Editing Yonkers, New York (section)

===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 City]] in 1874.]]
The 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 (Bronx, New York)|Woodlawn Cemetery]] and the present-day neighborhoods of [[Kingsbridge, Bronx|Kingsbridge]], [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]], and [[Woodlawn Heights, Bronx|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, New York|Mount Vernon]] were not included in the consolidated city and remained independent.<ref>{{cite inside}}, p.177-78</ref> Some residents call Yonkers "the [[sixth borough]]" because of its location on the New York City border, its urban character, and the merger referendum.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Malone |first1=Michael |date=April 14, 2021 |title=Is Westchester County New York City's Sixth Borough? |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/nyc-sixth-borough/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915012136/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/nyc-sixth-borough/ |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |access-date=13 September 2023 |website=Westchester Magazine}}</ref>

A 1942 subway connection was planned between Getty Square and the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]], which terminates in Riverdale at [[Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street station|242nd Street]] (slightly south of the city line). The plan was dropped.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 27, 1942 |title=Wants Subway Extended: Yonkers Mayor to Ask City to Take Over N.Y.C. Branch |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/06/27/87716031.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=August 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423000043/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/06/27/87716031.pdf |archive-date=2022-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Routes Not Taken}}</ref>

In 1937, a {{convert|175|ft|adj=on}} [[water tower]] collapsed in the Nodine Hills area; nine people were initially injured.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 23, 1937 |title=Nodine Hill Tower Collapses; Flood Wrecks Homes, Hurts 9 |url=https://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 |website=The Herald Statesman |publisher=Fulton History |pages=1, 4 & 5 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608190705/https://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 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|1}}{{rp|pages=4–5}} The injury total increased by three after the collapse, bringing the number to 12.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 25, 1937 |title=Casualties Mount in Tower Collapse |url=https://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201937%20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201937%20Grayscale%20-%204676.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://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 |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=The Herald Statesman |page=1}}</ref>{{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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schreck |first1=Tom |title=Mystery & Intrigue in Mamaroneck |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/publications/mystery-intrigue-in-mamaroneck/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915012132/https://westchestermagazine.com/publications/mystery-intrigue-in-mamaroneck/ |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |access-date=14 September 2023 |website=Westchester Magazine|date=September 28, 2016 }}</ref>