New Rochelle, New York

Everything New Rochelle is known for

4 songs mention this city 1 artist from here

Music in New Rochelle

Songs About New Rochelle

Kick In The Door
The Notorious B.I.G.
52%
"Hi, my name is Shay, and I'm from New Rochelle."
I Can’t Wake Up
KRS-One
7%
"Me no follow no rumor," and passed me to Grand Puba"
Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings
LL COOL J
2%
"Make ya feel Brand Nubian instantly"
Fall
Eminem
2%
"Lord Jamar"

Artists From New Rochelle

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Don McLean
folk Pop: 65

Rivers & Roads in Song near New Rochelle

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near New Rochelle.

Interstate 95 13 songs Hudson River 8 songs New Jersey Turnpike 4 songs

Musical Heritage

CBGB — Birthplace of American Punk RoadyGoat

1973

The narrow storefront at 315 Bowery was CBGB, the grimy club where American punk and new wave were essentially born. Hilly Kristal opened it in December 1973, and the name is one of music's great ironies: CBGB & OMFUG stood for 'Country, BlueGrass, Blues, and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers' (Kristal meant a 'voracious eater' — of music). Almost no country or bluegrass ever played there. Instead the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Patti Smith and Television cut their teeth on its tiny stage through the 1970s. CBGB closed on October 15, 2006 over a lease dispute, and Kristal died of lung cancer the following year. The space later became a John Varvatos clothing boutique (opened April 2008), which kept some of the club's graffiti and posters; 'CBGB 73' is still etched in the cement at the entrance.

16.9 mi away

History of New Rochelle

Sylvia's Restaurant RoadyGoat

Sylvia Woods opened her soul food restaurant on Lenox Avenue in Harlem in 1962 with a small loan and big ambition. She became known as the Queen of Soul Food, serving smothered chicken, collard greens, and candied yams to everyone from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela. The restaurant survived Harlem's toughest decades and became a symbol of Black entrepreneurship and cultural pride.

11.0 mi away

White Manna RoadyGoat

White Manna in Hackensack, New Jersey started as a building at the 1939 World's Fair. After the fair, it was moved to River Street and has been griddling sliders ever since. The tiny burgers — smashed thin on a flattop with onions — come six or eight at a time. The building is a perfect little Art Deco cube. The griddle hasn't cooled down in over 80 years.

13.8 mi away

McSorley's Old Ale House RoadyGoat

McSorley's has been pouring in the East Village since 1854, making it New York City's oldest bar. Abraham Lincoln drank here. Woody Guthrie drank here. The menu is light ale or dark ale — that's it. Sawdust covers the floor. Wishbones hang from the gas lamp, left by soldiers heading to World War I who never came back. Women weren't allowed until a 1970 court order.

16.7 mi away

Harlem - Lenox Avenue

1920

Lenox Avenue in Harlem was the cultural epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of African American art, literature, and music in the 1920s and 1930s.

11.1 mi away

Apollo Theater

1934

The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street has been the most important venue for Black performers in America since 1934.

11.2 mi away

Sleepy Hollow - Old Dutch Church

1685

The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, built around 1685, and the adjacent cemetery inspired Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' in 1820.

12.9 mi away

Central Park

1858

Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park was the first major public park in America and reshaped urban planning worldwide.

13.1 mi away

World Trade Center / Ground Zero

2001

Site of the September 11, 2001 attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers and killed 2,977 people.

18.4 mi away

Ellis Island Immigration Station

1892

From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island in New York Harbor.

19.9 mi away

Things to Do in New Rochelle

historical 20.6 mi away
Statue of Liberty

Give me your tired your poor. 305 feet of copper freedom since 1886.
historical 11.2 mi away
Apollo Theater

Amateur Night launched Ella James Brown and a young Michael Jackson. Harlem's crown jewel.
food 16.7 mi away
McSorley's Old Ale House

NYC's oldest bar since 1854. Lincoln drank here. You get light or dark — that's it. Sawdust floors and wishbones on the gas lamp.
food 16.8 mi away
Peter Luger Steak House

Brooklyn's legendary porterhouse palace since 1887. Cash only. The steak sauce is iconic. Zagat's top steakhouse for 30 straight years.
food 16.9 mi away
Katz's Delicatessen

I'll have what she's having. NYC's legendary pastrami since 1888.
food 17.2 mi away
Lombardi's Pizza

America's first pizzeria opened in 1905 on Spring Street in Manhattan. Coal-fired oven. The original New York slice started here.
food 21.9 mi away
Di Fara Pizza

One man hand-cutting basil and drizzling olive oil on every pizza since 1965 in Brooklyn.
food 11.0 mi away
Sylvia's Restaurant

The Queen of Soul Food in Harlem since 1962. Sylvia Woods built a dynasty on smothered chicken and collard greens.

Everything Near New Rochelle

332 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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