Bx28 and Bx38 buses

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:

• 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
• 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.

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.{{Cite NYC bus map|Bx2}}

Along the route, there are several connections to the New York City Subway at:{{Cite NYC bus map|Bx}}

• Kingsbridge Road-Grand Concourse ({{NYCS trains|Concourse}}; Bx28 and Sunday morning and late evening Bx38)
• Kingsbridge Road-Jerome Avenue ({{NYCS trains|Jerome local}}; Bx28 and Sunday morning and late evening Bx38)
• Bedford Park Boulevard-Jerome Avenue ({{NYCS trains|Jerome local}}; Bx28 and Sunday morning and late evening Bx38)
• Mosholu Parkway-Jerome Avenue ({{NYCS trains|Jerome local}}; Bx28 and Sunday morning and late evening Bx38)
• 205th Street ({{NYCS trains|Concourse north}})
• White Plains Road ({{NYCS trains|White Plains north}})
• Seymour Avenue ({{NYCS trains|Dyre}})

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/20/archives/2-boroughs-buses-get-new-numbers-route-jumblie-ends-july-1-in.html|title=2 BOROUGHS' BUSES GET NEW NUMBERS|date=June 20, 1974|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801085719/http://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/20/archives/2-boroughs-buses-get-new-numbers-route-jumblie-ends-july-1-in.html|url-status=live}}

On February 19, 1984, as part of the Bronx bus revamp,{{cite web|last1=Reyes|first1=Lennin|title=Busses and Trains A Go-Go|url=http://bronxjournal.com/2011/10/new-york-transit-museum-bus-festival-at-atlantic-antic/|publisher=Bronx Journal|access-date=December 24, 2015|date=October 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104703/http://bronxjournal.com/2011/10/new-york-transit-museum-bus-festival-at-atlantic-antic/|archive-date=December 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=1976 Bronx Bus Map|url=http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=16357|website=wardmaps.com|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=March 3, 2016|date=1976|archive-date=March 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310144634/http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=16357|url-status=live}}Old MTA bus timetables [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308045721/http://acm.jhu.edu/~sthurmovik/Railpics/NYCSubway/Maps/Bronx_Bus_1977_Rear-1.jpg http://acm.jhu.edu/~sthurmovik/Railpics/NYCSubway/Maps/Bronx_Bus_1977_Rear-1.jpg] the Bx15 was renamed to the Bx28.{{Cite web|url=http://imgbox.com/Fimhx4dX|title=Bronx Bus Service Changes Effective February 19, 1984|date=February 1984|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=February 19, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418084845/http://imgbox.com/Fimhx4dX|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://imgbox.com/IB1GXIgH|title=Bronx Bus Service Changes Effective February 19, 1984|date=February 1984|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=February 19, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418084845/http://imgbox.com/IB1GXIgH|url-status=live}} The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) proposed simplifying the Bx26's and Bx28's complicated service patterns in March 2000.{{Cite book |title=March 2000 NYC Transit Committee Agenda |date=March 21, 2000 |publisher=New York City Transit |pages=[https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48481441337/in/album-72157710160948387/ 101], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48481287346/in/album-72157710160948387/ 102], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48481439267/in/album-72157710160948387/ 103-104], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48481438297/in/album-72157710160948387/ 105-106], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48481284106/in/album-72157710160948387/ 107-108], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48481283211/in/album-72157710160948387/ 109-110], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48481282011/in/album-72157710160948387/ 111], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48481280956/in/album-72157710160948387/ 112], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48481433047/in/album-72157710160948387/ 113]}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=22799985|title=Bx25 Bx26 Bx28 Improved bus service for Co-op City|date=September 13, 2000|work=New York Daily News|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-date=August 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818020910/https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=22799985|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us:80/nyct/service/bus/bussrvno.htm|title=Bus Service Advisories|date=November 9, 2000|website=mta.nyc.ny.us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001109120100/http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/service/bus/bussrvno.htm|archive-date=November 9, 2000|url-status=dead|access-date=August 17, 2018}} 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130224010015/http://www.mta.info/news/pdf/NYCT_Revised_Service_Changes.pdf 2010 budget crisis information], archived February 25, 2011 On June 29, 2014, Bx28 service via Asch Loop was restored.{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servChanges_Bx28.htm|title=Bx28 Effective Sunday, June 29, 2014 Service adjustment in Co-op City|date=2014|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=June 28, 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628235955/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servChanges_Bx28.htm|url-status=live}}

In 2017, the MTA released its Fast Forward Plan, aimed at speeding up mass transit services.{{Cite web|title=Fast Forward: The Plan to Modernize New York City Transitt|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5afef986c3c16a2dc6705929/t/5b072571f950b7a5e621a4ff/1527194994914/Fast+Forward+Plan_05-24-2018_3.15PM.pdf|access-date=September 12, 2023|website=MTA|language=en}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2019-06/410_19_BBNR%20Existing%20Report_Final_2019_v2.pdf|title=Draft Plan, Bronx Bus Network Redesign|date=December 2019|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=January 1, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/11321|title=Final Plan, Bronx Bus Network Redesign|date=December 2019|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028234204/https://new.mta.info/document/11321|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/10/22/20926765/mta-nyc-bus-bronx-redesign-transportation|title=MTA's Bronx bus redesign will chop 400 stops and add new routes|last=Spivack|first=Caroline|date=October 22, 2019|website=Curbed NY|access-date=December 1, 2019|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128135053/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/10/22/20926765/mta-nyc-bus-bronx-redesign-transportation|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/5638098/|title=MTA releases final Bronx bus system overhaul proposal|date=October 22, 2019|website=ABC7 New York|access-date=December 1, 2019|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101030034/https://abc7ny.com/5638098/|url-status=live}} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the changes were halted for over a year.{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=MTA revives borough bus network redesigns, starting with the Bronx – Bronx Times | website=Bronx Times | date=August 19, 2021 | url=https://www.bxtimes.com/mta-revives-borough-bus-network-redesigns-starting-with-the-bronx/ | access-date=September 4, 2021 | archive-date=April 8, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408133051/https://www.bxtimes.com/mta-revives-borough-bus-network-redesigns-starting-with-the-bronx/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=NYC officials announce ambitious plan to expand MTA bus service | website=ABC7 New York | date=August 16, 2021 | url=https://abc7ny.com/10955225/ | access-date=September 4, 2021 | archive-date=September 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904021530/https://abc7ny.com/10955225/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=MTA sets June date for Bronx bus redesign rollout | website=amNewYork | date=February 20, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-sets-june-date-bronx-bus-redesign-rollout/ | access-date=May 16, 2022 | archive-date=February 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224023527/https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-sets-june-date-bronx-bus-redesign-rollout/ | url-status=live }} The modification took place on June 26, 2022.{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=What to know about the Bronx bus redesign | website=AMNewYork | date=June 26, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/what-to-know-about-the-bronx-bus-redesign/ | access-date=June 27, 2022 | archive-date=June 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627011649/https://www.amny.com/news/what-to-know-about-the-bronx-bus-redesign/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=MTA launches redesigned bus network in the Bronx | website=CBS News | date=June 26, 2022 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mta-launches-redesigned-bronx-bus-network/ | access-date=June 27, 2022 | archive-date=June 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627004806/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mta-launches-redesigned-bronx-bus-network/ | url-status=live }}

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

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