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| map_caption1 = Interactive map of Yonkers40297352type:city_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}| subdivision_type = CountryU.S. state>StateList of counties in New York>County| subdivision_name = United StatesNew York (state)>New YorkWestchester County, New York>WestchesterMayor–council government>Strong mayor–council| governing_body = Yonkers City CouncilMayor of Yonkers, New York>MayorMike Spano (United States Democratic Party>D)| established_title = FoundedMunicipal corporation>Incorporated| established_date = 1646 (village)| established_date2 = 1872 (city)| unit_pref = Imperial| area_magnitude = | area_total_sq_mi = 20.27| area_total_km2 = 52.49| area_land_sq_mi = 18.01| area_land_km2 = 46.63| area_water_sq_mi = 2.26| area_water_km2 = 5.85| area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = 2020 United States census>2020| population_note = | population_total = 211569| population_metro = | population_urban = | population_density_km2 = 4536.75| population_density_sq_mi = 11749.92| population_demonym = YonkersonianYonkersiteYonkerEastern Time Zone>EST| utc_offset = −5Eastern Daylight Time>EDT| utc_offset_DST = −4| elevation_m = 25| elevation_ft = 82| postal_code_type = ZIP Codes| postal_code = 10701, 10702 (post office), 10703–10705, 10707 (shared with Tuckahoe, NY), 10708 (shared with Bronxville, NY), 10710, 10583 (shared with Scarsdale, NY)Area code 914>914Federal Information Processing Standard>FIPS codeACCESS-DATE=JANUARY 31, 2008 UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU >ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 9, 2021 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Geographic Names Information System>GNIS feature IDURL=HTTP://GEONAMES.USGS.GOV/ PUBLISHER=UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120212191832/HTTP://GEONAMES.USGS.GOV/, live, | website = www.yonkersny.gov| footnotes = | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 ARCHIVE-DATE=JANUARY 19, 2022 URL-STATUS=LIVE, | leader_name1 = {{Collapsible list| title = Members| frame_style = border:none; padding: 0;| title_style = | list_style = text-align:left;display:none;United States Democratic Party>D)City Council PresidentUnited States Democratic Party>D)Majority LeaderUnited States Democratic Party>D)United States Democratic Party>D)United States Democratic Party>D)United States Republican Party>R)Minority LeaderUnited States Republican Party>R)}}Yonkers City Council>City Council| population_footnotes = List of United States cities by population>107th NY: 9th}}Yonkers ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|ɒ|ŋ|k|ər|z}}WEB, n.d., Yonkers,www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/american/yonkers?showCookiePolicy=true, September 24, 2014, Collins Dictionary, March 3, 2016,www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/american/yonkers?showCookiePolicy=true," title="web.archive.org/web/20160303232244www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/american/yonkers?showCookiePolicy=true,">web.archive.org/web/20160303232244www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/american/yonkers?showCookiePolicy=true, live, ) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. The city, a suburb of the New York metropolitan area, had a population of 211,569 in the 2020 United States census.WEB, New York Cities by Population,www.newyork-demographics.com/cities_by_population, 2023-12-19, www.newyork-demographics.com, It is classified as an inner suburb of New York City, north of the Bronx and approximately {{convert|2.4|mi|km|0}} north of Marble Hill (the northernmost point in Manhattan).Downtown Yonkers centers around Getty Square, where the municipal government is located. The downtown area also houses local businesses and nonprofit organizations, and is a retail hub for the city and the northwest Bronx. Major shopping areas are in Getty Square on South Broadway, at the Cross County Shopping Center and the Ridge Hill Mall, and along Central Park Avenue.The city has a number of attractions, including Tibbetts Brook Park, Untermyer Park and Gardens, the Hudson River Museum, the Saw Mill River, the Science Barge, Sherwood House, and access to the Hudson River. Yonkers is known as the City of Seven Hills: Park, Nodine, Ridge, Cross, Locust, Glen, and Church Hills. The city has experienced recent gentrification.WEB, Mansuda Arora, October 20, 2020, Follow the River, Follow the Money: On Development in Yonkers,therivernewsroom.com/follow-the-river-follow-the-money-on-development-in-yonkers/, August 29, 2021, Chronogram Media, Arts and environmental initiatives have driven a campaign to attract wealthier residents to the riverfront city. It could be a sign of things to come in the Hudson Valley., August 30, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210830014323/https://therivernewsroom.com/follow-the-river-follow-the-money-on-development-in-yonkers/, live,

Name

The area was granted to Adriaen van der Donck, the patroon of Colendonck, in July 1645. Van der Donck was known locally as (’young gentleman’), an honorific title derived from the Dutch (’young’) and ’ (’lord’). The title, similar to “esquire”, is linguistically comparable to the German Junker. ’ was shortened to ’ (possessive ’), from which the name Yonkers derives.BOOK, Thomson Faris, John, Historic Shrines of America, 1918, George H. Doran Company, 9780722284230, 91,books.google.com/books?id=hGIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA91, {{rp|91}} The city’s residents are known as Yonkersonians, Yonkersites, or Yonks.BOOK, Mencken, H. L., The American Language, 1919, 549, {{rp|549}}

History

Early settlements

(File:Philipse Manor Hall.jpg|thumb|alt=Large, two-story building with a statue in front|Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site)The indigenous Native American village of Nappeckamack was located near the Neperah stream (now the Saw Mill River, also known as Nepperhan Creek), which flowed into the Shatemuck (Hudson River).WEB, Early Yonkers History – Yonkers Chamber of Commerce,yonkerschamber.com/early-yonkers-history/, yonkerschamber.com,web.archive.org/web/20230304234459/https://yonkerschamber.com/early-yonkers-history/, March 4, 2023, March 4, 2023, live, The land on which the city is built was once part of Colen Donck, a {{convert|24,000|acre|km2|abbr=off|adj=on|sp=us}} Dutch land grant. It ran {{convert|12|mi|0}} north from the present-day Manhattan–Bronx border at Marble Hill, and from the Hudson River east to the Bronx River.Adriaen van der Donck (d. 1655) built a saw mill near the confluence of Nepperhan Creek and the Hudson River. Near the site of Van der Donck’s mill is the Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, a manor house owned by Dutch colonists. The historic house museum is also an archive. The original structure was built by white workers and enslaved people for Frederick Philipse and his wife, Margaret Hardenbroeck de Vries, around 1682. Philipse was a wealthy Dutchman who, at his death, had amassed an estate which included present-day Yonkers and several other Hudson River towns. Philipse’s great-grandson, Frederick Philipse III, was a prominent loyalist during the American Revolution who had economic and political ties to English businesspeople. Because of his political leanings, he fled to England. American colonists in New York State confiscated and sold all lands and property belonging to the Philipse family.NEWS, Benjamin, Aline, From Rags to Riches in 1686,www.nytimes.com/1977/10/30/archives/westchester-weekly-from-rags-to-riches-in-1686-a-land-barons.html, 6 November 2023, The New York Times, October 30, 1977,

{{anchor|Gentrification and redlining of neighborhoods}}Gentrification and redlining

Yonkers has undergone several changes to neighborhoods in an effort to revitalize the city, which has included gentrification. Changes were made to its waterfront, which included revitalizing its green space; this improved the quality of life for wealthier residents.Residents of the western area of downtown Yonkers opposed the Pierpointe, a condominium-complex development proposal that would build over 1,900 condominiums (including six 38-story towers), during the 1980s struggle against segregation. According to critics, the development would bring homelessness and gentrification to the area.NEWS, Brown, Betsy, Neighbors Fight Pierpointe Project In Yonkers,www.nytimes.com/1988/02/07/nyregion/neighbors-fight-pierpointe-project-in-yonkers.html, 29 December 2023, The New York Times, February 7, 1988, registration, Downtown gentrification has raised concerns that poorer residents might be forced out of the city.NEWS, Brenner, Elsa, Reclaiming a River, and a Downtown,www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/realestate/05wczo.html, 31 December 2023, The New York Times, November 5, 2006, A Yonkers Arts Gallery painting, But It’s Ours: The Redline Between Poverty and Wealth by Shanequa Benitez, illustrates the effects of gentrification on Yonkers.WEB, Cuevas, Eduardo, Redlining in paint: In new exhibit, artist shows effects of discrimination on her Yonkers neighborhood,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/03/03/exhibit-by-yonkers-artist-shows-effects-of-redlining-on-neighborhood/69934692007/, Lohud, 29 December 2023, March 3, 2023, In an effort to combat redlining, the city announced the Yonkers Greenway: a $14 million rail trail along former railways such as the New York and Putnam Railroad. The {{convert|3.1|mi|adj=on}} greenway will run from Van Cortlandt Park to Getty Square.WEB, Cuevas, Eduardo, Greenway park project a first step to erasing Yonkers redlining. What it’ll look like.,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/01/20/yonkers-greenway-to-replace-old-rail-line/69825077007/, Lohud, 31 December 2023, January 20, 2023, Construction, expected to begin in spring 2024, is planned to be completed in 2026.WEB, Yonkers Greenway & South Broadway Rehabilitation,www.yonkersny.gov/work/department-of-planning-development/planning/greenway-trail, yonkersny.gov, 31 December 2023,

