1939. The first of the park were acquired by the City of New York in 1937, and more were acquired along the water's edge in December 1939. "Parque de los Ninos", a playground at the corner of Morrison and Watson Avenues, opened in 1956 and was renamed in 1995 to honor six neighborhood children who were killed in the late 1980s. It was granted $1.6 million for renovations in 2016. Low-income public housing complex There are nine NYCHA developments located in Soundview. 1471 Watson Avenue; one 6-story building. Boynton Avenue Rehab; three rehabilitated apartment buildings, two 4 stories tall another 6 stories tall. Sotomayor Houses (formally Bronxdale Houses); twenty-eight 7-story buildings. Bronx River Houses; nine 14-story buildings. Bronx River Addition; two buildings, one 6 stories tall another 14 stories tall. Clason Point Gardens; forty-five buildings, all 2 stories tall. Monroe Houses; twelve buildings, either 8, 14, or 15 stories tall. Sack Wern Houses; seven buildings, each 6 stories tall. Soundview Houses; thirteen 7-story buildings. Police and crime Soundview is one of several neighborhoods in the Southeast Bronx patrolled by the 43rd Precinct of the NYPD, located at 900 Fteley Avenue. The current 43rd Precinct was constructed in Soundview in 1978, and the overall coverage area was reduced significantly with the introduction of the 49th Precinct north of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor right-of-way in the East Bronx. , with a non-fatal assault rate of 100 per 100,000 people, the 43rd Precinct's rate of violent crimes per capita is more than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 603 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole. The 43rd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 63.1% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 6 murders, 48 rapes, 747 robberies, 806 felony assaults, 302 burglaries, 1,039 grand larcenies, and 561 grand larcenies auto in 2022. Fire safety Soundview contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Company 96/Ladder Company 54, at 1689 Story Avenue. Health , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are more common in Bronx Community District 9 including Soundview than in other places citywide. There were 106 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 26.4 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). The