Provost Avenue & Light Street
Provost Avenue and Light Street meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Virtual Innovators Academy is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Eastchester-Dyre Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Eastchester-Dyre Av, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- Eastchester-Dyre Av 5800 feet5
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- 5 …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Dyre Av/Light St, 810 feet away, for the Bx16.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Dyre Av/Light St Bx16 · Shelter810 feetBx16
Next buses at this stop
- Bx16 …
Cycling
- 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway northbound at Tillotson Avenue & Net, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 4090 Boston Road Gas station1,020 feet
- 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
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
- 21 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 100 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 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the shingle oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Light Street
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
West side of Provost Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Virtual Innovators Academy School1,180 feet
Supermarkets
- S&Y Fish & Meat Caribbean Supermarket Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Merritt Avenue & Light Street 250 feet
- East 233rd Street & Mulvey Avenue 410 feet
- Provost Avenue & Clementine Street 450 feet
- Rombouts Avenue & Light Street 500 feet
- Conner Street & Provost Avenue 590 feet
- East 233rd Street & Merritt Avenue 680 feet
- Boston Road & Conner Street 730 feet
- Conner Street & Merritt Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along Light Street or Provost Avenue.