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Bx28 and Bx38 buses

The Bx28 and Bx38 constitute a public transit line in The Bronx. These routes primarily run on Gun Hill Road between the northern part of West Bronx and Co-op City.

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Gun Hill Road
A 2015 Nova Bus LFS (8412) on the Bx28 at Kingsbridge Road/Jerome Avenue, and a 2018 XD40 (7552) on the Bx38.
Overview
SystemMTA Regional Bus Operations
OperatorManhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
GarageGun Hill Depot
Kingsbridge Depot (Bx28 A.M. rush only)
VehicleNova Bus LFS
Nova Bus LFS HEV
New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 (main vehicles)
New Flyer Xcelsior XE40
Nova Bus LFS Articulated
New Flyer Xcelsior XE60 (Bx28 A.M. rush only)
Began serviceSeptember 18, 1933 (Bx28)
June 25, 2010 (Bx38)
Route
LocaleThe Bronx, New York, U.S.
Communities servedFordham, Kingsbridge Heights, Bedford Park, Norwood, Olinville, Williamsbridge, Baychester, Co-op City
StartFordham - East 192nd Street & Valentine Avenue (Bx28 daytime & Bx38 Sunday mornings and late evenings)
Norwood - Norwood-205th Street station (Bx28 late nights & Bx38)
ViaGun Hill Road, Co-op City Boulevard (Bx38)
EndCo-op City - Earhart Lane & Erskine Place (Bx28)
Co-op City - Bay Plaza (Bx38)
Length7.4 miles (11.9 km) (Bx28)
5.9 miles (9.5 km) (Bx38)
Other routesBx25/Bx26 Bedford Park Boulevard/Allerton Avenue
Bx30 Boston Road
Service
OperatesAll times (Bx28)
All times except late nights (Bx38)
Annual patronage2,225,893 (2023)[1]
TransfersYes
TimetableBx28/38
← Bx27
← Bx36		  {{{system_nav}}}  Bx29 →
Bx39 →

Route description

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The Bx28 begins at 192nd Street and Valentine Avenue. It heads north onto Kingsbridge Road, turning north onto Jerome Avenue and running via Paul Avenue between Bedford Park Boulevard and Mosholu Parkway to serve Lehman College and turning southeast on Mosholu Parkway and then turning north onto Bainbridge Avenue. At 205th Street, it is joined by the Bx38, where both routes continue north on Bainbridge Avenue, before turning left onto Gun Hill Road, running on it until reaching Bartow Avenue, continuing east until reaching Baychester Avenue, where the routes split:[2]

  • The Bx28 heads east on Bartow Avenue, deviating to serve Asch Loop, before continuing east onto Bartow Avenue as it becomes Hutchinson River Parkway East and continuing south onto Hunter Avenue to Earhart Lane-Erskine Place[2]
  • The Bx38 runs north on Baychester Avenue and runs east on Co-op City Boulevard, deviating to serve Dreiser Loop, continuing south and skipping Asch Loop, turning east back onto Bartow Avenue and continuing for a short distance before turning south onto Bay Plaza Drive to terminate at AMC Bay Plaza. Westbound buses head south to Bay Plaza Boulevard, turning west and then north onto Co-op City Boulevard to return to service.[2]

During late nights when the Bx38 does not run, the Bx28 follows the Bx38 route between Bay Plaza and Baychester Avenue-Bartow Avenue, but terminates at Norwood-205th Street station instead of Fordham.[3]

Along the route, there are several connections to the New York City Subway at:[2]

History

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The Bx28 began on September 18, 1933, under the designation of the Bx15. On July 1, 1974, the Bx15 was extended on its eastern end from Gunther Avenue-Bartow Avenue to its current terminus at Co-op City and extended on its western end from Mosholu Parkway-Jerome Avenue to its current terminus in Fordham, although select trips and all Sunday trips continued to terminate at Mosholu Parkway-Jerome Avenue. A branch of the Bx15 from Norwood-205th Street to Eastchester Road-Boston Road was relabeled to the Bx6.[4]

 
A 2009 Orion VII NG HEV (4076) on the Bx28 on the Bedford Park Boulevard Overpass in March 2019

