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Soundview, Bruckner & Bronx River

This area in the southeast Bronx lies east of the Bronx River and around the Bruckner Expressway, with Parkchester and Castle Hill to the east and Soundview Park and Clason Point to the south. Westchester Avenue, under the elevated 6 line, is a main street. Housing is mostly apartments: about 46% of homes are in walk-ups and about 39% in elevator buildings, alongside row houses and small multi-family homes. NYCHA developments include Bronx River Houses and Sotomayor Houses, formerly Bronxdale Houses. The 6 stops at Elder Avenue, Morrison Avenue-Soundview and St. Lawrence Avenue. The Bronx River forms the western edge.

Soundview, Bruckner & Bronx River has 39,274 open HPD housing violations, 9,125 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 13,179 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 2nd most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
39,274
9,125 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
13,179
3,891 Class C · 11th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C9,125 · 23%Class B17,820 · 45%Class A12,329 · 31%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous3,891
  • Class B · hazardous5,148
  • Class A · non-hazardous3,286

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

  • 6 trains at Elder Av, Morrison Av-Soundview and St Lawrence Av
  • About 46% of homes are in walk-ups (PLUTO)
  • NYCHA's Bronx River Houses and Sotomayor Houses
  • Bronx River forms the western edge
  • Part of Bronx Community District 9

Before you rent or buy here

Check the buildingLook up any address for violations, complaints and owner.Read the violation classesWhat A, B and C mean and how fast owners must fix them.Work out your budgetThe 40× income rule most NYC landlords use.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Station locations checked by placing MTA Subway Stations coordinates inside the 2020 NTA boundary; housing-stock shares computed from PLUTO residential units by building class and year built for lots inside the NTA (rounded). Stations confirmed inside the NTA from MTA coordinates. NYCHA development names from Wikipedia; NYCHA-owned lots on E 174th St and Bruckner Blvd confirmed inside the NTA in PLUTO. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Neighbors, stations and housing shares re-computed; NYCHA list (Bronx River Houses, Sotomayor formerly Bronxdale) confirmed on Wikipedia, with 14-story lots at 1500/1609 E 174th St and 7-story lots on Bruckner Blvd inside the NTA in PLUTO.

Sources

  1. Soundview, Bronx · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations dataset · Metropolitan Transportation Authority via Open NY (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · NYC Department of City Planning via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)

General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Rules change; confirm with the agency or a professional before you act.

“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.