Editing Mount Vernon, New York (section)

==Infrastructure and services==
===Fire department===
The city of Mount Vernon is protected by Fire Department of the City of Mount Vernon (FDMV).The FDMV currently operates out of four firehouses, throughout the city, under the command of the Chief of Operations. The department operates four engine companies and two ladder companies. The department responds to approximately 14,000 emergency calls annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmvny.com/147/Fire|title=Fire Department|website=City of Mount Vernon, NY|access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref>

=== Police department ===
As of 2021, the Mount Vernon Police Department has 184 officers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmvny.com/440/Police/|title=Police Department|website=City of Mount Vernon, NY|access-date=September 21, 2016|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123102458/https://cmvny.com/440/Police|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2021, the District Attorney for Westchester County requested intervention by the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] (DOJ) for civil rights violations by the Mount Vernon Police Department. The DOJ announced its civil investigation in December 2021.<ref name=nakamura>{{cite news | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Justice Dept. launches civil investigation into Mount Vernon, N.Y., police | date=December 3, 2021 | last=Nakamura | first=David | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mount-vernon-police-investigation/2021/12/03/ca04b57e-5465-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html | access-date=December 3, 2021 | archive-date=December 3, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203200951/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mount-vernon-police-investigation/2021/12/03/ca04b57e-5465-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Healthcare===
The 115-year-old Mount Vernon Hospital<ref name="Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital">{{Cite web |title=Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital |url=https://www.montefiorehealthsystem.org/MountVernon |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=www.montefiorehealthsystem.org |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125210033/https://www.montefiorehealthsystem.org/MountVernon |url-status=live }}</ref> has 121 beds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Montefiore Medical Center – History and Milestones |url=https://www.montefiore.org/about-history-and-milestones |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=www.montefiore.org |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125210534/https://www.montefiore.org/about-history-and-milestones |url-status=live }}</ref> It is part of the [[Montefiore Health System]] and provides in-patient, critical care, and ambulatory services to residents of Mount Vernon and neighboring communities. The hospital is most known for its premier Chronic Wound Treatment and Hyperbaric Center, which is one of the most advanced in the Northeast. It also offers a variety of services, including the Assertive Community Treatment Center (ACT), the Family Health and Wellness Center, the Hopfer School of Nursing, Hyperbaric Medicine, and Intensive Case Management.<ref name="Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital"/>

Mount Vernon Hospital is one of four hospitals in the county that provides programs in medicine, nursing, podiatry, and surgery. ([[Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital]], [[Westchester Medical Center]], and [[White Plains Hospital]] are the others.)

Mount Vernon Hospital's emergency room treats 25,000 patients a year and is going to be expanded at a cost of $2.5&nbsp;million, doubling its size from {{convert|9000|to|18500|sqft|m2|-2}}. The expansion plans include 15 private treatment rooms and upgrades to the waiting area, triage room and other areas in the emergency department.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

The area around the hospital has many medical office buildings and treatment facilities which provide healthcare to residents living in Mount Vernon, the southeast section of Yonkers, and the north Bronx, which shares a border with the city. For example, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, the [[Planned Parenthood]] affiliate that serves New York's [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]], [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]] and Westchester Counties, opened its first medical center in Mount Vernon in 1935; the affiliate remains a vital source for reproductive health care services to Mount Vernon residents.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

===Places of worship===
The city's previous motto was "A City That Believes". This is reflected in the houses of worship in the city that represent more than 25 denominations.<ref>{{cite web|website=City of Mount Vernon, NY|url=http://cmvny.com/cmsget?exporturi=/export/sites/cmvny3/services/worship.html|title=Houses of Worship|access-date=April 9, 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Research has confirmed the tradition that Grace Baptist Church was founded in 1888 by a few women who formerly had been enslaved and it discovered their names: Emily Waller, Matilda Brooks, Helen Claiborne, Sahar Bennett, and Elizabeth Benson.<ref>Pilgrim, Rachel J., ''[https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=37&emc=edit_rr_20201017&instance_id=23229&nl=race%2Frelated&productCode=RR&regi_id=68634180&segment_id=41374&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F1fa04adb-d969-56ad-b49e-82fe33179777&user_id=7ba9d4f960a15368a47b9c698678ed2e The Search for the Five Women of Grace Baptist Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522002321/https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=37&emc=edit_rr_20201017&instance_id=23229&nl=race/related&productCode=RR&regi_id=68634180&segment_id=41374&te=1&uri=nyt://newsletter/1fa04adb-d969-56ad-b49e-82fe33179777&user_id=7ba9d4f960a15368a47b9c698678ed2e |date=May 22, 2023 }}'', The [[New York Times]], Race/Related, October 17, 2020</ref>

===Transportation===

In late 2005, the RBA Group conducted a study and found that over 5,000 commuters traverse the area on a daily basis; about 3,600 commuters use the Westchester County [[Bee-Line Bus System]], and 1,500 use the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metropolitan Transportation Authority's]] [[Metro-North Railroad]] commuter rail service.
* Petrillo Plaza, adjacent to Metro North's Mount Vernon East station in downtown Mount Vernon, is the hub for Westchester's [[Bee-Line Bus System]] service in Mount Vernon. The Mount Vernon's taxi services operate from Petrillo Plaza as well.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}
* [[Bee-Line Bus]] routes serving Mount Vernon are 7, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, 54, 55, as well as the 91, which operates during the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertylines.com/content/images/pdf/beeline.PDF|website=Libertylines.com|title=Bee-Line Bus Map|access-date=August 25, 2014|archive-date=April 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412090610/http://www.libertylines.com/content/images/pdf/beeline.PDF|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.libertylines.com/content/images/pdf/beeline.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 25, 2014 |archive-date=April 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412090610/http://www.libertylines.com/content/images/pdf/beeline.PDF |url-status=dead }}, Liberty Lines</ref>
* A [[New York City Bus]] route (MTA) serves two blocks in Mount Vernon along the NYC border. The [[List of bus routes in the Bronx#Bx16|New York City Bus Bronx Route]] travels along Mundy Lane (S. 11th Avenue) between W. 5th Street (Nereid Avenue) and W. Sandford Blvd (Pittman Avenue).<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|Bx}}</ref>
* The Metro-North's north–south [[Harlem Line]] stops at [[Mount Vernon West (Metro-North station)|Mount Vernon West]] and [[Fleetwood (Metro-North station)|Fleetwood]], both on the western edge of Mount Vernon; the west–east [[New Haven Line]] stops at [[Mount Vernon East (Metro-North station)|Mount Vernon East]], in the heart of downtown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mnr/html/mnrmap.htm|title=MNR Map|website=mta.info|access-date=August 25, 2014|archive-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525010734/http://web.mta.info/mnr/html/mnrmap.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Both the {{NYCS trains|White Plains north}} ([[IRT White Plains Road Line]]) and the {{NYCS trains|Dyre}} ([[IRT Dyre Avenue Line]]) of the [[New York City Subway]] system have terminals just south of the Mount Vernon border, served by the Bee-Line. The {{NYCS trains|White Plains far north}} terminates at [[Wakefield – 241st Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)|241st Street]] in [[Wakefield, Bronx|Wakefield]]. The {{NYCS trains|Dyre}} terminates at [[Eastchester – Dyre Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)|Dyre Avenue]] in [[Eastchester, Bronx|Eastchester]]. Additionally, the {{NYCS White Plains north|exclude=2}} goes to [[Nereid Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)|Nereid Avenue]] during rush hours in the peak direction. Both locations are within 5&nbsp;minutes walking distance of Southside Mount Vernon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html|website=mta.info|title=MTA Subway Map|access-date=August 25, 2014|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918074651/http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html|url-status=live}}</ref>