Soundview Avenue & Commonwealth Avenue

Soundview Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Church of God of Soundvie is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Soundview Av/Lafayette Av, is 240 feet away for the Bx27, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Soundview Av/Lafayette Av · Bx27
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Soundview Avenue & Commonwealth Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Soundview Av/Lafayette Av, 240 feet away, for the Bx27.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Soundview Av/Lafayette Av Bx27 · Shelter
    240 feet
    Bx27
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Story Avenue & Metcalf Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Soundview Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10473
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Clason Point
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1959 and 1967.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Soundview Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Soundview Avenue

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 100 Isaac Clason School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Story Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Soundview Library
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sound View Presbyterian Church House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Church of God of Soundvie House of worship
    840 feet
  3. Soundview Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Monroe Community center
    450 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1780 Story Avenue Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Commonwealth Avenue or Soundview Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.