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Soundview-Clason Point offers affordable housing and waterfront access along the Bronx River and East River. The 6 train and improving parks serve a diverse community.
Soundview-Clason Point offers affordable housing and waterfront access along the Bronx River and East River. The 6 train and improving parks serve a diverse community.
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Clason Point was once a popular beach resort — a ferry ran from Manhattan to its amusement park and bathing beach through the 1940s.
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Housing cost
$373 / sq ft
Commute
Weekday mornings · leaving 7:30–9:00
- FromSoundview-Clason Point
- ToNear Bryant Park
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Stands out
- Affordability77/100
Lower costs than most
To weigh
- Family-Friendly Vibe14/100
Fewer families with children than most
- Transit16/100
Longer weekday-morning trips to the city's main job centers
- Schools31/100
Weaker results at the public and charter schools serving it, or fewer of them
Each score compares it with NYC's other residential neighborhoods.
What these scores don't measure: how a block feels on foot, what's changing on it, and whether a particular school suits your child. Walk it at school drop-off time, and check the zoned school for the exact address before you sign a lease.
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Schools18 schools
Soundview-Clason Point runs deep on public school options — twenty-one schools across the zone, the vast majority district public with just two charters in the mix. The action clusters around a few key addresses: the 1980 Lafayette campus alone houses six programs including Bronx Bridges High School and Millennium Art Academy, while Bolton Avenue pulls double duty with J.H.S. 131 Albert Einstein and Soundview Academy sharing halls. P.S. 100 Isaac Clason and P.S. 107 anchor the elementary side. There's real variety here — traditional zoned schools, a women's-only high school, math and tech-focused academies — though families will want to dig into individual performance to find the right fit.
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Parks & Playgrounds3 places
Soundview-Clason Point keeps its playground lineup lean — you've got Harding Park with its playground, and Space Time Playground adds a second option, but that's really the full picture here. The Bronx waterfront nearby is a nice bonus for family walks, though the neighborhood doesn't offer a deep bench of dedicated play spaces. Families wanting more park variety will likely find themselves looking slightly beyond the immediate area.
Nearest large park: Soundview Park · ~8 min walk (0.3 mi)
Transportation36 stops
Getting around here means buses, full stop — Soundview-Clason Point sits without direct subway access, so your commute to Manhattan core runs through the bus network. White Plains Road and Soundview Avenue are the main arteries, with stops like White Plains Rd/Story Av and Soundview Av/Lafayette Av serving as key hubs. The Bx27, Bx36, and several other routes thread through, but expect the door-to-door commute to stretch beyond an hour unless you're heading crosstown or to a far northern subway line. It's bus-dependent living — doable, but not instant.
Restaurants22 places
Soundview-Clason Point serves up a honest mix of takeout joints and quick-bite spots — a solid cluster of Caribbean and West African kitchens, a handful of independently-owned pizza shops, and a few fried chicken places that draw crowds on weekends. It's not a dinner-out destination; it's a neighborhood built for grabbing food to go. Casual, affordable, and exactly what a working-class block needs without any pretense.
Groceries11 places
Soundview delivers solid options for the weekly shop without leaving the neighborhood. You've got a deep bench along the White Plains Road corridor — ALDI, Met Foodmarkets, and a couple of Western Beef locations keep things competitive — plus Key Food and ShopRite holding it down on Bruckner Boulevard. Associated Supermarket in Rosedale adds another option. For a working-class pocket in the Bronx, the chain presence here is reassuring — quality and prices stay consistent even if the independents cycle through. You'll likely drive or hop the Bx27 for the bigger hauls, but grabbing fresh produce locally is totally doable.
Coffee Shops2 places
Soundview-Clason Point keeps coffee simple — a Dunkin' on Story Avenue and a Starbucks along White Plains Road cover the basics, but you're not going to find a third-wave roaster or a cozy laptop-friendly spot to linger. It's a working-class neighborhood where coffee means grab-and-go fuel rather than sit-and-stay. The two chains are convenient but spread thin, so don't expect much variety beyond the familiar.
