5000 residents. Police and crime Marine Park is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 63rd Precinct. The precinct also covers Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, and part of Flatlands. The 63rd Precinct ranked 31st safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The 63rd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 85.9% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 5 murders, 14 rapes, 88 robberies, 131 felony assaults, 92 burglaries, 495 grand larcenies, and 62 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Transportation Marine Park is served by the bus routes, operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations. There are no New York City Subway stations in the neighborhood; the closest is the Kings Highway station in Midwood. The closest highway available in the neighborhood is the Belt Parkway on the Flatbush Avenue exit. Park The neighborhood also contains a public park of the same name. The park's of grassland and salt marsh surround the westernmost inlet of Jamaica Bay. Most of the park's land was donated to New York City in the 1910s and 1920s, and consists of the area between the current day Fillmore Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue and East 38th Street. Originally almost two thousand acres (8 km2), over half of which has been donated to the National Park Service as part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, the park is mainly a fertile salt marsh that is supplied with freshwater from Gerritsen Creek. Marine Park consists of recreational park areas and the Salt Marsh Nature Center. There is also a playground, several sports fields, and 0.83 mile-long running path, all of which were built on the ancient Keshawchqueren burial ground. Notable people Joel Benjamin (born 1964), chess Grandmaster. Matthew Festa (born 1993), MLB pitcher for the Seattle Mariners Charlie Shrem (born 1989), entrepreneur and bitcoin advocate. Gil Student (born 1972), book editor of the Orthodox Union's Jewish Action magazine and former managing editor of OU Press. Joe Torre (born 1940), former Major League Baseball player and manager for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, New York Yankees, and Los Angeles Dodgers, respectively, current baseball executive. Frank Torre (1931-2014), former Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies, older brother of former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre. Terence Winter (born 1960), writer and producer of television and movies.