Incorporation and growth

File:Town of Yonkers in 1867, including the city of Yonkers.jpg|thumb|alt=Old map of a larger Yonkers|Yonkers in 1867, including the small Village of Yonkers; southern Yonkers was annexed by New York CityNew York CityThe Village of Yonkers was incorporated in the western Town of Yonkers in 1854, and incorporated as a city in 1872. In 1873, the southern Town of Yonkers (outside the City of Yonkers) became the Town of Kingsbridge; this included Woodlawn Cemetery and the present-day neighborhoods of Kingsbridge, Riverdale, and Woodlawn Heights. The Town of Kingsbridge was annexed by New York City the following year as part of the Bronx. In 1898, Yonkers, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island voted on a referendum to determine if they wanted to become part of New York City. Although the referendum passed elsewhere, Yonkers and neighboring Mount Vernon were not included in the consolidated city and remained independent.INSIDE, , p.177-78 Some residents call Yonkers “the sixth borough” because of its location on the New York City border, its urban character, and the merger referendum.WEB, Malone, Michael, April 14, 2021, Is Westchester County New York City’s Sixth Borough?,westchestermagazine.com/life-style/nyc-sixth-borough/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230915012136/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/nyc-sixth-borough/, September 15, 2023, 13 September 2023, Westchester Magazine, A 1942 subway connection was planned between Getty Square and the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, which terminates in Riverdale at 242nd Street (slightly south of the city line). The plan was dropped.NEWS, June 27, 1942, Wants Subway Extended: Yonkers Mayor to Ask City to Take Over N.Y.C. Branch, The New York Times,timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/06/27/87716031.pdf, live, August 17, 2015,web.archive.org/web/20220423000043/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/06/27/87716031.pdf, 2022-04-23, ROUTES NOT TAKEN, In 1937, a {{convert|175|ft|adj=on}} water tower collapsed in the Nodine Hills area; nine people were initially injured.WEB, October 23, 1937, Nodine Hill Tower Collapses; Flood Wrecks Homes, Hurts 9,fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2010/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201937%20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201937%20Grayscale%20-%204660.pdf#xml=http://fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=140caa0f&DocId=1154025&Index=Z%3A%5CIndex%20I-E-V&HitCount=23&hits=77+118+150+163+31f+321+36a+3e3+3e6+41f+444+555+711+7b7+7c2+7d3+81d+837+883+8ab+8ae+8b0+93f+&SearchForm=C%3A%5Cinetpub%5Cwwwroot%5CFulton_New_form.html&.pdf, The Herald Statesman, Fulton History, 1, 4 & 5, {{rp|1}}{{rp|pages=4–5}} The injury total increased by three after the collapse, bringing the number to 12.WEB, October 25, 1937, Casualties Mount in Tower Collapse,fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201937%20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201937%20Grayscale%20-%204676.pdf, live,web.archive.org/web/20221130020815/https://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201937%20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201937%20Grayscale%20-%204676.pdf, November 30, 2022, September 14, 2023, The Herald Statesman, 1, {{rp|1}} About {{Convert|100000|U.S.gal|L}} of water from the tower spilled, causing flooding in the area that crushed cars and damaged homes. Construction of a new tower began in 1938, and it became operational the following year.WEB, Schreck, Tom, Mystery & Intrigue in Mamaroneck,westchestermagazine.com/publications/mystery-intrigue-in-mamaroneck/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230915012132/https://westchestermagazine.com/publications/mystery-intrigue-in-mamaroneck/, September 15, 2023, 14 September 2023, Westchester Magazine, September 28, 2016,

{{anchor|Wartime history}}Wartime

During the American Civil War, 254 Yonkers residents joined the U.S. Army and Navy. They enlisted primarily in four regiments: the 6th New York Heavy Artillery, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, the 17th New York Volunteers, and the 15th NY National Guard. During the New York City draft riots, Yonkers formed the Home Guards. The guards were a force of constables formed to protect Yonkers from rioting which was feared to spread from New York City (it did not). Seventeen Yonkers residents were killed during the Civil War.BOOK, Atkins, Thomas Astley, Yonkers in the Rebellion 1861-1965, The Yonkers Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Association, 1892, 21–73, During World War I, 6,909 Yonkers residents (about seven percent of the city’s population) entered military service.BOOK,babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t0tq6dd3j&seq=1, Yonkers in the World War, The Plimpton Press, 1922, Norwood, Mass., {{rp|vi}} Most Yonkers men joined the 27th Division or the 77th Division.{{rp|6}} One hundred thirty-seven city residents were killed during the war.{{rp|77}} In the 1918 sinking of the USS President Lincoln, seventeen sailors from Yonkers survived.{{rp|15}} Civilians helped the war effort by joining organizations such as the American Red Cross. The Yonkers chapter of the Red Cross had 126 members in 1916; by the end of the war, 15,358 Yonkers residents belonged to the chapter. Mostly women, they prepared surgical dressings, created hospital garments for the wounded, and knit articles of clothing for refugees and soldiers. In addition to joining the Red Cross, Yonkers residents donated $19,255,255 to a number of war drives.{{rp|23–24}}The city’s factories were converted to produce items for World War II, such as tents and blankets from the Alexander Smith and Sons carpet factory and tanks from the Otis Elevator factory. Increased competition from less-expensive imports resulted in a decline in manufacturing in Yonkers after the war, and a number of industrial jobs were lost.WEB, 2016, Yonkers, New York Renaissance on the Hudson,cooperatornews.com/article/yonkers-new-york, live,web.archive.org/web/20230930000024/https://cooperatornews.com/article/yonkers-new-york, September 30, 2023, September 15, 2023, CooperatorNews New York,

