Clason Point, Bronx

Clason Point
Neighborhood of the Bronx
Houses in Harding Park at Clason Point's extreme southern tip
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°48′22″N 73°51′00″W / 40.806°N 73.85°W / 40.806; -73.85
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Bronx
Community District	Bronx 9[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1.2 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	9,136
• Density	7,500/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Economics
• Median income	$65,176
ZIP Codes	10473
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917
Website	www.clasonpoint.nyc

Clason Point is a peninsula and a neighborhood in the East Bronx, New York City. The area includes a collection of neighborhoods including Harding Park, and Soundview. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: Lafayette Avenue to the north, White Plains Road/Pugsley Creek Park to the east, the East River to the south, and the Bronx River to the west.

Soundview Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Clason Point. Soundview Avenue once stretched from White Plains Road and O'Brien Avenue in Harding Park to Westchester and Metcalf Avenues in Soundview-Bruckner before the construction of the Bronx River Parkway. It was then known as Clason's Point Road. The Bruckner Expressway which now bisects the area along the center was once known as Ludlow Avenue.

Clason Point is part of Bronx Community Board 9, and its ZIP Code include 10473. The area is patrolled by the NYPD's 43rd Precinct.^[3] NYCHA property in the area is patrolled by PSA 8 at 2794 Randall Avenue in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx.