Herman Ridder Junior High School

The Herman Ridder Junior High School (also known as Public School 98) is a middle school in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, part of the New York City Department of Education. Constructed in 1929–31, the building is a New York City Landmark Art Deco structure designed by Walter C. Martin. It is named after Herman Ridder, a prominent newspaper publisher and editor.

Notable alumni

• Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist
• Hal Linden, stage and screen actor, television director and musician
• Anibal Lopez, bodybuilder
• Al Pacino, actor of stage and screen, filmmaker, and screenwriter
• Regina Resnik, international opera singer
• Paul Stanley, singer, songwriter, Kiss frontman

In popular culture

• The school appears in the Baz Luhrmann television show The Get Down

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