high school students in Community District 10 graduate on time, the same as the citywide average of 75%. Schools The New York City Department of Education operates the following public schools in Co-op City: PS 153 Helen Keller (grades PK–5) PS 160 Walt Disney (grades PK–5) PS 176 (grades PK–10) PS 178 Dr Selman Waksman (grades K–5) MS 180 Dr Daniel Hale Williams (grades 6–8) IS 181 Pablo Casals (grades 6–8) Harry S Truman High School (grades 9–12) Bronx Health Sciences High School (grades 9–12) Library The New York Public Library (NYPL)'s Baychester branch is located at 2049 Asch Loop North. The one-story branch building opened in 1973 and was renovated in 2003. Transportation Co-op City is served by several MTA Regional Bus Operations routes. (Note that sections 1-2-3-4-5 corresponds to Dreiser, Carver, Bellamy, Asch, and Einstein Loops, respectively; buses pull into Asch and Dreiser Loops directly.) Bx5: to Bay Plaza Shopping Center or Simpson Street station () (via Crosby Avenue, Bruckner Boulevard, and Story Avenue; serves Bay Plaza weekends only) Bx12: to Bay Plaza Shopping Center to University Heights (via Fordham Road and Pelham Parkway) Bx12 SBS: to Bay Plaza Shopping Center or Inwood–207th Street station () (via Fordham Road and Pelham Parkway) : to Pelham Bay Park station () (loop via sections 1-2-3-4-5) : to Bay Plaza Shopping Center or Bedford Park (via sections 4-5, Allerton Avenue) : to Earhart Lane or Bedford Park (via sections 1-2-3, Allerton Avenue) : to Earhart Lane or Fordham Center (via sections 1-2-3, Gun Hill Road) : to Earhart Lane or Pelham Parkway station () (via sections 2-1-4-5, Boston Road) : to Bay Plaza Shopping Center or Norwood–205th Street station () (via sections 4-5, Gun Hill Road) : to Earhart Lane or Flushing–Main Street station () (via sections 2-3-5, Bronx–Whitestone Bridge; serves Co-op City rush hours only) : express to Dreiser Loop or Midtown Manhattan (via sections 1-2-3-4-5, Bruckner Expressway, Fifth Avenue/Madison Avenue) Currently, there are no subway or Metro-North commuter rail stations in Co-op City (a plan to extend the IRT Pelham Line to Co-op City as part of the 1968 Program for Action ran out of money). However, as part of the Penn Station Access project to extend Metro-North service to Pennsylvania Station, the MTA plans to build the Co-op City station, an idea that has been proposed since the 1970s. Notable residents Brian Ash (born 1974), screenwriter/producer (resided in