Soundview.

Significant — NYCHA's Sonia Sotomayor Houses, Bronx River Houses, Soundview Houses, and Monroe Houses sit in or adjacent to Soundview. NYCHA buildings appear in our HPD-violation index; the audit flags BBLs with NYCHA ownership. NYCHA cannot be rented privately — applications go through NYCHA directly.

Yes — much of southern Soundview along the Bronx River, the East River shoreline, and the Soundview Park edge sits in FEMA Zones AE and X. Sandy flooded significant ground-floor and basement-level stock in 2012. The audit pulls FEMA designation per BBL; for any property within several blocks of the water, flood history is essential context.

Most pre-1974 6+ unit Soundview private apartment buildings are rent-stabilized through standard rules. The audit's DHCR check shows the specific building's status. Several smaller landlord portfolios in Soundview carry deep stabilized supply.

Soundview averages meaningfully lower per-building open-violation counts than Mott Haven — partly because Soundview's NYCHA concentration is somewhat smaller, and partly because the private apartment stock is less dense. The compliance gap between the two south-Bronx neighborhoods is real and the audit's BBL-level data is the right comparison point.

Yes — nearly all Soundview pre-1978 apartments are subject to NYC Local Law 1 lead-paint remediation when a child under 6 is in the unit. Several Soundview landlords carry significant open class-C lead-paint violations in our index. If moving in with young children, request the most recent lead inspection records as part of the lease process.