City Department of Education operates the following public schools in Morris Park: P.S. 83 Donald Hertz (grades K-8) P.S. 105 Senator Abraham Bernstein (grades PK-5) P.S. 108 Philip J Abinanti (grades PK-5) P.S./M.S. 498 Van Nest Academy (grades K-8) Bronx High School for the Visual Arts (grades 9-12) Library The New York Public Library's Morris Park branch is located at 985 Morris Park Avenue. The two-story, branch opened in 2006. It is the first branch library to be built in Morris Park, and one of the newest locations in the system. Transportation The following MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes serve Morris Park: bus to either the 225th Street () station or Locust Point bus and Bx12 Select Bus Service to either the Bay Plaza Shopping Center or the Inwood–207th Street () station bus to either the Westchester Square () or Third Avenue–138th Street () stations bus to either Woodlawn or the Westchester Square () station express bus to and from Midtown Manhattan Morris Park is also served by the following Bee-Line Bus System routes to Westchester County, New York: BL60: to White Plains BL61: to Port Chester BL62: to White Plains Subway service is provided by the New York City Subway via the following IRT Dyre Avenue Line stations, served by the : Pelham Parkway/Esplanade Morris Park Notable residents Cara Buono (born 1973/1974), actress Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), best-selling mystery author Abel Ferrara (born 1951), film director Jeffrey D. Klein (born 1960), former New York State Senator (Democrat) Jake LaMotta (1922–2017), former professional boxer and middleweight champion James Madio (born 1975), actor Ronnie Ortiz-Magro (born 1985), cast member of Jersey Shore Regis Philbin (1931–2020), television presenter, talk show host and game show host Luis Resto (born 1955), former welterweight boxer and subject of HBO documentary "Assault in the Ring" Anthony Ribustello, actor Nancy Savoca (born 1959), film director Andrew Velazquez (born 1994), MLB infielder. He played for the New York Yankees in 2021. Guy Velella (1944–2011), former New York State Senator (Republican) and Bronx Republican Chairman In film The Seven-Ups (1973) The Wanderers (1979) Raging Bull (1980) True Love (1989) Bad Lieutenant (1991) Kiss Me Guido (1997) Summer of Sam (1999) Men in Black 3 (2012) References Further reading DiBrino, Nicholas. The History of the Morris Park Racecourse and the Morris Family (1977) Albanian-American culture in New York City Neighborhoods in the Bronx Little Italys in the United States