Nuna Harvest is at 696 Locust Street in the Fleetwood section of Mount Vernon, a short walk from the Fleetwood station on Metro-North's Harlem Line. It was the only New York dispensary named to Leafly's 2025 Top 100 list of U.S. dispensaries. It's also one of the few shops in the state built around an owner who openly talks about decades in the legacy market. This profile uses the shop's own website, Leafly's February 2025 feature on the owner and other press coverage. High Today hasn't visited in person.
Three generations, one legal license
The owner is Howard "Howie" Rondinone, who grew up in the Bronx. Coverage of the shop says his family worked in the unlicensed cannabis trade from the 1960s through 2010. Leafly's profile of him describes a hippie mother and a biker father, and says he was growing cannabis as a child. It also reports that he imported cannabis from Jamaica in the 1990s, served time for cannabis arrests, and later started a youth sports league in the Bronx.
That history is why Nuna holds a CAURD license, OCM-CAURD-24-000140. CAURD was New York's way of giving the first legal storefronts to people prohibition had hit hardest. According to Leafly, much of the staff came from the Bronx, including some young people who used to play in Rondinone's league. Leafly named the general manager as Sherri McGee. One press profile also describes the business as minority- and veteran-owned.
Leafly's Top 100, and the only New York name on it
Being the only New York shop on Leafly's 2025 Top 100 is unusual. Most of that list comes from older markets like California, Colorado and Michigan. The shop's website calls itself "a top 100 US dispensary" and says it has an average of about 4.9 stars across more than 645 Google and Yelp reviews. In reviews it chooses to highlight, customers mostly mention staff knowledge and customer service. The tone is consistent, though a business picks which reviews to feature.
6,000 square feet in Fleetwood
Press accounts describe the store as about 6,000 square feet and decorated in deep purple and green. The walls feature Rondinone's own artwork, which mixes pop-culture icons with a Keith Haring-style line. Leafly reported plans for a hallway showing work by local artists. Rondinone also told Leafly he hoped to add a consumption lounge. We found no sign that one has opened, so don't count on it.
Fleetwood is the northern part of Mount Vernon, where the city meets Bronxville and Yonkers. It's a mostly residential area of apartment buildings and walkable blocks around the train station. One press profile says free parking is available at 677 North MacQuesten Parkway, and the shop's site also mentions on-site parking. For people coming without a car, the Harlem Line runs from Grand Central to Fleetwood in about half an hour, which makes Nuna one of the easiest Westchester dispensaries to reach from Manhattan by train.
Studio, stage and yoga mats
Nuna also works as a venue. According to its website and press coverage, the building includes a separate event space that has hosted yoga, art classes, comedy, workshops and vendor pop-ups, plus a recording studio. Press accounts also mention a planned rotating cannabis-history exhibit. Event schedules change, so follow the shop's channels if you want to plan around one. Hosting events this way is unusual for a New York dispensary. Customers can't consume cannabis inside a standard New York retail dispensary, so community events that don't involve consumption are one of the few ways a shop can be a gathering place.
Delivery reaching into the Bronx and Manhattan
According to the website, posted hours are 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Delivery runs until 11 p.m. and can be scheduled up to 24 hours ahead. The site lists delivery across Westchester County, the Bronx and Manhattan, which is a much wider area than most Westchester shops cover. One press profile says delivery is free in Westchester and the Bronx. Check the minimum and any fee for your address when you check out. The phone number is (914) 600-8124.
The menu covers flower, pre-rolls, vapes, concentrates, edibles, tinctures, topicals, CBD, drinks and accessories. The site names Doobie Labs, Runtz and Olio among the brands it carries, and press coverage adds Jetpacks and Stiiizy. Coverage also says the shop tests every pre-roll before it goes on the shelf. That's a house policy, not a state requirement. If pre-rolls are what you buy most, our guide to New York's best pre-rolls and infused joints gives context. The site also has a loyalty program, a specials page and a "Virtual Budtender" tool for comparing products online. Our guide to dispensary deals and loyalty programs explains how to get the most out of them.
Getting there from the city, and timing a delivery
Nuna is easier to reach without a car than almost any other Westchester dispensary. From Grand Central, Harlem Line local trains stop at Fleetwood, and the station is close enough to Locust Street to walk. Bronx residents can also take the Bronx River Parkway north, then use the shop's parking or the MacQuesten Parkway lot mentioned in press coverage.
If you're ordering delivery instead, the website lets you place orders up to 24 hours ahead. That's useful for evening deliveries into Manhattan, since crosstown traffic can make same-hour delivery hard to predict. Have ID ready at the door, because a licensed courier has to verify age at handoff. Couriers can't leave orders with a doorman or at a mailroom, so plan to be home when you schedule it.
Rondinone has also told his story in a "From Legacy to Legal" licensee interview on the Joint Session podcast, which is worth hearing for an owner's view of the CAURD process.
Mount Vernon alternatives
Mount Vernon has other licensed stores. The state's verified list includes Elevate at 127 South Terrace Avenue and Good Vibes NYC. In White Plains, Starlife Dispensary on Hall Avenue runs a Westchester-wide delivery service with minimums that vary by town.
Nuna stands out for its owner's history, its national recognition, its size and its delivery hours. If you live in the five boroughs and want to weigh a train ride north against staying local, start with our guide to the best NYC dispensaries for first-timers. You can also browse every licensed location on High Today's dispensary directory. The menu, delivery and event listings are on the official Nuna Harvest website.
Best fit: train riders and late-night delivery
Nuna Harvest suits Harlem Line riders and Fleetwood neighbors, lower Westchester and Bronx residents who want delivery late into the evening, and anyone interested in a dispensary that doubles as an event and art space run by someone who openly discusses his legacy-market past.