{{anchor|Industrial history}}Industry

(File:View of Yonkers, New York (NYPL Hades-1803881-1659418) crop.jpg|thumb|alt=Watercolor painting of a small town|Yonkers {{circa|1860s}})(File:Yonkers Public Library 02.JPG|thumb|alt=Large, white, modern building|The Yonkers Public Library in December 2014)Yonkers was originally a small farming town which produced peaches, apples, potatoes, oats, wheat, and other agricultural goods to be shipped to New York City along the Hudson River. Water power created manufacturing jobs.BOOK, Haynes, Bruce, Red Lines, Black Spaces: The Politics of Race and Space in a Black Middle-Class Suburb, Yale University Press, 2, {{rp|2}} Elisha Otis invented a safety elevator in 1853, and the Otis Elevator Company opened the world’s first elevator factory on the Hudson near present-day Vark Street.WEB, Robbins, Dan, Founded In Yonkers, Otis Elevators Took American Industry To New Heights,westchestermagazine.com/life-style/founded-in-yonkers-otis-elevators-took-american-industry-to-new-heights/, Westchester Magazine, 12 September 2023, August 19, 2014, September 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230915012132/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/founded-in-yonkers-otis-elevators-took-american-industry-to-new-heights/, live, BOOK, Medina, Jason, Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers, August 31, 2015, Arcadia Publishing, 9781540210333, 66,books.google.com/books?id=mZ2gCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA66, 6 November 2023, {{rp|66}} The company moved to larger quarters during the 1880s, which later became the Yonkers Public Library.Around that time, the Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Company in the Saw Mill River Valley expanded to 45 buildings, 800 looms, and more than 4,000 workers. It was known as one of the world’s premier carpet-producing centers.NEWS, Kelly, Joe, When the Mill Pulled the Rug Out From Under Yonkers,www.nytimes.com/1979/07/29/archives/westchester-weekly-when-the-mill-pulled-the-rub-out-from-under.html, 6 November 2023, The New York Times, July 29, 1979, {{rp|15}} In addition to manufacturing, Yonkers played a key role in the development of recreational sports in the United States. Scottish-born John Reid founded Saint Andrew’s Golf Club in the city in 1888; it was the first golf course in the United States.NEWS, September 22, 2014, Ryder Cup: Painting celebrates Dunfermline links to American golf, BBC,www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-29310735, live, September 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230814172711/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-29310735, August 14, 2023, That year, the New York City and Northern Railway Company (later the New York Central Railroad) connected Yonkers to Manhattan and points north. A three-mile spur to Getty Square operated until 1943.WEB, Geberer, Raanan, October 17, 2021, The Putnam Railroad’s Journey From Train Line to Rail Trail,westchestermagazine.com/life-style/history/putnam-railroad/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230929044725/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/history/putnam-railroad/, September 29, 2023, September 15, 2023, WEB, October 15, 2008, The Putnam Division,nycshs.org/2008/10/15/the-putnam-division/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230321235047/https://nycshs.org/2008/10/15/the-putnam-division/, March 21, 2023, September 15, 2023, nycshs.org, Bakelite, the first completely-synthetic plastic, was invented {{Circa|1907}} in Yonkers by Leo Baekeland and was manufactured there until the late 1920s.WEB, Bellis, Mary, April 13, 2019, The Story of Bakelite, the First Synthetic Plastic,www.thoughtco.com/story-of-synthetic-plastic-1991672, live,web.archive.org/web/20230929044721/https://www.thoughtco.com/story-of-synthetic-plastic-1991672, September 29, 2023, 14 September 2023, ThoughtCo, During the early 20th century, Yonkers hosted the Brass-Era automaker Colt Runabout.No apparent relation to Colt’s Patent Firearms. Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.63.{{rp|63}} Although the vehicle reportedly ran well, the company went out of business. Yonkers was the headquarters of the Waring Hat Company, the nation’s largest hat manufacturer when it opened.BOOK, History of Westchester County, New York, 1925, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 260, 325, 462, 477, 479,books.google.com/books?id=yJtQAQAAMAAJ, 19 November 2023, On January 4, 1940, Yonkers resident Edwin Howard Armstrong transmitted the first FM radio broadcast (on station W2XCR) from the Yonkers home of co-experimenter C. R. Runyon.WEB, Tsividis, Yannis, April 1, 2002, Edwin Armstrong: Pioneer of the Airwaves,magazine.columbia.edu/article/edwin-armstrong-pioneer-airwaves, live,web.archive.org/web/20230628010815/https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/edwin-armstrong-pioneer-airwaves, June 28, 2023, 13 September 2023, Columbia Magazine, Yonkers had the longest-running pirate radio station, which was owned by Allan Weiner and operated during the 1970s and 1980s.WEB, Leno, Darren, 1985, RADIO BROADCASTING - World Radio History,worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Short-Wave/Archive-Popular-Communications-IDX/IDX/80s/Popular-Communications-1985-05-OCR-Page-0048.pdf, live,web.archive.org/web/20230915012131/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Short-Wave/Archive-Popular-Communications-IDX/IDX/80s/Popular-Communications-1985-05-OCR-Page-0048.pdf, September 15, 2023, September 14, 2023, worldradiohistory.com, 50, The Alexander Smith Carpet Company, one of the city’s largest employers, ceased operations during a June 1954 labor dispute. In 1983, the Otis Elevator factory closed.NEWS, Feron, James, December 1, 1982, Otis Elevator To Leave Birthplace, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/1982/12/01/nyregion/otis-elevator-to-leave-birthplace.html, live, September 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230929044812/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/01/nyregion/otis-elevator-to-leave-birthplace.html, September 29, 2023, A Kawasaki railcar-assembly plant opened in 1986 in the former Otis plant. With the loss of manufacturing jobs, Yonkers became a commuter town.BOOK, National Security Takeovers and Technology Preservation, 1991, U.S. Government Printing Office, 9780160356407, 90,books.google.com/books?id=HFWy8lPkMJcC&pg=PA90, 31 December 2023, Some neighborhoods, such as Crestwood and Park Hill, became popular with wealthy New Yorkers who wanted to live outside Manhattan without giving up urban conveniences. Yonkers’ transportation infrastructure, which included three commuter railroad lines and five parkways and thruways, made it a desirable city in which to live. A 15-minute drive from Manhattan, it has a number of prewar homes and apartment buildings. Yonkers’ manufacturing sector has also revived during the early 21st century.{{cn|date=April 2024}}United States v. Yonkers“>

Racial discrimination and United States v. Yonkers

In 1960, the population of Yonkers was 95.8 percent white and four percent Black. The city developed a national reputation for racial tension during the 1980s and 1990s, based on a long-term battle between the city and the NAACP over the construction of subsidized, low-income housing projects. Yonkers planned to use federal funding for urban renewal exclusively downtown; other groups, led by the NAACP, believed that the resulting concentration of low-income housing in traditionally-poor neighborhoods would perpetuate poverty. Although the city had been warned in 1971 by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development about further construction of low-income housing in west Yonkers, it continued to support subsidized housing in this area between 1972 and 1977.BOOK, Esannson, Harold, A Study of African-American Life in Yonkers From the Turn of the Century, Bagwell, Vinnie, Harold Esannson, 1993, 50, In 1980, the NAACP and the federal government filed suit against the city of Yonkers and its board of education in United States v. Yonkers.WEB, United States v. Yonkers 1:80-cv-06761 (S.D.N.Y.),clearinghouse.net/case/11075/, 2023-11-14, Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, NEWS, Pastore Jr, Joseph M., 2007-05-20, Opinion {{!, In Yonkers We Trust |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/opinion/nyregionopinions/20WEpastore.html |access-date=2023-11-15 |issn=0362-4331}} After a 1985 decision and an unsuccessful appeal, Yonkers’ schools were integrated in 1988.NEWS, Foderaro, Lisa, September 25, 1988, In Yonkers, A Measured Integration of Schools, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/nyregion/in-yonkers-a-measured-integration-of-schools.html, live, 11 September 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230915012131/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/nyregion/in-yonkers-a-measured-integration-of-schools.html, September 15, 2023, {{rp|1}} Federal judge Leonard B. Sand ruled that Yonkers had engaged in institutional segregation in housing and school policies for over 40 years. He tied the illegal concentration of public housing and private-housing discrimination to the city’s resistance to ending racial isolation in its public schools.NEWS, Yen, Marianne, August 3, 1988, Judge Holds Yonkers in Contempt, The Washington Post,www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/08/03/judge-holds-yonkers-in-contempt/750d5ab1-165d-434b-8bb6-f1c3267e4557/, live, 11 September 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230930084240/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/08/03/judge-holds-yonkers-in-contempt/750d5ab1-165d-434b-8bb6-f1c3267e4557/, September 30, 2023, Yonkers gained national and international attention during the summer of 1988, when it backed out of its previous agreement to build municipal public housing in the eastern parts of the city (an agreement it had made in a consent decree after losing its appeal in 1987). After its reversal, the city was found in contempt of the federal courts. Sand imposed a fine on Yonkers which began at $100 and doubled every day, capped at $1 million per day by an appeals court,NEWS, December 5, 2016, Leonard B. Sand, Judge in Landmark Yonkers Segregation Case, Dies at 88, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/nyregion/judge-leonard-sand-dead-yonkers-housing.html, May 10, 2018, August 1, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180801071351/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/nyregion/judge-leonard-sand-dead-yonkers-housing.html, live, until the city capitulated to the federally-mandated plan. The city remained in contempt of court until September 9, 1988, when its city council relented as the financial impact threatened to close a library and reduce sanitation. The city also considered massive layoffs, which would have adversely affected its ability to provide services to the upper classes it was trying to retain.NEWS, Foderaro, Lisa, Threat of Yonkers Layoffs Jolts Foes of Housing Plan,www.nytimes.com/1988/09/09/nyregion/threat-of-yonkers-layoffs-jolts-foes-of-housing-plan.html, 20 November 2023, The New York Times, September 9, 1988, Nicholas C. Wasicsko, Yonkers’ youngest mayor (elected at age 28), struggled in city politics. He helped end the city’s contempt-of-court ruling, but was voted out of office as a result.NEWS, Feron, James, The 1989 Election: Westchester; Housing Foe Elected Mayor In Yonkers,www.nytimes.com/1989/11/08/nyregion/the-1989-election-westchester-housing-foe-elected-mayor-in-yonkers.html, 20 November 2023, The New York Times, November 8, 1989, NEWS, Lambert, Bruce, Ex-Mayor of Yonkers Dies in Apparent Suicide,www.nytimes.com/1993/10/30/nyregion/ex-mayor-of-yonkers-dies-in-apparent-suicide.html, 20 November 2023, The New York Times, October 30, 1993, Wasicsko’s story, subject of the 2015 miniseries Show Me a Hero, was adapted from a 1999 nonfiction book of the same name by Lisa Belkin.WEB, Gan, Vicky, August 17, 2015, Q&A with Lisa Belkin, Author of ‘Show Me a Hero’,www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-17/q-a-with-lisa-belkin-author-of-show-me-a-hero, August 17, 2021, Bloomberg, January 27, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220127060917/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-17/q-a-with-lisa-belkin-author-of-show-me-a-hero, live, The 2007 documentary (Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story) also covers racial discrimination and housing segregation in Yonkers.WEB, Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story,newsreel.org/video/brick-by-brick, dead,newsreel.org/video/brick-by-brick," title="web.archive.org/web/20150717182138newsreel.org/video/brick-by-brick,">web.archive.org/web/20150717182138newsreel.org/video/brick-by-brick, July 17, 2015, August 7, 2015, California Newsreel, As as a result of the federal lawsuit, Yonkers’ public-school enrollment dropped from 54 percent of the city’s eligible population to under 30 percent as thousands of white families left the city for its suburbs or enrolled their children in private schools; this effectively gutted the city’s middle class and tax base. The school district’s estimated cost of integration was over $262 million. Forced to cut programs, Yonkers schools fell steeply in national rankings as test scores sharply declined. By 1995, The New York Times called the city’s desegregation effort “a profound disappointment to blacks and whites alike.” Michael Sussmann, the NAACP’s lawyer during the case, blamed Sand for failing to allocate federal funds to help relieve the cost of integration.NEWS, Hernandez, Raymond, Neither Separate Nor Equal;Yonkers Integrates Its Schools, to Little Effect, The New York Times, December 28, 1995,www.nytimes.com/1995/12/28/nyregion/neither-separate-nor-equal-yonkers-integrates-its-schools-to-little-effect.html, 28 November 2023,

