 feet away, for the Bx5 and Bx24.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bruckner Blvd/Middletown Rd Bx5, Bx24510 feetBx5 Bx24
Next buses at this stop
- Bx5 …
- Bx24 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bruckner Expressway, 690 feet by car along the streets.
- 3065 Westchester Avenue Gas station1 mile
- 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10465
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 13
- Police precinct
- 45
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
This corner is also named James J. Dell Square, a co-naming enacted on April 23, 1985 (Local Law 26 of 1985).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on James J. Dell Square.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Ampere Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Dwight Place
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 monument or memorial
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 recreation center
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pelham Bay Park140 feet
- Huntington Woods in Pelham Bay Park Park feature1,280 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- American Boy Statue Monument or memorial1,310 feet
Community centers and public services
- Aileen Ryan Recreation Recreation center1,000 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two food stores.
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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Middletown Road & Dwight Place 100 feet
- Middletown Road & Ampere Avenue 120 feet
- Ampere Avenue & Robertson Place 260 feet
- Middletown Road & Macdonough Place 300 feet
- Middletown Road & Robertson Place 430 feet
- Bruckner Boulevard & Middletown Road at Roberts Avenue Pedestrian Overpass 480 feet
- Ampere Avenue & Kennellworth Place 520 feet
- Bruckner Boulevard & Bruckner Expressway 690 feet
See every intersection along Ampere Avenue or Dwight Place.