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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Oct 6 20:30:54 2003
One of the most unusual
and intersting Bronx bus routes was the old Bx 7 Boston Road which ran between Pelham Parkway-White Plains Road in the central Bronx and Ropes Avenue-Boston Road in the Eastchester section of The Bronx. In fact if you crossed the street you were in EJ Korvettes Parking Lot in the Village of Pelham.
Service ran Monday through Friday from 645AM to 930PM and on Saturdays from 1030AM to 5PM. There was no Sunday service. There was only one bus on the route and since it took about 25 minutes to go from one end to the other the service operated on a one hour headway, the longest of any Bronx bus route in daytime. Even longer than the Bx 32 St Ann's Avenue Line.
The southern terminal was on Pelham Parkway South right in front of the Globe Theatre. Northbound buses then ran via White Plains Road, Thwaites Place, Bronx Park East,Allerton Avenue, Boston Road to McOwen Avenue on the other side of the Eastchester Bridge. The bus discharged on McOwen Avenue and then operated light via McOwen Avenue,Hollers Avenue and Ropes Avenue back to Boston Road right next to IHOP. (International House of Pancakes). The return route was the same to Bronx Park East then via Pelham Parkway North , Boston Road and Pelham Parkway South.
The route was discontinued at some time in the early 1980s.
It was an intersting part of Bronx history.
Best Wishes, Larry, RedbirdR33
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