The following MTA Regional Bus Operations and Bee-Line bus routes serve Pelham Bay: Bx5: to Bay Plaza Shopping Center or Simpson Street station ( trains) (via Crosby Avenue / Bruckner Boulevard / Story Avenue) Bx8: to Williamsbridge or Locust Point (via Westchester Avenue / Williamsbridge Road) Bx12: to University Heights (via Fordham Road – Pelham Parkway) Bx12 SBS: to Bay Plaza Shopping Center or Inwood – 207th Street station ( train) (via Fordham Road – Pelham Parkway) Bx23: to Co-op City Bx24: to Country Club Bx29: to City Island (via City Island Avenue) Q50: to Co-op City or Flushing–Main Street station ( trains) (via Bronx–Whitestone Bridge) BxM8: to Midtown Manhattan via Bruckner Blvd and 5th Ave BL45: to Eastchester in Westchester County The following New York City Subway stations serve Williamsbridge: Middletown Road () Buhre Avenue () Pelham Bay Park () Notable people Paul Attanasio (born 1959), screenwriter and film and television producer, who was an executive producer on the TV series House and received Academy Award nominations for his screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco. James Coco (1930–1987), actor known for his roles in Man of La Mancha and Only When I Laugh. John Fox (1952–1990), novelist and short-story writer. John F. Good (1936-2016), FBI agent who created the Abscam sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s which led to the arrest and conviction of several elected officials at the local, state and federal level, which was portrayed in the 2013 film American Hustle. James Madio (born 1975), actor known for his roles in USA High, Hook and Band of Brothers. Ronnie Ortiz-Magro (born 1985), actor best known as one of the eight main cast members in the MTV reality series Jersey Shore. Thomas Pell (1612-1669), physician who bought the area known as Pelham, New York. In popular culture The movie The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and its 2009 remake, involved the hijacking of a subway train leaving the Pelham Bay Park station at the scheduled time of 1:23. References Neighborhoods in the Bronx Little Italys in the United States Italian-American culture in the Bronx