After a reader had suggested I visit a different restaurant on the Bronx’s City Island, I took the long trek up from Queens to check it out. After a nearly two-hour commute, I was ravenous and ...

whose family owns City Island Diner. Residents like Doyle are leading the movement for a new ferry stop on the island. "It would improve the quality of life dramatically," said Doyle. "It would ...

Yet, unlike a chain restaurant in suburban America ... I realized my decision to come to City Island alone was well worth it for that moment — I got the whole loaf to myself.

City Island has dozens of restaurants, including a few large ones that serve lobster in indoor and outdoor spaces. Residents don’t eat in them much, unless they have visitors. Local hangouts ...

At the southern tip of City Island Avenue—the main thoroughfare, which runs the length of the narrow landmass, about a mile and a half—you’ll find two mid-century-era seafood restaurants ...