Things to Do4 places
Families here work with a thin but varied lineup of kid-friendly options — a dance studio, a swim club, and a pair of enrichment academies covering academics and cultural programming. The mix leans toward structured activities rather than open-ended play, which works well if your kids thrive in lessons and clinics. That said, the selection is modest compared to more family-dense neighborhoods, so you may find yourself venturing to adjacent areas for variety in sports, music, or drop-in play spaces.
Daycare & informal care
There's a solid lineup of free universal Pre-K in Soundview — eight DOE sites clustered around schools like P.S. 69, P.S. 100, and P.S. 107 give families real options. What you won't find is private daycare; this is almost entirely a public Pre-K market. That's great for cost, but if you need full-day care outside school hours, you're looking at options beyond the neighborhood. Morning drop-off at these school sites can get crowded.
Family Resources3 places
The library scene here is thin but there's a real anchor in Soundview Library over on Soundview Avenue — a solid resource for families who need a quiet spot or computer access. The two playgrounds, Space Time and Story, both cluster around Underhill and Lafayette and give kids somewhere to burn off energy. Beyond that, the public anchor options thin out quickly.
Healthcare5 places
Healthcare runs through a couple of anchor institutions here — Peninsula Community Health Center on Turnbull Avenue and Stevenson Family Health Center on White Plains Road are the big ones, plus a couple of smaller clinics scattered along the corridor. The pediatric coverage is thin, with basically one practice serving the whole area. Urgent care and dentists are real gaps you'll feel when you need them; families often head to neighboring enclaves for same-day care or a pediatric dentist.
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Schools in Soundview-Clason Point
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- ALC - Stevenson Campus
- Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: A College Board School
- Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications
- Bronx Bridges High School
- Bronx Community High School
- Bronx Compass High School
- Gotham Collaborative High School
- Grand Concourse Academy Charter School
- J.H.S. 131 Albert Einstein
- Millennium Art Academy
- P.S. 069 Journey Prep School
- P.S. 100 Isaac Clason
- P.S. 107
- P.S. 182
- Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship
- Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 4
- The Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School
- Women's Academy of Excellence
Early education in Soundview-Clason Point
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Soundview-Clason Point a good neighborhood for families?
- Soundview-Clason Point scores 39/100 for families on Motley — toward the lower end citywide. The Family Fit score blends six parts: how many families live there, schools, affordability, weekday-morning transit time to job centers, safety, and air quality and child health.
- What are the pros and cons of Soundview-Clason Point for families?
- For families, Soundview-Clason Point stands out for lower costs than most. What to weigh: fewer families with children than most; longer weekday-morning trips to the city's main job centers; and weaker results at the public and charter schools serving it, or fewer of them. Each score compares it with NYC's other residential neighborhoods. They don't measure how a block feels on foot or whether a particular school suits your child, so walk it before you decide.
- Is Soundview-Clason Point safe?
- Soundview-Clason Point scores 45/100 on safety — near the middle of the pack citywide. We build the score from NYPD crime complaints, pedestrian and cyclist injuries, and serious (Class C) housing violations, each counted per 1,000 residents.
- How are the schools in Soundview-Clason Point?
- Soundview-Clason Point has 18 schools mapped inside its boundary and scores 31/100 for schools — toward the lower end citywide.
- How do middle and high school admissions work from Soundview-Clason Point?
- Middle school: families in Soundview-Clason Point apply in 5th grade through the citywide middle school application. District 8's 25 middle school programs admit by method: 14 unscreened, 7 charter lottery, 2 screened and 2 zoned. High school: one citywide application in 8th grade lets a family rank programs anywhere in the city, and the eight specialized high schools admit on the SHSAT alone.
- Is Soundview-Clason Point affordable?
- Soundview-Clason Point scores 77/100 for affordability on Motley — more affordable than most NYC neighborhoods.
- Which borough is Soundview-Clason Point in?
- Soundview-Clason Point is a neighborhood in Bronx, New York City.
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