21st century

(File:Welcome to Yonkers November 2013.jpg|thumb|alt=White-and-blue street sign against a blue sky|Welcome sign on northbound Riverdale Avenue at the Bronx line (2013))Areas of Yonkers which bordered similar neighborhoods in Riverdale began seeing an influx of Orthodox Jews during the 2000s, and the Riverdale Hatzalah volunteer ambulance service began serving neighborhoods in the southwest part of the city.WEB, Riverdale Hatzalah,www.riverdalehatzalah.org/, riverdalehatzalah.org, December 30, 2012, January 6, 2012,riverdalehatzalah.org/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120106015729riverdalehatzalah.org/,">web.archive.org/web/20120106015729riverdalehatzalah.org/, live, The Sherwood Park Cemetery is a small Jewish cemetery.WEB, November 21, 2012, Sherwood Park Cemetery, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States - Nearby Cities, Nearby Cemeteries and Genealogy Resources - Histopolis,test.histopolis.com/Place/US/NY/Westchester_County/Sherwood_Park_Cemetery, dead,test.histopolis.com/Place/US/NY/Westchester_County/Sherwood_Park_Cemetery," title="archive.today/20130125075738test.histopolis.com/Place/US/NY/Westchester_County/Sherwood_Park_Cemetery,">archive.today/20130125075738test.histopolis.com/Place/US/NY/Westchester_County/Sherwood_Park_Cemetery, January 25, 2013, March 12, 2013, Test.histopolis.com, Two former Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Company loft buildings (at 540 and 578 Nepperhan Avenue) have been repurposed to house the YoHo Artist Community, which has private studios there.Fallon, Bill (March 3, 2008). “Industrial Arts: Carpet Mills Become Studio Central”, Westchester County Business Journal, p. 49. Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track, renovated its grounds and clubhouse and added video slot machines in 2006 to become Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino.NEWS, Steadman Charkes, Juli, Yonkers Raceway Casino Rises to Top Earner,www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/17weupdate.html, 20 November 2023, The New York Times, December 17, 2006, WEB, Fenster, Jordan, Murders, gambling and Seabiscuit: A short history of Yonkers Raceway,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/29/yonkers-raceway-history/651057002/, Lohud, 20 November 2023, May 29, 2018, MGM Resorts International bought the raceway and casino in 2018 for $850 million.WEB, Coyne, Matt, What we know and what we don’t: Yonkers Raceway, Empire City Casino sold to MGM,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/30/yonkers-raceway-sold-mgm-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/654957002/, Lohud, 20 November 2023, May 30, 2018, During the COVID-19 pandemic, the city opened several test sites at the ParkCare Pavilion of St. John’s Riverside Hospital (considered a COVID-19 hotspot).WEB, Harrison, Seth, Inside Yonkers St. Joseph’s ER...the COVID-19 hotspot,www.lohud.com/picture-gallery/news/coronavirus/2020/04/23/inside-yonkers-st-josephs-er-the-covid-19-hotspot/3008616001/, Lohud, November 12, 2020, September 15, 2023, September 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230929044723/https://www.lohud.com/picture-gallery/news/coronavirus/2020/04/23/inside-yonkers-st-josephs-er-the-covid-19-hotspot/3008616001/, live, The test site was operated by the New York State Department of Health during the pandemic.WEB, Muchnick, Jeanne, 2 new COVID-19 testing sites to open in Yonkers, Mount Vernon on Friday,www.lohud.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/04/16/mount-vernon-yonkers-coronavirus-test-sites/5146086002/, Lohud, April 16, 2020, September 15, 2023, September 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230929131149/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/04/16/mount-vernon-yonkers-coronavirus-test-sites/5146086002/, live, More test sites opened in the city as students prepared to return to school for in-person instruction.WEB, Yonkers Opens More COVID Testing Sites As Students Prepare To Return To Classrooms,www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/yonkers-schools-covid-testing-sites/, CBS New York, December 30, 2021, September 15, 2023, September 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230929044811/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/yonkers-schools-covid-testing-sites/, live, In February 2023, the Yonkers City Council approved the US Post Office on Main Street for local-landmark status after its 1989 listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.WEB, Lee, Lindsay, 2023-02-19, Historic Yonkers Post Office Designated Local Landmark,www.theyonkersledger.com/housing/historic-yonkers-post-office-designated-local-landmark/2842/, 2023-10-02, The Yonkers Ledger, en-US, On September 29, 2023, a state of emergency was declared in the city after flash flooding affected most of the Hudson Valley and New York City. Most area parkways were closed and flooding was also reported in neighboring Mount Vernon.NEWS, Crnic, Ben, State Of Emergency: Flooding Closes Roads, Prompts Evacuations In Westchester,dailyvoice.com/new-york/whiteplains/state-of-emergency-flooding-closes-roads-prompts-evacuations-in-westchester/, 30 September 2023, Daily Voice, September 29, 2023, After the flooding, crews pumped water out of Yonkers homes.NEWS, Rincón, Sonia, Crews pump out water from homes after historic storm brings flooding to Yonkers,abc7ny.com/yonkers-westchester-county-weather-flooding/13846303/, 30 September 2023, WABC-TV, September 29, 2023, The city has been used as a location for films and television series,WEB, Filmed in Westchester,www.visitwestchesterny.com/film/filmed-in-westchester/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230422045025/https://www.visitwestchesterny.com/film/filmed-in-westchester/, April 22, 2023, September 15, 2023, visitwestchesterny.com, and the City Hall courtroom is used for film scenes and commercials.WEB, Fitz-Gibbon, Jorge, Filming of HBO series ‘surreal’ at Yonkers City Hall,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2014/11/14/hbo-films-yonkers-desegregation-miniseries-david-simon/19033011/, Lohud, 20 November 2023, November 14, 2014, Yonkers is part of New York City’s union zone, and crews do not need to be paid travel fees.NEWS, Fuchs, Marek, January 5, 2003, On Location; New Rochelle? No, Yonkers, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/nyregion/on-location-new-rochelle-no-yonkers.html, live, September 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230929044817/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/nyregion/on-location-new-rochelle-no-yonkers.html, September 29, 2023, {{Update inline|date=November 2023|reason=20-year-old article|?=yes}} Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Mona Lisa Smile (2003) were partially filmed in the city. Yonkers is the setting of two feature films by local filmmaker Robert Celestino: Mr. Vincent (1997) and Yonkers Joe (2008).www.filmmakermagazine.com/blog/2008/04/tribeca-director-interview-robert.php" title="web.archive.org/web/20080504044908www.filmmakermagazine.com/blog/2008/04/tribeca-director-interview-robert.php">Filmmaker: “Tribeca Director Interview: Robert Celestino, Yonkers Joe”, April 23, 2008WEB, Magnolia Pictures: Yonkers Joe press notes,www.magpictures.com/resources/presskits/yonkersjoe/yonkersjoefinalnotes.doc, live,www.magpictures.com/resources/presskits/yonkersjoe/yonkersjoefinalnotes.doc," title="web.archive.org/web/20081218162816www.magpictures.com/resources/presskits/yonkersjoe/yonkersjoefinalnotes.doc,">web.archive.org/web/20081218162816www.magpictures.com/resources/presskits/yonkersjoe/yonkersjoefinalnotes.doc, December 18, 2008, December 11, 2008, The city is the setting for the 2005 film A Tale of Two Pizzas,NEWS, Martel, Ned, October 7, 2005, Film In Review; A Tale of Two Pizzas, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/arts/movies/film-in-review-a-tale-of-two-pizzas.html, live, September 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230929044723/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/arts/movies/film-in-review-a-tale-of-two-pizzas.html, September 29, 2023, and Tyler, the Creator released “Yonkers” in 2011. Neil Simon’s play, Lost in Yonkers, and its film version are set in the city.WEB, Lost in Yonkers,www.concordtheatricals.com/p/2758/lost-in-yonkers, live,web.archive.org/web/20230915012136/https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/2758/lost-in-yonkers, September 15, 2023, September 14, 2023, Concord Theatricals, A new Lionsgate Studios facility hosts the Spanish multimedia communications group Mediapro, and a planned $500 million expansion would make it the largest such facility in the Northeast.WEB, Lionsgate Opens TV, Film Studios in Yonkers; $500M Expansion Planned,www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/lionsgate-opens-tv-film-studios-in-yonkers-500m-expansion-planned/3490472/, WNBC, 24 November 2023, January 11, 2022,

