Bx10 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

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

### **Via**

Jerome Avenue, Bailey Avenue, West 231st Street, Riverdale Avenue

### **End**

Riverdale – Riverdale Avenue and West 263rd Street

The **Bx10** consitutes a bus route in the Bronx, New York running primarily on Jerome Avenue, Bailey Avenue, West 231st Street, and Riverdale Avenue, between Norwood and Riverdale.

The Bx10 was created in January 1984, which was formed from the northern section of the Bx7 via Riverdale Avenue, the south-western section of former Bx24 service via Spuyten Duyvil, the Bx1 route between West 231st Street and Paul Avenue, and the old Bx28 weekday rush hour-only service between Bedford Park-Paul Avenue and East Gun Hill Road-Bainbridge Avenue.

## Route description

The Bx10 begins at East 206th Street and Bainbridge Avenue, at Norwood–205th Street station on the IND Concourse Line, and uses Mosholu Parkway North and Van Cortlandt Avenue East to access Bainbridge Avenue, while buses accessing the southbound terminus turns to East 206th Street, from Bainbridge Avenue. It then continues on Bainbridge Avenue until it turns to East Gun Hill Road, and then Jerome Avenue. It then continues on Jerome Avenue until it turns to Bedford Park Boulevard and Paul Avenue. It then goes on Paul Avenue for a length until it turns to Mosholu Parkway, and then goes on Sedgwick Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue West, and makes a turn at Bailey Avenue. It then continues on Bailey Avenue until it turns to West 231st Street and then Irwin Avenue, goes on Johnson Avenue, makes a turn at Kappock Street, and turns again to Henry Hudson Parkway, then goes on and continues along Riverdale Drive until it ends at West 263rd Street.

## History

The Bx10 was originally part of three separate routes.

### Bx10B bus

The original Bx10 bus (now the Bx7) began service on February 12, 1928. In April the same year, the original routing ran between Riverdale-West 262nd Street and Broadway-West 234th Street via Spuyten Duyvil.

The original Bx10B service ran via Riverdale Avenue, terminating at Waldo Avenue-Manhattan College Parkway until November 1967. Service was later extended to run towards Fieldston Road-West 256th Street and became part of the former Bx10 service in July 1974. This split branched service only ran weekday rush hours until its elimination in February 1984.

### Bx24 (original version)

The first version of the Bx24 ran between Fordham and Riverdale. It initially ran only weekdays, but Saturday service was added in 1977.

### Bx1

Part of the current Bx10 was the Bx1 route between West 231st Street and Paul Avenue.

### Bx28

Another part of the Bx10 was originally the first version of the Bx28, which ran between Bedford Park and Tremont. It began service in Fiscal Year 1963, and was extended on a six-month trial basis to accommodate students.

### Merger and creation of the Bx10

In January 1984, the Bx10 service was created from the northern section of the Bx7 via Riverdale Avenue, the south-western section of former Bx24 service via Spuyten Duyvil, the Bx1 route between West 231st Street and Paul Avenue, and part of the old Bx28 weekday rush hour-only service between Bedford Park-Paul Avenue and East Gun Hill Road-Bainbridge Avenue.

### Recent history

On September 10, 1995, the first version of the Bx24 was discontinued due to a budget crists, and the Bx10, along with the Bx7, Bx12, and Bx20, partially replaced it.

Service originally ran with the Bx1 at Sedgwick Avenue and Heath Avenue until June 1996, when it was rerouted to serve Bailey Avenue.