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Fish & chips at Bread & Brine restaurant. -Photo by Morris Gut By Morris Gut  Bronx Voice  June 28, 2025 NEW YORK - Get some great seats for the fireworks and some great food during the July 4th holiday. MAMMA FRANCESCA ON THE SOUND  Check out the views on the rear enclosed deck and view random fireworks. When Nick DiCostanzo was growing up on the Island of Ischia on the Coast of Naples in Italy, his earliest memories where of the simple seaside meals he would enjoy with his family, farm-to-table and of course sea-to-table. As proprietor of Mamma Francesca in New Rochelle for nearly 40 years, located on the banks of Long Island Sound with 6-story views of the ‘Queen City’s’ seafaring boat clubs, this culinary philosophy still holds true. Italian/American specialties include freshly made Manicotti, Ravioli, Calamari Fritti, Ischia Salad, Chicken Parmigiana, Misto Frutti di Mare. On occasion, Rabbit ...

New Metro North Stations Coming to Bronx

After Decades on Drawing Board, Parkchester, Morris Park and Co-op City Finally to Get Stations

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BRONX - Governor Kathy Hochul announced the groundbreaking for the Metro-North Penn Station Access project alongside leaders from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority during a ceremony in the Bronx this morning. 




With four new stations in the Bronx, this project will bring rail service within one mile of 500,000 residents and will be the largest expansion of Metro-North Railroad since it was founded in 1983. 


Governor Hochul and MTA Break Ground on Metro-North Penn Station Access Project – Four New Stations in the Bronx


By offering rail service to and from Manhattan, Westchester and Connecticut, this will expand access to jobs, education and entertainment for East Bronx communities. Additionally, the project will greatly reduce travel times, provide reverse commuting opportunities and offer a critical second route into Manhattan for the first time ever through Metro-North.





"We're going to have a one-seat ride directly into Penn Station. This is going to be life-changing for people, and that's what I'm excited about,” Governor Hochul said. “This transit desert in the East Bronx is going to be gone. Over half a million Bronx residents will live within one mile of one of these new stations.



“A lot of people have lived here, been raised here, died here, and never had a chance to really understand what true freedom is all about, freedom to be able to have access to transportation without having most of your life confined to walking and taking a bus and taking another train and trying to figure out a way to get to the jobs that are there,” Hochul said. “All it took was a simple linkage that was missing for so long...And projects like this really do have an impact on people's lives very profoundly, very profoundly. And to me, infrastructure's all about connections. That's why since I became Governor a short time ago, it's all I talk about."


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