Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River

Neighborhood · Bronx

Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River stretches east from the Bronx River in the southern Bronx, along Westchester Avenue and across the Bruckner Expressway, taking in the communities known as Bronx River and Soundview/Bruckner.

  • 1.16 square miles
  • 74,342 residents, 2020 Census
  • 196 street corners
  • 3 subway stations
  • 12 bus routes

The land held farms and estates through the 1800s, and homes went up after the IRT Pelham Line, today's 6 train, was extended along Westchester Avenue in 1920, with stations at Elder, Morrison and St. Lawrence avenues. Eastern Boulevard was renamed Bruckner Boulevard in 1942 for former Bronx Borough President Henry Bruckner, and the Soundview name, chosen in 1967, recalls old maps that counted the East River as part of Long Island Sound.

Sources: About BXCB9 (Bronx Community Board 9); Soundview, Bronx (Wikipedia); Soundview Park (NYC Parks).

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Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River borders eight areas, and Watson Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 24 of 196.

Street map of Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx, outlined among Soundview Park, Crotona Park East, West Farms and Castle Hill-Unionport, with its three subway stations and Watson Gleason Playground.West FarmsPelham Parkway-Van NestParkchesterCastle Hill-UnionportSoundview-Clason PointSoundview ParkHunts PointCrotona Park East
  • Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • St Lawrence Av lines 6
  • Morrison Av-Soundview lines 6
  • Elder Av lines 6

Getting around

Three subway stations and buses on 12 routes stop in or at the edge of Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River.

  • 3 subway stations
  • 10 local bus routes
  • 2 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Bx4
  • Bx4A
  • Bx5
  • Bx11
  • Bx27
  • Bx36
  • Bx39
  • Bx40
  • Bx42
  • Q44-SBS

Express bus routes

  • BxM6
  • BxM8

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Bronx corner.

  • 2,347 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 12.0 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner
  • 14 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 35 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
23
Accessible pedestrian signals
19
Turn calming
2
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
2
Safety Improvement Projects
2

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than bus-lane or red-light tickets.

  • 8,168 red-light camera tickets at two corners
  • 8,915 school-zone speed camera tickets at 11 corners
  • 8,309 bus-lane camera tickets at one corner
Most red-light tickets
Cross Bronx Expressway & Rosedale Avenue, 7,593
Most speed tickets
Bronx River Avenue & East 174th Street, 4,543
Most bus-lane tickets
Bruckner Boulevard & Bronx River Avenue, 8,309

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 74,342 residents in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, about 64,100 per square mile.

  • 26,112 homes, 2020 Census
  • 1,816 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 3,454 residential lots hold buildings from 1928 or earlier, and 71% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA developments

NYCHA's Bronx River, Bronx River Addition and Sotomayor Houses developments lie wholly or partly within Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, as do two more that NYCHA names by buildings' addresses.

Parks

Parkland
12.8 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Watson Gleason Playground (3.4 acres), Noble Playground (3.2 acres) and Colgate Close (2 acres)

Streets and trees

Trees
4,522 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, thornless honeylocust and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Watson Avenue, with 24 of the area's 196
Height above sea level
From 11 feet at Bronx River Avenue & Story Avenue to 62 feet at East Tremont Avenue & Bronx River Avenue
Honorary street names
8 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 27 schools and one library in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River.

Public schools
19
Charter and private schools
8
Library
Clason's Point Library

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 1,320 major felonies at places in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River

  • 1,204 major felonies in 2024
  • 3,475 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, the NYPD recorded another 190 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 20.3 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River.

Police precincts
43rd (most of the area), 49th
Major felonies recorded at places in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 510 major felonies at places in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, against 693 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.