Soundview-Clason Point

Neighborhood · Bronx

Jutting into the East River between the Bronx River and Pugsley Creek, the Clason Point peninsula makes up most of Soundview-Clason Point, which also takes in the southern part of Soundview.

  • 1.09 square miles
  • 37,297 residents, 2020 Census
  • 209 street corners
  • 6 bus routes

Granted in 1646 to English colonist Thomas Cornell, the neck took the name Clason Point after Scottish merchant Isaac Clason bought its eastern half in 1793. Seaside resorts, dance halls and amusement parks, reached by ferry from College Point, Queens, once earned it the nickname Coney Island of the Bronx. Today it holds the bungalow enclave of Harding Park and Clason Point Park, where NYC Ferry service began in 2018.

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

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Soundview-Clason Point borders three areas, and Soundview Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 25 of 209.

Street map of Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx, outlined among Castle Hill-Unionport, Soundview Park and Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, with Pugsley Creek Park.Castle Hill-UnionportSoundview ParkSoundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
  • Soundview-Clason Point
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • Another station

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

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on six routes stop in or at the edge of Soundview-Clason Point.

  • 5 local bus routes
  • 1 express bus route

Local bus routes

  • Bx5
  • Bx22
  • Bx27
  • Bx36
  • Bx39

Express bus route

  • BxM8

Safety record

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

  • 899 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 4.3 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner
  • 68 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 20 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
19
Accessible pedestrian signals
12

Camera tickets

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

  • 2,176 red-light camera tickets at one corner
  • 83,187 school-zone speed camera tickets at 14 corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Bruckner Boulevard & White Plains Road, 2,176
Most speed tickets
Bruckner Boulevard & White Plains Road, 53,903

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 37,297 residents in Soundview-Clason Point, about 34,200 per square mile.

  • 13,558 homes, 2020 Census
  • 1,158 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 2,520 residential lots hold buildings from 1950 or earlier, and 40% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA developments

NYCHA's Clason Point Gardens, Monroe and Soundview developments lie wholly or partly within Soundview-Clason Point.

Parks

Parkland
85.4 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Pugsley Creek Park (52.2 acres), Soundview Park (11 acres) and Clason Point Park (9 acres)

Streets and trees

Trees
3,605 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, thornless honeylocust and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Soundview Avenue, with 25 of the area's 209
Height above sea level
From 7 feet at U Street & North Street to 37 feet at Noble Avenue & Seward Avenue
Honorary street names
7 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 19 schools and one library in Soundview-Clason Point.

Public schools
15
Charter and private schools
4
Library
Soundview Library

Public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work in Soundview-Clason Point: Clason Point World War I Memorial (1928).

  • 1 work of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 474 major felonies at places in Soundview-Clason Point.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Soundview-Clason Point

  • 570 major felonies in 2024 96 fewer in 2025
  • 1,730 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Soundview-Clason Point, the NYPD recorded another 76 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 14.7 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Soundview-Clason Point.

Police precinct
43rd
Major felonies recorded at places in Soundview-Clason Point, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 219 major felonies at places in Soundview-Clason Point, against 232 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.