Geography

(File:Yonkers NY Waterfront.JPG|thumb|alt=The Yonkers waterfront, seen across the Hudson River|The Yonkers waterfront, including high-rise apartments along the Hudson River in the city’s northwest)(File:Saw Mill River in Getty Square November 2012.jpg|thumb|alt=A small, rehabilitated urban river|The Saw Mill River at Getty Square in 2012)Yonkers covers an area of {{convert|20.3|mi2|km2}}, including {{convert|18.1|mi2|km2}} of land and {{convert|2.2|mi2|km2}} of water. The Bronx River separates Yonkers from Mount Vernon, Tuckahoe, Eastchester, Bronxville, and Scarsdale on the east. The town of Greenburgh is on the north, and the Hudson River forms the western border. On the south, Yonkers borders the Riverdale, Woodlawn, and Wakefield sections of The Bronx.NEWS, Yonkers At A Glance; Yonkers; Geography,www.nytimes.com/1981/04/17/nyregion/yonkers-at-a-glance-yonkers-geography.html, 9 November 2023, The New York Times, April 17, 1981, {{rp|2}} The city is spread over hills rising from near sea level on the east bank of the Hudson River to {{convert|416|ft|m}} above sea level at Sacred Heart Church, whose spire can be seen from Long Island, New York City, and New Jersey.It is considered a City of Seven Hills: Park, Nodine, Ridge, Cross, Locust, Glen, and Church Hills.WEB, Yonkers, New York - WorldAtlas,www.worldatlas.com/cities/yonkers-new-york.html, worldatlas.com, August 9, 2022, 24 November 2023, BOOK, New York Magazine, February 9, 1970, New York Media, LLC, 26,books.google.com/books?id=iWQYB52_3KoC&dq=yonkers%20city%20of%20seven%20hills&pg=PA26, 3, 4 February 2024, Much of the city developed around the Saw Mill River, which enters Yonkers from the north and flows into the Hudson River at Getty Square.BOOK, Schuyler, David, Embattled River: The Hudson and Modern American Environmentalism, May 15, 2018, Cornell University Press, 9781501718076, 151,books.google.com/books?id=YpdWDwAAQBAJ&dq=yonkers%20daylighting%20Saw%20Mill%20River&pg=PA151, 9 November 2023, Portions of the river had been buried in flumes under parking lots, but have been uncovered (daylighted).NEWS, City in NY uncovering buried river for new park,www.deseret.com/2011/11/13/20230701/city-in-ny-uncovering-buried-river-for-new-park, Deseret News, November 13, 2011, Daylighting promotes the restoration of habitat for plants, fish, and other fauna, and helps develop an understanding of where Native Americans camped in spring and summer.WEB, Daylighting of the Saw Mile River,www.yonkersny.gov/work/department-of-planning-development/projects/daylighting-of-the-saw-mill-river, yonkersny.gov,

Demographics

{{US Census population| 1860= 8218| 1870= 12733| 1880= 18892| 1890= 32033| 1900= 47931| 1910= 79803| 1920= 100176| 1930= 134646| 1940= 142598| 1950= 152798| 1960= 190634| 1970= 204297| 1980= 195351| 1990= 188082| 2000= 196086| 2010= 195976| 2020= 211569| align-fn=centerPopulation of states and counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 from the Twenty-one Decennial Censuses {{Webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930084231books.google.com/books?id=sezaSI_LPA8C&pg=PA108#v=onepage&q&f=false United States Census Bureau, March 1996. {{ISBN>9780934213486}}. Accessed October 6, 2013.FEBRUARY 8, 2006 >TITLE=DECENNIALS - CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20060208103743/HTTP://WWW.CENSUS.GOV:80/PROD/WWW/ABS/DECENNIAL/, February 8, 2006, }}In the 2018 American Community Survey, 34.8 percent of Yonkers residents spoke Spanish and 4.2 percent of the population was West Indian. Yonkers has a sizeable Arab population, mainly from the Levant (especially Jordanians and Palestinians).WEB, January 3, 2019, Westchester: A County of Immigrants,westchestermagazine.com/uncategorized/westchester-a-county-of-immigrants/, December 7, 2020, September 27, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200927034921/https://westchestermagazine.com/uncategorized/westchester-a-county-of-immigrants/, live, WEB,unreachednewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Jordanian-Profile-Final.pdf, Jordanians in the New York Metro Area, 2023-08-30, June 6, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230606232213/https://unreachednewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Jordanian-Profile-Final.pdf, live, There is also a sizeable Albanian population in the city.WEB,unreachednewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Albanian-Profile-Final.pdf, Albanians in the New York Metro Area, 2023-08-30, August 13, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230813102620/https://unreachednewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Albanian-Profile-Final.pdf, live, WEB, Explore Census Data,data.census.gov/table?q=ancestry&g=0400000US34_0500000US36119_1600000US3459190,3684000&tid=ACSDP1Y2018.DP02, 2022-12-05, data.census.gov, December 5, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221205092101/https://data.census.gov/table?q=ancestry&g=0400000US34_0500000US36119_1600000US3459190,3684000&tid=ACSDP1Y2018.DP02, live, In the 2010 census,WEB, U.S. Census website,www.census.gov/, March 24, 2011, U.S. Census Bureau, July 9, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/, live, there were 195,976 people in Yonkers and its population density was {{convert|10,827.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people}}. There were 80,839 housing units, with an average density of {{convert|4,466.2|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 55.8 percent white, 18.7 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 5.9 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Pacific Islander, 14.7 percent from other races, and 4.1 percent from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any racial background were 34.7 percent of the population. Non-Hispanic whites were 41.4 percent of the population in 2010,WEB, Yonkers (city), New York,quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3684000.html, dead,quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3684000.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120508121949quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3684000.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120508121949quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3684000.html, May 8, 2012, May 14, 2012, State & County QuickFacts, U.S. Census Bureau, down from 89.9 percent in 1970.WEB, New York - Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990,www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html, dead,www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120812191959www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120812191959www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html, August 12, 2012, April 21, 2012, U.S. Census Bureau, Data from the 2020 census indicated that Yonkers’ population grew by eight percent from 2010 to 2020, an increase from 195,976 to 211,569. Yonkers surpassed Rochester as the third-largest city in New York, behind New York City and Buffalo.WEB, Dombrowski, Diana, Yonkers inches ahead of Rochester as New York’s third largest city,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2021/08/13/yonkers-new-york-third-largest-state-slim-margin-census-data/8120984002/, Lohud, 21 November 2023, August 13, 2021, The Hispanic population increased, as the non-Hispanic population decreased to 33 percent from 41.4 percent in 2010.WEB, Dombrowski, Diana, Three consecutive census counts show Yonkers Hispanic population rising, white falling,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2021/09/23/yonkers-census-data-shows-rising-hispanic-population-falling-white/8177972002/, Lohud, 21 November 2023, September 23, 2021, The Hispanic and Latino population increased to 40 percent, and the Asian population increased to 5.9%. The city reported a decrease in its white population from 55.8 to 46.3 percent.WEB, U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Yonkers city, New York,www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/yonkerscitynewyork/PST045222, census.gov, 24 November 2023, {| class=“wikitable sortable collapsible”! Demographic profile !! 2020 || 2010 !! 1990 !! 1970 !! 1950White American>White 46.3% 55.8% 76.2% 92.9% 96.7%Non-Hispanic whites>Non-Hispanic 33% 41.4% 67.1% 89.9% N/AAfrican American>Black or African American 18.7% 16.0% 14.1% 6.4% 3.2%Hispanic and Latino Americans>Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 40.0% 34.7% 16.7% 3.5% N/AAsian American>Asian 5.9% 5.8% 3.0% 0.4% —

Neighborhoods

File:Grand Marshals at Yonkers Parade 2010.jpg|thumb|alt=A group of smiling people marching|Saint Patrick’s Day parade (2010)]]Yonkers includes several small residential enclaves and communities which form four quarters, demarcated by the Saw Mill River. There are at least 38 neighborhoods, but many of their original names are rarely used except by older residents and real-estate brokers.NEWS, Foderaro, Lisa, Yonkers Legacy: 38 Distinct Neighborhoods,www.nytimes.com/1988/09/13/nyregion/yonkers-legacy-38-distinct-neighborhoods.html, 20 November 2023, The New York Times, September 13, 1988,

Northeast Yonkers

(File:The Blue Cube Yonkers from Alpine Boat Basin.jpg|thumb|alt=Large, square building|The Blue Cube, a former factory now a television-production facility on the northwest Yonkers waterfront, seen from across the Hudson)(File:Yonkholy3jeh.JPG|thumb|alt=A brown brick church with a weathered, onion-shaped dome|Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church)(File:Yonkers 800.jpg|thumb|alt=City street with a rustic, wooden Welcome to Yonkers sign|Riverdale Avenue, looking north from the Bronx line)(File:Messiah Baptist 76 Wharburton jeh.jpg|thumb|alt=Exterior of a gray stone church against a blue sky|Messiah Baptist Church)Northeast Yonkers is a primarily Irish-American and Italian-American area. House sizes vary, from small houses set close together to larger homes in neighborhoods such as Lawrence Park West and mid-rise apartment buildings along Central Avenue (NY 100). Central Avenue (officially Central Park Avenue) is a shopping area. Notable former residents include Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, whose childhood home was at 100 Pembrook Drive.WEB, Aerosmith original Raymond Tabano back in Yonkers,www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/2016/08/25/aerosmith-original-raymond-tabano-back-yonkers/89354002/, lohud, January 5, 2021, January 7, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210107034710/https://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/2016/08/25/aerosmith-original-raymond-tabano-back-yonkers/89354002/, live, The area contains the affluent neighborhoods of Crestwood, Colonial Heights, and Cedar Knolls, and the wealthy enclaves of Beech Hill and Lawrence Park West. It includes a gated community off the eastern Grassy Sprain Reservoir, known as Winchester Villages. Landmarks include St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Sarah Lawrence College and the Tanglewood Shopping Center, former home of the Tanglewood Boys gang.WEB, 6 Unforgettable Crimes Connected to Westchester County,westchestermagazine.com/life-style/crimes-westchester/?amp=1, Westchester Magazine, September 21, 2023, 3 February 2024, Northeast Yonkers is somewhat more expensive than the rest of the city and, due to the proximity of several Metro-North commuter railroad stations, its residents generally work for Manhattan corporations.

Northwest Yonkers

Northwest Yonkers neighborhoods vary, spanning from the Hudson River to the New York State Thruway (I-87) and from Ashburton Avenue north to the Hastings-on-Hudson border. With the Hudson River bordering it on the west, northwest Yonkers has many Victorian-era homes with panoramic views of the Palisades. The Victorian architecture and number of 19th-century estates in northwest Yonkers has attracted filmmakers.WEB, Davis, Ken, September 29, 2015, Yonkers Home Used In Filming Of ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ Listed For $749,000,dailyvoice.com/new-york/yonkers/neighbors/yonkers-home-used-in-filming-of-mona-lisa-smile-listed-for-749000/592104/, 4 October 2023, Daily Voice, An interest in historic preservation has developed, demonstrated on streets such as Shonnard Terrace, Delavan Terrace, and Hudson Terrace. On Delavan Terrace, the 1854 Smith-Collins House was included in a 1983 article in The New York Times.NEWS, Raynor, Vivien, ART; Domestic Architecture in Yonkers,www.nytimes.com/1989/08/13/nyregion/art-domestic-architecture-in-yonkers.html, 20 November 2023, The New York Times, August 13, 1989, The house was demolished in 2007, and former city-council president Chuck Lesnick called for legislation which would make the demolition of a 75-year-old landmark in the city subject to the landmark-review process.NEWS, Marszalek, Diana, Views Clash Over Old Buildings in Yonkers,www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/10templewe.html, 20 November 2023, The New York Times, February 10, 2008, Neighborhoods include Nepera Park, Runyon Heights, Homefield, Glenwood, and Greystone. Landmarks include the Hudson River Museum, the Lenoir Nature Preserve, and Untermyer Park and Gardens.WEB, Vergari, Mark, Check out Yonkers’ historic sites, places to go through photos in lohud on location,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2023/05/19/lohud-on-location-yonkers-historic-sites-and-places-to-visit-by-photographer-mark-vergari/70211480007/, Lohud, 13 February 2024, May 19, 2023, The two-block section of Palisade Avenue between Chase and Roberts Avenues in northwest Yonkers is colloquially known as “the north end” or “the end”. The only retail area in northwest Yonkers, it was known for its soda fountain, Urich’s Stationery, and Robbins Pharmacy. It was the end of the #2 trolley line, which has been replaced by a Bee-line Bus route. Nepperhan Avenue in Nepera Park is a shopping district in the area.

Southeast Yonkers

Residents of southeast Yonkers are primarily Irish- and Italian-American. A number of recent immigrants from Ireland live in the area.NEWS, Berger, Joseph, 2011-03-12, Immigrants Replenish Irish Ambience of N.Y. Enclave, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/nyregion/12metjournal.html, 2023-11-16, 0362-4331, WEB, Grainger, Laura, 2023-08-08, The most Irish neighborhoods in New York City,www.irishstar.com/travel/america/most-irish-neighborhoods-new-york-30651347, 2023-11-16, Irish Star, en, Its architecture more closely resembles that of parts of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island than of points north. Southeast Yonkers is within walking distance of the Woodlawn and Wakefield neighborhoods of the Bronx.Eastern McLean Avenue, home to an Irish community shared with Woodlawn, is considered the hub of Yonkers by some.WEB, Malone, Michael, Visit Yonkers’ McLean Avenue for Irish Fare on St. Patrick’s Day,westchestermagazine.com/things-to-do/st-patricks-day-mclean-avenue/, Westchester Magazine, 8 November 2023, February 25, 2016, Orla Kelleher: “From Bronx River Road to Conor Park adds up to about a mile. And it’s the hub of the Irish community.”, WEB, Sheidlower, Noah, 2022-12-16, Guide to NYC’s “Little Ireland” in Woodlawn,untappedcities.com/2022/12/16/little-ireland-woodlawn/, 2023-11-16, Untapped New York, en-US, A portion of Midland Avenue in the Dunwoodie neighborhood has been called the city’s Little Italy. Southeast Yonkers landmarks include the Cross County Shopping Center, Yonkers Raceway and St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, which was visited by Pope John Paul II in October 1995 and by Pope Benedict XVI in April 2008.NEWS, Berger, Joseph, THE POPE’S VISIT: THE SCENE;Yonkers Turns Out To Glimpse John Paul II,www.nytimes.com/1995/10/07/nyregion/the-pope-s-visit-the-scene-yonkers-turns-out-to-glimpse-john-paul-ii.html, The New York Times, October 7, 1995, September 15, 2023, September 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230929044723/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/07/nyregion/the-pope-s-visit-the-scene-yonkers-turns-out-to-glimpse-john-paul-ii.html, live, NEWS, Bradley Hagerty, Barbara, Pope Delivers Serious Message to Young Catholics,www.npr.org/2008/04/20/89790986/pope-delivers-serious-message-to-young-catholics, NPR, April 20, 2008, September 15, 2023, September 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230929131151/https://www.npr.org/2008/04/20/89790986/pope-delivers-serious-message-to-young-catholics, live,

Southwest Yonkers

(File:Getty Square, Yonkers, New York.jpg|thumb|alt=Busy downtown area with a narrow street|The center of Getty Square)Getty Square is Yonkers’ downtown and its civic center and central business district. Much of southwest Yonkers grew along the railroad and trolley (now bus) lines along South Broadway and in Getty Square which run to New York City. Clusters of apartment buildings surrounded the stations of the Yonkers branch of the New York and Putnam Railroad and the Third Avenue Railway trolley lines; these buildings are now served by the Bee-Line Bus System. The railroad companies built neighborhoods of mixed housing which ranged from apartment buildings to large mansions in areas such as Park Hill, where a funicular accessed the train station in the valley.NEWS, Hughes, C. J., Park Hill, Yonkers, N.Y.: A ‘Secret Neighborhood’ Overlooking the Bronx,www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/realestate/park-hill-yonkers-ny-a-secret-neighborhood-overlooking-the-bronx.html, 9 November 2023, The New York Times, February 12, 2020, Off South Broadway and Yonkers Avenue are residential neighborhoods such as Lowerre, Nodine Hill, Park Hill, and Hudson Park. They have a mixture of architectural styles which include dense clusters of apartment buildings, blocks of stores with apartments above, multifamily row houses, and detached single-family homes.WEB, Yonkers Victorian Homes,www.victoriansource.com/id4.html, victoriansource.com, February 28, 2014, March 1, 2014,www.victoriansource.com/id4.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140301005511www.victoriansource.com/id4.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140301005511www.victoriansource.com/id4.html, dead, The Ludlow Park, Hudson Park, and Van Cortlandt Crest neighborhoods have a larger number of detached houses.BOOK, Dunbar, William, Government by Injunction, 1988, 298, American economic association,books.google.com/books?id=qJ1DAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA298, 4 February 2024, english, Southwest Yonkers, traditionally home to African American and white residents, has seen an influx of immigrants from Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, South Asia, and the Middle East. Many residents are of African, Caribbean, Italian, Polish, or Mexican descent. Some neighborhoods on the Riverdale border contain an increasing number of Orthodox Jews.The area is home to historical and educational institutions which include Philipse Manor Hall, the Science Barge, the Beczak Environmental Education Center, and a 2003 Yonkers Public Library building.WEB, December 7, 2008, Welcome to the Yonkers Public Library!-Hours and Directions,www.ypl.org/hoursanddirec.htm#RIV,www.ypl.org/hoursanddirec.htm#RIV," title="web.archive.org/web/20080729014156www.ypl.org/hoursanddirec.htm#RIV,">web.archive.org/web/20080729014156www.ypl.org/hoursanddirec.htm#RIV, July 29, 2008, May 6, 2009, Ypl.org, The revitalization of Getty Square has helped facilitate the growth of southwest Yonkers. During the early 21st century, several luxury apartment buildings were built along the Hudson River. A Victorian-era pier was renovated, and a new public library was housed in the remodeled Otis Elevator factory. Peter X. Kelly’s restaurant, X20 Xaviar’s on the Hudson, is on the renovated pier.WEB, Lascala, Marisa, No Reservations About Living in the Hudson Valley,hvmag.com/archive/no-reservations-about-living-in-the-hudson-valley/, Hudson Valley Magazine, February 13, 2010, September 14, 2023, September 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230915012136/https://hvmag.com/archive/no-reservations-about-living-in-the-hudson-valley/, live, In 2020, several more rental buildings were placed at the river’s edge on Alexander Street. Sawyer Place is an 18-story building on the site of the original old mill.WEB, Garcia, Ernie, What are the rents in Yonkers’ newest apartments?,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/12/11/what-rents-yonkers-newest-luxury-apartments/2270003002/, lohud.com, December 11, 2018, September 14, 2023, September 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230915012135/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/12/11/what-rents-yonkers-newest-luxury-apartments/2270003002/, live, WEB, Sawyer Place – Yonkers, NY,images1.loopnet.com/d2/JwmJtGbNc8Em1i11q00K-UdAeHcSsLUmZYPkxKwdvHk/document.pdf, images1.loopnet.com, September 14, 2023, September 30, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230930084232/https://images1.loopnet.com/d2/JwmJtGbNc8Em1i11q00K-UdAeHcSsLUmZYPkxKwdvHk/document.pdf, live, New proposals and current projects are intended to revitalize downtown Yonkers.

Government

File:Samsebeskazal-02296.jpg|thumb|alt=Large government building with trees in front, seen from the bottom of steps|Yonkers City Hall, built between 1907 and 1910, was designed by H. Lansing Quick in Beaux-Arts style.]] Phillipse Manor Hall was the site of the first Yonkers Village Hall and City Hall from 1868 to {{circa|1906}}. Yonkers is governed by a strong mayor–council system. The Yonkers City Council has seven members: six, elected from each of the six districts, and a president. The mayor and city-council president are elected in a citywide vote. The mayor is Democrat Mike Spano, and the council president is Michael Khader.Yonkers, like the rest of Westchester County and New York state, is a Democratic stronghold at the national level. The city chose George H. W. Bush over Bill Clinton and Ross Perot for president in 1992, but has voted solidly Democratic ever since. Recent mayors have included Republicans Phil Amicone and John Spencer, and the city council has been primarily controlled by Republicans. Yonkers is represented in the State Assembly, by Democrats J. Gary Pretlow and Nader Sayegh, and in the State Senate by Democrats Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Shelley Mayer. In the House of Representatives, Democrat Jamaal Bowman represents the city.

Education

Yonkers Public Schools operates the city’s public schools. There are several elementary Catholic schools, and one Muslim school; the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York operates Catholic schools in Westchester County.WEB, Otterman, Sharon, 2013-01-23, New York Archdiocese to Close 24 Schools,www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/nyregion/new-york-archdiocese-to-close-24-schools.html?_r=0, live,web.archive.org/web/20211105184037/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/nyregion/new-york-archdiocese-to-close-24-schools.html?_r=0, November 5, 2021, 2014-01-25, The New York Times, The Academy for Jewish Religion, a rabbinical and cantorial school, is in the Getty Square neighborhood.Sarah Lawrence College, with a Bronxville mailing address,WEB, Sarah Lawrence College. A Deeper Education.,www.slc.edu/, June 20, 2013, March 9, 2021,www.slc.edu/," title="web.archive.org/web/20210309185917www.slc.edu/,">web.archive.org/web/20210309185917www.slc.edu/, live, is located in Yonkers.WEB, haasdesign: Renee Haas, History,www.villageofbronxville.com/sube2_history13.htm, dead,www.villageofbronxville.com/sube2_history13.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20121111030818www.villageofbronxville.com/sube2_history13.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20121111030818www.villageofbronxville.com/sube2_history13.htm, November 11, 2012, March 12, 2013, The Village of Bronxville, Westchester Community College (part of the State University of New York system) operates a number of extension centers in Yonkers, with the largest in the Cross County Shopping Center.WEB, Yonkers Extension Center,www.sunywcc.edu/locations/yonkers/cross-county/, dead,www.sunywcc.edu/locations/yonkers/cross-county/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140224122905www.sunywcc.edu/locations/yonkers/cross-county/,">web.archive.org/web/20140224122905www.sunywcc.edu/locations/yonkers/cross-county/, February 24, 2014, February 15, 2014, Westchester Community Colleges, Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary is in Crestwood. The Japanese School of New York was in Yonkers for one year; the school moved to Queens on August 18, 1991, and to Greenwich, Connecticut on September 1, 1992.“本校の歩み” {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140117042606www.gwjs.org/?page_id=5|date=January 17, 2014}}. The Japanese School of New York. Retrieved on January 10, 2012. “1980.12.22 Queens　Ｆlushing校に移転。” and “1991.8.18. Westchester Yonkers校へ移転。” and “1992.9.1 Connecticut Greenwich校へ移転。 授業開始。“Three branches are operated by the Yonkers Public Library: Crestwood, Riverfront, and Grinton I. Will. The Carnegie Library, funded by Andrew Carnegie, was demolished in May 1982 to make way for the expansion of Nepperhan Avenue as an arterial road.NEWS, T. MacAuley, Ian, Campaign To Save Yonkers Library,www.nytimes.com/1982/04/04/nyregion/campaign-to-save-yonkers-library.html, 20 November 2023, The New York Times, April 4, 1982, BOOK, Yonkers Historical Society, Yonkers, 2008, Arcadia Pub., 9780738557601, 34,books.google.com/books?id=gILG-eC6N3oC&pg=PA34, {{rp|34}}

