Notable Alumni
- Eddie Buczynski, prominent Wiccan and gay activist. He attended from 1962 till dropping out in 1964, largely because of the bullying that he had faced at the school.
- Jimmy Breslin, acclaimed columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, the Daily News, the New York Journal American, Newsday, and other venues and author of numerous books. He is also the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
- Steve Cangialosi, play-by-play voice of the New Jersey Devils on MSG Plus and the New York Red Bulls on the MSG Network.
- Mortimer Caplin, Internal Revenue Service commissioner, law professor and tax attorney
- Keith Gottfried, former General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and a senior official in the administration of President George W. Bush, is a 1983 graduate and the former Editor-in-Chief of the school's newspaper, The Campus.
- Jack Lord (John Joseph Patrick Ryan), American actor, director and the star of the long-running TV show “Hawaii Five-O,” (the original version from the 1960's) .
- Bernadette Peters, American Actor
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