Dyre Avenue & Light Street
Dyre Avenue and Light Street meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. The corner is also named Jamaica Progressive League Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Grace Baptist Church is 970 feet away, and Astor Lawrence F. Hickey Center is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Eastchester-Dyre Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Eastchester-Dyre Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.
- Eastchester-Dyre Av 570 feet5
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- 5 …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Dyre Av/Light St, 30 feet away, for the Bx16.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Dyre Av/Light St Bx16 · Shelter30 feetBx16
Next buses at this stop
- Bx16 …
Cycling
- 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway northbound at Tillotson Avenue & Net, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 4090 Boston Road Gas station0.3 miles
- 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.
What the city has done here
- Safety Improvement Project, 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10466
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 12
- Police precinct
- 47
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
- Elevation
- 37 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Jamaica Progressive League Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).
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 1933.
Trees
NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Jamaica Progressive League Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 25 signs on these blocks
- 14 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Dyre Avenue
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7:30AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
North side of Dyre Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Dyre Avenue
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204486 and 206759.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 listed historic place
Schools and child care
- Virtual Innovators Academy School400 feet
- Astor Lawrence F. Hickey Center School1,190 feet
- Astor Services for Children & Families Preschool, ages 2 to 51,200 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Public School 15 Listed historic place1,210 feet
Houses of worship
- Grace Baptist Church House of worship970 feet
Supermarkets
- S&Y Fish & Meat Caribbean Supermarket Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and seven food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Rombouts Avenue & Light Street 280 feet
- Secor Avenue & Light Street 300 feet
- Conner Street & Dyre Avenue 420 feet
- East 233rd Street & Dyre Avenue 500 feet
- Merritt Avenue & Light Street 530 feet
- Harper Avenue & Light Street 540 feet
- Conner Street & Secor Avenue 680 feet
- Rombouts Avenue & Conner Street 700 feet
See every intersection along Dyre Avenue or Light Street.