Yonkers

Yonkers, New York 

Westchester County, New York, contains the city of Yonkers. After New York City and Buffalo, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York. It was built along the Hudson River. Yonkers' population was 211,569 when the 2020 US Census was conducted. It is situated directly to the north of the Bronx and around two miles (three kilometers) north of Marble Hill, Manhattan, which is the northernmost point in Manhattan. It is categorized as an inner suburb of New York City. 

Yonkers' central business district is centered around Getty Square, where the city hall is situated. Several local companies and nonprofit organizations are also located in the downtown area. For Yonkers and the northwest Bronx, it functions as a significant retail centre. 

The city is home to a number of attractions, including access to the Hudson River, Tibbetts Brook Park, which has a two-mile walking loop Untermyer Park, a public pool with slides and a lazy river, as well as a public pool, the Hudson River Museum, Saw Mill River daylighting, where a parking lot was removed to reveal the Saw Mill River, Science Barge, and Sherwood House. In order to transform Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track, into Empire City, a "racino," it refurbished its grounds and clubhouse and introduced licensed video slot machine gaming. Yonkers has witnessed gradual gentrification in more recent years. 

The Cross County Shopping Center, Westchester's Ridge Hill, Getty Square, South Broadway, and Central Park Avenue—informally referred to by locals as "Central Avenue" and known by its official name a few miles north in White Plains—are all major shopping destinations. Known as the "City of Seven Hills," Yonkers (its hills including Park, Nodine, Ridge, Cross, Locust, Glen, and Church Hills). 

Geography 

The city is spread out over hills that rise from the Hudson River's eastern bank, near sea level, to Sacred Heart Church, whose spire can be seen from Long Island, New York City, and New Jersey, at a height of 416 feet (126 meters). 

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 20.3 square miles (52.6 km2), of which 18.1 square miles (46.8 km2) are land and 2.2 square miles (5.8 km2) (11.02%) are water. To the east of Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Tuckahoe, Eastchester, Bronxville, and Scarsdale are all separated by the Bronx River. The Hudson River defines the western border, while the town of Greenburgh is to the north. 

The Bronx neighborhoods of Riverdale, Woodlawn, and Wakefield are bordered by Yonkers on the south. In addition, when comparing the distances between Broadway & Caryl Avenue in Yonkers and Broadway & West 228th Street in the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, Yonkers' southernmost point is 2 miles (3 kilometers) farther north than Manhattan's northernmost point. 

The Saw Mill River played a large role in the city's development. This drains into the Hudson River near the Getty Square area after entering Yonkers from the north. The Saw Mill River is being "daylighted" in places where it was formerly encased in flumes beneath parking lots. This encourages the restoration of habitat for plants, fish, and other wildlife in addition to fostering knowledge of the locations where Native Americans camped during the spring and summer. 

Residents are referred to as Yonkersonian, Yonkersite, or Yonk. 

Government 

From 1868 through roughly 1906, Phillipse Manor Hall served as the first Yonkers Village Hall and City Hall. 

Yonkers has a strong mayor-council form of government. The Yonkers City Council is made up of seven members, six of whom are chosen from each of the city's six electoral districts. A council president serves as the council's chief executive. The mayor and head of the municipal council are chosen by the entire population. Democratic Mike Spano currently serves as mayor, and Michael Khader currently serves as council president. 

Like to the rest of Westchester County and much of New York state nationally, Yonkers is normally a Democratic stronghold. Yonkers chose George H. W. Bush as president in 1992 against Bill Clinton and Ross Perot, but has consistently supported Democrats ever since. Republicans Phil Amicone and John Spencer have served as Yonkers' most recent mayors, while Republicans have largely dominated the city council. Democrats J. Gary Pretlow and Nader Sayegh represent Yonkers in the State Assembly, while Democrats Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Shelley Mayer represent Yonkers in the New York State Senate. Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat, is the city's representative at the federal level. 

Education 

Yonkers Public Schools are in charge of running the city's public schools. Several elementary Catholic schools as well as a Muslim school are present. 

Although Sarah Lawrence College lists its location as Bronxville, New York 10708, it is actually in Yonkers. Yonkers is home to several Westchester Community College (SUNY system) extension centers, the largest of which is located at the Cross County Shopping Mall. 

The Crestwood, Riverfront, and Grinton I. Will libraries are run by the Yonkers Public Library. In the early 1900s, a Carnegie-funded library was destroyed to make room for a courthouse. 

The Japanese School of New York was initially situated in Yonkers for a single academic year before moving to Queens on August 18, 1991, and then starting sessions in Greenwich, Connecticut, on September 1, 1992. 

In Westchester County, Catholic schools are run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The Sisters of Charity established St. Peter's Catholic Elementary School at 204 Hawthorne Avenue, which commemorated its 100th birthday in September 2011. Yonkers' St. Casimir School shut down in 2013. 

In Yonkers' Getty Square area, there is a rabbinical and cantorial school called the School for Jewish Religion. Crestwood is home to Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. 

Population 

Westchester County, New York, is home to the city of Yonkers. It is the 113th largest city in the United States and the third largest city in New York with a population of 216,246 in 2023. Yonkers' population has grown by 2.21% from the most recent census, which showed a population of 211,569 in 2020, and is now rising at a pace of 0.73% annually. Yonkers, which spans more than 20 miles, has a population density of 12,006 individuals per square mile. 

Yonkers has a 15.41% poverty rate and a $90,984 average household income. The median monthly cost of rent in recent years has been, and the median value of a home is. In Yonkers, the median age is 38.7 years; for men, it is 36.7 years, and for women, it is 40.5 years. 

On the Hudson River in Westchester County, New York, is where Yonkers is situated. The Bronx and Manhattan are to the north of this New York City neighborhood. Behind New York City, Rochester, and Buffalo, Yonkers is the fourth-largest city in the state of New York.