Transportation

Mass transit

(File:Yonkers train station front.jpg|thumb|alt=A red-brick train station, with cars in front|The city’s Metro-North train station)(File:Yonkers Metro North Stop 2012.jpg|thumb|alt=Long train platform, with a brown smokestack in the background|Yonkers Metro-North platform)Yonkers has the eleventh-highest rate of public-transit ridership among cities in the United States, and 27 percent of the city’s households do not own a car.WEB, Group Health, Life Insurance, Medicare Supplement Insurance in Yonkers,www.cafaroinsurance.com/group-health-insurance-life-insurance-medicare-supplement-insurance-in-yonkers/, cafaroinsurance.com, 9 November 2023, Bus service is provided by the Westchester County Bee-Line Bus System (the state’s second-largest bus system), and the MTA Bus Company has express routes to Manhattan. Yonkers is the top terminus of the Bee-Line Bus service area, which includes Westchester and the northern Bronx, and the Getty Square intermodal hub serves millions of passengers per year.WEB, Bee-Line System On-Board Survey,transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Planning/onboard_survey_2011.pdf, live,transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Planning/onboard_survey_2011.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20150203150427transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Planning/onboard_survey_2011.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20150203150427transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Planning/onboard_survey_2011.pdf, 2015-02-03, Transportation.westchestergov.com, The Metro-North Railroad serves Yonkers with two heavy-rail commuter lines: the Hudson Line and the Harlem Line. The Ludlow, Yonkers, Glenwood, and Greystone stations are on the Hudson Line, which provides commuter service to New York City.WEB, Metro-North Railroad,new.mta.info/map/5351, new.mta.info, 31 December 2023, PDF, The Yonkers station is also served by all of Amtrak’s named Empire Service trains except for the Lake Shore Limited. Several Harlem Line stations are on or near the city’s eastern border. These include Wakefield, Mount Vernon West, Fleetwood, Bronxville, Tuckahoe and Crestwood.The area was served by the commuter New York and Putnam Railroad from the late 19th century until its closure in 1958. Its right-of-way has been paved and is used as a public park and part of the Empire State Trail, which spans {{Convert|750|mi|km}} from New York City to Buffalo and Rouses Point via Albany.NEWS, Strauss, Michael, September 13, 1981, Memories Click Along the Putnam Line, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/1981/09/13/nyregion/memories-click-along-the-putnam-line.html, September 18, 2017, November 14, 2017,www.nytimes.com/1981/09/13/nyregion/memories-click-along-the-putnam-line.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20171114095200www.nytimes.com/1981/09/13/nyregion/memories-click-along-the-putnam-line.html,">web.archive.org/web/20171114095200www.nytimes.com/1981/09/13/nyregion/memories-click-along-the-putnam-line.html, live, Until December 2009, New York Water Taxi operated a ferry service from downtown Yonkers to Manhattan’s Financial District.New York Water Taxi. “Ferry Between Manhattan and Yonkers Is Set to Stop” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719165735www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/nyregion/24ferry.html? |date=July 19, 2016 }}, The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2011. From 2018 to 2020, Yonkers had a dockless bikeshare program operated by LimeBike.WEB, Yonkers bike-share program launching by end of May,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/09/yonkers-bike-share-lime/594039002/, September 15, 2018, Lohud.com, March 3, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210303045019/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/09/yonkers-bike-share-lime/594039002/, live, It has an electric-scooter program which was begun in August 2020 by Bird, making Yonkers the first city in New York with such a program.WEB, Cusaac-Smith, Tiffany, E-scooters come to Yonkers in August, making it first e-scooter pilot program in NY,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2020/08/03/e-scooters-yonkers-august-bird-app/5567932002/, Lohud, 20 November 2023, August 3, 2020,

Roads and paths

(File:Eastbound Cross County Parkway in Yonkers 2006.jpg|thumb|alt=A limited-access road, seen from an overpass|Eastbound Cross County Parkway)Limited-access roads in Yonkers include Interstate 87 (the New York State Thruway) and the Saw Mill, Bronx River, Sprain Brook and Cross County Parkways. US 9, NY 9A, and NY 100 are major surface streets.The main line of the former New York and Putnam Railroad has been converted into the South County Trailway, a paved walking and bicycling path. It runs north–south in Yonkers from the Hastings-on-Hudson border in the north to the Bronx border in the south at Van Cortlandt Park, where it is known as the Putnam Greenway.NEWS, Margolies, Jane, Ferguson, Wm., A Visual Tour of New York’s 750-Mile Bicycle Route,www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/05/nyregion/ny-empire-trail.html, 26 December 2023, The New York Times, November 5, 2021, The Croton Aqueduct tunnel has a hard-packed dirt trail, the Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway, running above it for most of its length in Yonkers; a few on-street routes are on the edge of the Getty Square neighborhood.WEB, D. Kramer, Peter, Westchester original: Old Croton Aqueduct Trail,www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2018/07/12/westchester-original-old-croton-aqueduct-trail/735249002/, Lohud, 29 December 2023, July 12, 2018,

Fire department

File:Yonkers Fire Station 1 phone jeh.jpg|thumb|alt=Three-story brick building with four vehicle bays|The Yonkers Fire DepartmentYonkers Fire DepartmentThe city is served by the Yonkers Fire Department (YFD), which has 459 firefighters under the command of a fire commissioner and three deputy chiefs. Founded in 1896, the YFD operates from 14 fire stations throughout the city in two battalions commanded by two assistant chiefs for each shift.WEB, YFD Fire Stations,www.yonkersny.gov/live/public-safety/fire-department/yfd-today/fire-stations, yonkersny.gov, 20 November 2023, The department responds to about 16,000 emergency calls annually. In its fire apparatus fleet, the YFD has 10 engine companies, six ladder companies, one squad (rescue-pumper) company, one rescue company, one fireboat, one air cascade unit, one USAR (urban search and rescue) collapse unit, one foam unit, one hazmat unit, and several special, support, and reserve units.WEB, YFD Apparatus,www.yonkersny.gov/live/public-safety/fire-department/yfd-today/apparatus, yonkersny.gov, 20 November 2023,

Economy

Yonkers is home to several brewing companies, most notably the Simple Motive Brewing Company and Yonkers Brewing Company.WEB, Dominick, Andrew, Your Definitive Guide to Westchester County’s Breweries,westchestermagazine.com/food/westchester-county-breweries/, Westchester Magazine, 2 February 2024, August 15, 2023, The Yonkers Brewing Company opened in 2015 in the Yonkers Trolley Barn, a former trolley station which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Before its opening, brewing in the city had been associated with former mobster Dutch Schultz.NEWS, Reddicliffe, Steve, At Yonkers Brewing Company, Beer Steeped in Local Pride,www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/nyregion/brewery-beer-yonkers-bronx-yonkers-brewing-company.html, 2 February 2024, The New York Times, February 12, 2016, registration,web.archive.org/web/20160214001139/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/nyregion/brewery-beer-yonkers-bronx-yonkers-brewing-company.html, February 14, 2016, live, The Simple Motive Brewing Company opened in the Carpet Mills Art District at the Mills, a {{convert|55,000|sqft|adj=on}} former warehouse, in 2023 after years of delays.WEB, Noel, Ryan, Simple Motive Brewing Co. Opens in Yonkers Arts District,westchestermagazine.com/food/simple-motive-brewing-co-yonkers/, Westchester Magazine, 2 February 2024, July 14, 2023, The city had an unemployment rate of 18.7 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic, with about 17,800 people out of work.WEB, Pierson, Eric, COVID-19 and Westchester County Unemployment Trends by Eric Pierson, Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress,thebcw.org/data/, BCW Data Exchange, 18 December 2023,web.archive.org/web/20200814131751/https://thebcw.org/data/, August 14, 2020, July 9, 2020, The unemployment rate increased to 19.4 percent in July 2020, the highest in Yonkers history. Unemployment was 2.8 percent in April 2023, the lowest in city history.WEB, Unemployment Rate - Yonkers city, NY,data.usatoday.com/unemployment/yonkers-city-ny/CT3684000000000/, USA Today Data, 18 December 2023,

Principal employers

According to Yonkers’ 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,WEB, Annual Financial Report 2023: City of Yonkers, NY,www.yonkersny.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/40272/638381464312100000, 156, its principal employers were:

1. Montefiore IT – 780 employees
2. Liberty Lines Transit – 689
3. Yonkers Raceway – 566
4. Stew Leonard’s – 511
5. Kawasaki Rail – 455
6. Consumer Reports – 508
7. American Sugar Refining – 318
8. Macy’s – 285
9. Cintas – 220

Notable people

{{anchor|Twin towns – sister cities}}Sister cities

Yonkers is twinned with:

• {{flagdeco|UKR}} Ternopil, Ukraine (1991)WEB, Dwyer, William, Did You Know These Westchester Towns Have International Sister Cities?,westchestermagazine.com/publications/did-you-know-these-westchester-towns-have-international-sister-cities/, Westchester Magazine, 11 September 2023, January 3, 2017, September 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230915012133/https://westchestermagazine.com/publications/did-you-know-these-westchester-towns-have-international-sister-cities/, live,
• {{flagdeco|ALB}} Kamëz, Albania (2011)WEB,ina-online.net/diaspora/10759.html, ILIRIA NEWS AGENCY - Kamza binjakëzim me Yonkers, 30 October 2011, 28 August 2017, dead,ina-online.net/diaspora/10759.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111030124058ina-online.net/diaspora/10759.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111030124058ina-online.net/diaspora/10759.html, 30 October 2011,

References

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Further reading

• Allison, Charles Elmer. The History of Yonkers. Westchester County, New York (1896).
• Duffy, Jennifer Nugent. Who’s Your Paddy?: Racial Expectations and the Struggle for Irish American Identity (NYU Press, 2013), Irish Catholics in Yonkers
• Hufeland, Otto. Westchester County During the American Revolution, 1775–1783 (1926)
• Madden, Joseph P. ed. A Documentary History of Yonkers, New York: The Unsettled Years, 1853–1860 (Vol. 2. Heritage Books, 1992)
• Weigold, Marilyn E., Yonkers in the Twentieth Century (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2014). xvi, 364 pp.

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