Editing Mount Vernon, New York (section)

===Neighborhoods===
[[File:MountVernonNeighborhood.PNG|thumb|upright|Map of Mount Vernon's neighborhoods]]
[[File:Church at the Circle MV jeh.JPG|thumb|The Circle at Lincoln and Gramatan Avenues]]
Mount Vernon is typically divided into four major sections in four square miles: Downtown, Mount Vernon Heights, North Side, and South Side.

====Downtown====
Downtown Mount Vernon features the Gramatan Avenue and Fourth Avenue shopping district (known as "The Avenue" by locals<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19046880/Gramatan-Avenue-at-Lincoln-Avenue-Mount-Vernon-NY/|title=Gramatan Avenue at Lincoln Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY, 10550 - Office Building Property For Sale on LoopNet.com|website=LoopNet|language=en|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=October 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223226/http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19046880/Gramatan-Avenue-at-Lincoln-Avenue-Mount-Vernon-NY/|url-status=live}}</ref>) and the Petrillo Plaza transit hub, and houses the city's central government.

Downtown is in the same condition it was 40 years ago. It features the same mid-century architecture and format. Former mayor Clinton Young vowed to make Mount Vernon a new epicenter with a new central business district. His failed plans included establishing commercial office space and rezoning to allow high density development in the downtown, as well as affordable and market rate housing.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Garcia|first=Ernie|date=August 3, 2019|url=https://eu.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2018/08/03/mount-vernon-must-pay-more-than-3-million-grocer/874246002/|title=Mount Vernon must pay more than $3 million to grocer|work=lohud.com|access-date=October 7, 2018|language=en|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002000422/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2018/08/03/mount-vernon-must-pay-more-than-3-million-grocer/874246002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Mount Vernon Heights====
Mount Vernon Heights' highly elevated terrain has earned the moniker "the rolling hills of homes".{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} It is home to the city's commercial corridor, along Sandford Boulevard (6th Street). Vernon Hills has been reclaimed from the Village of Easchester that used it as the name the name as open mall shopping center.

Sandford Blvd (6th Street)—also known as "Sandford Square"—is a commercial corridor which attracts residents from Mount Vernon, nearby communities in Westchester County and the Bronx a well as other locales.

Most of the commercial development in this corridor has occurred since the 1980s. The area is still undergoing revitalization to encourage economic development within this {{convert|400|acre|km2|adj=on}} of land along and around the boulevard.<ref name="engel.house.gov" />

====North Side====
[[File:Fleetwood Neighborhood Association Welcom Sign 2012.jpg|thumb|left|Fleetwood Welcome Sign]]Mount Vernon's North Side is one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in Westchester County. The northern part of the city consists of five neighborhoods: Chester Heights, Estate Manor/Aubyn Estates, Fleetwood, Huntswood, and Oakwood Heights. In Fleetwood, many large co-op buildings line the center of town, which is bisected by Gramatan Avenue.

====South Side====
[[File:White Plains Deliverance Evangelistic Ctr 10 S 8th Av Mt Vernon jeh.jpg|thumb|Church housed in a former synagogue on the South Side]]
Mount Vernon's South Side, which abuts [[Bronx, New York|The Bronx]], resembles [[New York City]] and includes the neighborhoods Parkside, South Side and Vernon Park. Numerous industrial businesses are in Parkside, while the rest of South Side Mount Vernon features multi-family homes, apartment buildings, and commercial businesses.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

South Side Mount Vernon features notable city landmarks such as Brush Park, Hutchinson Field, the [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Boys and Girls Club]], and [[St. Paul's Church National Historic Site]].