Soundview is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx. Located in the south-central Bronx, it is bounded by the Cross Bronx Expressway to the north, White Plains Road to the east, the East River to the south, and the Bronx River to the west. Soundview is sometimes said to include parts of Castle Hill. Bronx River, Bruckner, and Clason Point are all neighborhoods within Soundview. Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ...

Soundview is often perceived as a dangerous and crime-infested neighborhood. There are several things the neighborhood is infamous for, including the murder of Amadou Diallo by four police officers in 1999, at 1157 Wheeler Avenue, as well as being the childhood home of convicted serial killer David Berkowitz. In 2004, Soundview was named the car theft capital of New York City. Amadou Bailo Diallo (September 2, 1975 – February 4, 1999), was a 23 year-old Guinean living in New York City who was killed under controversial circumstances by four police officers in the NYPDs Street Crime Unit, at 1157 Wheeler Avenue in the Soundview section of the Bronx. ... David Berkowitz David Richard Berkowitz (born June 1, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York), better known by his nickname Son of Sam, is an infamous serial killer who killed six people and wounded several others in the late 1970s. ...

Clason Point - A Historical Perspective

Clason Point of the Soundview region is bordered by the East River, the Bronx River, and Pugsley's Creek. This area is part of the Southernmost Bronx. In ancient times, the Bronx River area to the West was known to Native Americans as "Aquahung". The site of a large Native American settlement, comprising more than seventy dwellings, Clason Point was then known to natives as "Snakapins", or "Land By The Two Waters". There was a local and plentiful food source of oak acorn nuts for grinding purposes here.

The GZA of the Wu Tang Clan is not from the Soundview Projects as said before, instead is initially from the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn, later relocating to the Staten Island area.

In more modern times, an early English settler, Thomas Cornell, began farming here in the mid-17th century. Clason Point was named after Isaak Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers and the area became known for its amusements and entertainment.

Clason Point in the early-20th century was an era of trolley cars on the main thoroughfare, Soundview Avenue or, as it was were, Clason Point ave. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and plenty of undeveloped fields and swampland. There were ferryboat and steamer excursions from "The Point" to downtown(Manhattan)as well as local service across the East River to College Point, Queens. The area was then known for dance halls, roller coasters, picnic groves and baseball games, as well as the worlds largest saltwater outdoor swimming pool known as "The Inkwell". There was a volunteer fire department, even a small airport and docks for sailboats and motorboats. Clason Point was an area for family outings, children’s parades and, in contrast to the heavily built metropolis of today, open fields consisting of wild rabbit and pheasant. There were also many shoreline fishing spots where fish such as porgie, flounder, striped bass and bluefish could be caught. Alternatively, there were also plenty of saloons and novelty shops. Kanes' was a major saloon in the Soundview/Clason Point area in the 1920's which featured Helen Kane, a singer who coined the phrase "boop-oop-a-doop". Cartoon flapper Betty Boop was modeled after her. With all the amusement park rides and novelties in 'Clason Point Park' the Clason Point area of Soundview was then known as "The Coney Island of the Bronx"