On February 19, 1984, as part of the Bronx bus revamp,[5][6][7] the Bx15 was renamed to the Bx28.[8][9] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) proposed simplifying the Bx26's and Bx28's complicated service patterns in March 2000.[10] The Mosholu Parkway short-turn would be discontinued and all daytime Bx28 trips would run to Fordham Center to replace Bx26 service there; whenever service had headways lower than 10 minutes, every other bus would terminate at Norwood. These changes took place on September 10, 2000.[11][12] On June 25, 2010, due to the MTA's budget crisis, Norwood short turns and service to sections 1-2-3 in Co-op City were spun off into a new designation, the Bx38, which would terminate at Bay Plaza, with service through Asch Loop discontinued outright.[13] On June 29, 2014, Bx28 service via Asch Loop was restored.[13][14]

In 2017, the MTA released its Fast Forward Plan, aimed at speeding up mass transit services.[15] As part of this program, a draft plan for a reorganization of Bronx bus routes was proposed in draft format in June 2019, with a final version published in October 2019.[16][17] The draft plan proposed rerouting the Bx28 on Bainbridge Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard instead of Mosholu Parkway and Paul Avenue to replace a rerouted Bx34, the discontinuation of the Bx38, the removal of closely spaced stops and the truncation of the Bx28 to Asch Loop, with the Bx23 taking over all Co-op City inter-section service. The final plan removed the Bx38 discontinuation and the Bx28 truncation, but kept the reroute via Bainbridge Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard, which was also dropped in late 2021, and the stop removal, which was kept.[18][19] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the changes were halted for over a year.[20][21][22] The modification took place on June 26, 2022.[23][24]

See also

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  • Bx30, another bus route that ran from Norwood to Co-op City along Gun Hill Road prior to June 2022

References

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  1. ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2023". mta.info. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bronx Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Bronx Bus Service" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "2 BOROUGHS' BUSES GET NEW NUMBERS". The New York Times. June 20, 1974. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  5. ^ Reyes, Lennin (October 2, 2011). "Busses and Trains A Go-Go". Bronx Journal. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "1976 Bronx Bus Map". wardmaps.com. New York City Transit Authority. 1976. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  7. ^ Old MTA bus timetables http://acm.jhu.edu/~sthurmovik/Railpics/NYCSubway/Maps/Bronx_Bus_1977_Rear-1.jpg
  8. ^ "Bronx Bus Service Changes Effective February 19, 1984". New York City Transit Authority. February 1984. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "Bronx Bus Service Changes Effective February 19, 1984". New York City Transit Authority. February 1984. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  10. ^ March 2000 NYC Transit Committee Agenda. New York City Transit. March 21, 2000. pp. 101, 102, 103-104, 105-106, 107-108, 109-110, 111, 112, 113.
  11. ^ "Bx25 Bx26 Bx28 Improved bus service for Co-op City". New York Daily News. September 13, 2000. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  12. ^ "Bus Service Advisories". mta.nyc.ny.us. November 9, 2000. Archived from the original on November 9, 2000. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  13. ^ a b 2010 budget crisis information, archived February 25, 2011
  14. ^ "Bx28 Effective Sunday, June 29, 2014 Service adjustment in Co-op City". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2014. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  15. ^ "Fast Forward: The Plan to Modernize New York City Transitt" (PDF). MTA. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  16. ^ "Draft Plan, Bronx Bus Network Redesign" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  17. ^ "Final Plan, Bronx Bus Network Redesign". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 2019. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  18. ^ Spivack, Caroline (October 22, 2019). "MTA's Bronx bus redesign will chop 400 stops and add new routes". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on November 28, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  19. ^ "MTA releases final Bronx bus system overhaul proposal". ABC7 New York. October 22, 2019. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  20. ^ Duggan, Kevin (August 19, 2021). "MTA revives borough bus network redesigns, starting with the Bronx – Bronx Times". Bronx Times. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  21. ^ "NYC officials announce ambitious plan to expand MTA bus service". ABC7 New York. August 16, 2021. Archived from the original on September 4, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  22. ^ Duggan, Kevin (February 20, 2022). "MTA sets June date for Bronx bus redesign rollout". amNewYork. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  23. ^ Duggan, Kevin (June 26, 2022). "What to know about the Bronx bus redesign". AMNewYork. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  24. ^ "MTA launches redesigned bus network in the Bronx". CBS News. June 26, 2022. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
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