Herman Ridder Junior High School Explained

Herman Ridder Junior High School Public School 98
Location:	1619 Boston Road, Bronx, NY 10460
Country:	United States
Type:	Junior High School
District:	New York City Department of Education
Grades:	6-8, SE
Superintendent:	Jacqueline Rosado
Principal:	Debra Johnson
Enrollment:	222
Campus Type:	Urban
Communities:	Morrisania, Bronx
Footnotes:	^[1] ^[2]

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.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist
• Hal Linden, stage and screen actor, television director and musician
• Anibal Lopez, bodybuilder^[3]
• Al Pacino, actor of stage and screen, filmmaker, and screenwriter
• Regina Resnik, international opera singer
• Paul Stanley, singer, songwriter, KISS frontman^[4]

In popular culture

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Betsy. Bradley. Herman Ridder Junior High School (Public School 98). Landmarks Preservation Commission. December 11, 1990. August 15, 2016. March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204352/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/90-HERMAN-RIDDER-J.H.S..pdf. dead.
2. Web site: J.H.S. 098. New York City Schools.
3. Web site: Anibal Lopez. Critical Bench.
4. Web site: NEW YORK CITY MUSIC TRIP/FROM THE LIFE OF ORIGINAL KISS MEMBERS, #1 OF 5: Paul Stanley. Zephyr. Leon. 2016-07-06. TRIPMUZE. en-US. 2020-04-08.