File Nos. 811-5161 and 33-14295

                          Washington, D.C.  20549

                                FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933             [ X ]

                        Pre-Effective Amendment No.                 [   ]


                     Post-Effective Amendment No.  8                [ X ]



                                  and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940     [ X ]


                           Amendment No.  8                         [ X ]

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

DREYFUS NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 922-6020

Daniel C. Maclean, Esq.

200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

__X__ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

_____ on _____________ pursuant to paragraph (b)

_____ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)

_____ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)

_____ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii)

_____ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii) of Rule 485

Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares of its Beneficial Interest under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Sec. 24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Registrant's Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1995 was filed July 24, 1995.

REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILE NOS. 811-5161 AND 33-14295

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

For Registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of Securities of Open-End Management Investment Companies registered on Form N-1A.

A. Exact name of Company specified in Charter:

DREYFUS NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

B. Complete address of Company's principal executive offices:

c/o The Dreyfus Corporation, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166

C. Name and complete address of agent for service:

Daniel C. Maclean, Esq.
The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166

D. Title and amount of securities being registered (number of shares or other units):

$290,006                        (Determined on the basis of the closing
                                price on December 6, 1995; i.e. $18.46
                                per share (See Note Below))

F. Amount of filing fee, computed at one twenty-ninth of one percent of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price to the public:

$100 (See Note Below)

G. Approximate date of proposed public offering:

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement, and thereafter from day to day

NOTE: Shares to be registered pursuant to Rule 24e-2 Aggregate Offering Price

Total Shares Registered:        3,115,396 X $18.46 =      $57,510,210

Less Adjustment for Shares
Redeemed in excess of Shares
Sold during Fiscal Year
ended May 31, 1995:             3,099,686 X $18.46 =      $57,220,204
                                   15,710 X $18.46 =      $   290,006

Fee at 1/29 of 1%                                         $       100

CONSENT OF STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN

The Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, counsel to the Registrant, has been included in their Opinion filed as Exhibit 10 to this Amendment to the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 18th day of December, 1995.

DREYFUS NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

                            BY:   /s/ Marie E. Connolly*
                               MARIE E. CONNOLLY, PRESIDENT

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this Amendment to the Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.


        SIGNATURE                TITLE

/s/ Marie E. Connolly*           President and Treasurer
Marie E. Connolly                (Principal Executive, Financial
                                    and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino*         Chairman of the Board
Joesph S. DiMartino

/s/ David W. Burke*              Trustee
David W. Burke

/s/ Samuel Chase*                Trustee
Samuel Chase

/s/ Gordon J. Davis*             Trustee
Gordon J. Davis

/s/ Joni Evans*                  Trustee
Joni Evans

/s/ Arnold S. Hiatt*             Trustee
Arnold S. Hiatt

/s/ David J. Mahoney*            Trustee
David J. Mahoney

/s/ Burton N. Wallack*           Trustee
Burton N. Wallack

*BY: /s/ Frederick C. Dey
     Frederick C. Dey, Attorney-in-Fact