Bx30 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

Norwood – East 206th Street and Bainbridge Avenue / Norwood–205th Street station

### **End**

Co-op City – Earhart Lane

The **Bx30** constitutes a bus route in the Bronx, New York running primarily on Gun Hill Road and Boston Road between Norwood and Co-op City.

The Bx30 was originally the former Bx6, which in turn, was split from the Bx15A service which was part of the old Bx15. In 1984, as part of the Bronx bus revamp, the original Bx6 between Norwood–205th Street station and Boston Road-Corsa Avenue and the Boston Road segment of the Bx7 between East Gun Hill Road and Conner Street we’re merged to create the current Bx30.

## Route description

The Bx30 begins at East 206th Street and Bainbridge Avenue at the Norwood–205th Street station on the IND Concourse Line, and uses East 206th Street, Mosholu Parkway North, and Van Cortlandt Avenue East to access Bainbridge Avenue, while buses heading to the terminus continues on Bainbridge Avenue until it ends at East 206th Street. It then continues on Bainbridge Avenue until it turns to Gun Hill Road. It then continues on Gun Hill Road until it goes on Boston Road, and continues on that street until it turns to Conner Street, and uses Conner Street, Peartree Boulevard, Co-op City Boulevard, Dreiser Loop, Co-op City Boulevard again, Baychester Avenue, Bartow Avenue, Asch Loop, Bartow Avenue again, Hutchinson River Parkway East, Hunter Avenue, and Earhart Lane, and continues until it ends at Erskine Place.

## History

The Bx30 was originally the former Bx6 service, which in turn, was part of the old Bx15A, which had split from the old Bx15. It ran between Norwood and Baychester. It was also a portion of the old Bx7 service, which ran between Pelham Parkway and Eastchester. In July 1974, the Bx15A was renumbered to the then-Bx6, and service was partially cut back to Corsa Avenue.

On February 19, 1984, the Bronx bus routes were revamped, and the portion of the old Bx6 between Norwood–205th Street and Boston Road-Corsa Avenue, and the portion of the former Bx7 service between Boston Road segment between East Gun Hill Road and Conner Street only were merged to create the Bx30. Service was then further extended to serve Co-op City with the Bx26 and Bx28.
The original Co-op City terminus was at Bellamy Loop. Service was rerouted southward to Earhart Lane in 1988. The original Co-op City-bound service ran via East 204th Street and Webster Avenue until March 1993.

Service to Asch Loop was originally eliminated in June 2010, and was later restored in January 2012.

As part of the MTA's 2017 Fast Forward Plan to speed up mass transit service, 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. The plan included rerouting service on Boston Road west of Gun Hill Road, with the route ending at Pelham Parkway Station. The Bx28 and Bx38, which will increase in frequency, will cover the deleted Gun Hill Road portion. This change was proposed to be implemented by mid-2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the changes were halted for over a year. In February 2022, it was announced that the modifications would take place on June 26, 2022.