Editing Yonkers, New York

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{{Use American English|date = August 2019}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Yonkers
| settlement_type    = [[City (New York)|City]]
| official_name      = Corporation of the City of Yonkers
| nicknames          = The Central City, The City of Gracious Living, The City of Seven Hills, The City with Vision, The [[Sixth borough|Sixth Borough]], The Terrace City
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = Yonkers, NY (53566551424).jpg
| imagesize          = 300px
| image_caption      = The [[Daylighting (streams)|daylighted]] [[Saw Mill River]] at [[Getty Square]] (2023)
| image_flag         = Flag of Yonkers, New York.svg
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| image_seal         = Seal of Yonkers, New York.svg
| seal_size          = 87px
| image_map          = Westchester County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Yonkers highlighted.svg
| map_caption        = Location of Yonkers in [[Westchester County, New York]]
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| coordinates        = {{coord|40|56|29|N|73|51|52|W|type:city_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in New York|County]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_name1  = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]]
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Strong mayor–council]]
| governing_body     = [[Yonkers City Council]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor of Yonkers, New York|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Mike Spano]] ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])
| established_title  = Founded
| established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = 1646  (village)
| established_date2  = 1872 (city)
| named_for          = [[Adriaen van der Donck|Jonkheer Adriaen van der Donck]]
| 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
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 211569
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| population_density_km2 = 4536.75
| population_density_sq_mi = 11749.92
| population_demonym = Yonkersonian<br />Yonkersite<br />Yonker<br />Yonk<ref name=YonkersDemonym/>
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset         = −5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −4
| elevation_m        = 25
| elevation_ft       = 82
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]s
| 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          = [[Area code 914|914]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 36-84000<ref name="GR2">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov/ |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| blank1_info        = 0971828<ref name="GR3">{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2007 |title=US Board on Geographic Names |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/ |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |archive-date=February 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212191832/http://geonames.usgs.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://www.yonkersny.gov/|yonkersny.gov}}
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| leader_name1       = {{Collapsible list
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| 1           = Lakisha Collins-Bellamy ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])<br/ >City Council President

| 2           = Corazon Pineda Issac ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])<br/ >Majority Leader

| 3           = John Rubbo ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])

| 4           = Shanae Williams ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])

| 5           = Tasha Diaz ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])

| 6           = Mike Breen ([[United States Republican Party|R]])<br/ >Minority Leader

| 7           = Anthony Merante ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
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| leader_title1      = [[Yonkers City Council|City Council]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_rank    = US: [[List of United States cities by population|115th]] NY: [[List of cities in New York (state)|3rd]]
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'''Yonkers''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|ɒ|ŋ|k|ər|z}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=n.d. |title=Yonkers |url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/american/yonkers?showCookiePolicy=true |access-date=September 24, 2014 |publisher=Collins Dictionary |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232244/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/american/yonkers?showCookiePolicy=true |url-status=live }}</ref>) is the [[List of municipalities in New York|third-most populous city]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] and the most-populous [[City (New York)|city]] in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]]. A centrally located municipality within the [[New York metropolitan area]], Yonkers had a population of 211,569 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Cities by Population |url=https://www.newyork-demographics.com/cities_by_population |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=www.newyork-demographics.com |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110232348/https://www.newyork-demographics.com/cities_by_population |url-status=live }}</ref> Yonkers is classified as an [[inner suburb]] of [[New York City]], immediately north of [[the Bronx]] and approximately {{convert|2.4|mi|km|0}} north of [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]] (the [[Upper Manhattan|northernmost]] point in [[Manhattan]]).

Downtown Yonkers is centered around [[Getty Square]], where the municipal government is located. The downtown area, which also houses local businesses and [[nonprofit organization]]s, 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 [[New York State Route 100|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 (Yonkers, New York)|Sherwood House]], and access to the [[Hudson River]]. Yonkers is also known as the City of Seven Hills: [[Park Hill, Yonkers|Park]], Nodine, Ridge, Cross, Locust, Glen, and Church Hills. The city has continued to experience significant [[gentrification]] since the inception of the 21st century.
<ref name=TRNR>{{Cite web |last=Mansuda Arora |date=October 20, 2020 |title=Follow the River, Follow the Money: On Development in Yonkers |url=https://therivernewsroom.com/follow-the-river-follow-the-money-on-development-in-yonkers/ |access-date=August 29, 2021 |publisher=Chronogram Media |quote=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]]. |archive-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830014323/https://therivernewsroom.com/follow-the-river-follow-the-money-on-development-in-yonkers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Name ==
The area was granted to [[Adriaen van&nbsp;der&nbsp;Donck]], the [[patroon]] of [[Colen Donck]], in July 1645. Van&nbsp;der&nbsp;Donck was known locally as {{Lang|nl|[[Jonkheer]]}}, {{gloss|young gentleman}}, an [[Courtesy title|honorific title]] derived from the Dutch {{Lang|nl|jonk}}, {{gloss|young}}, and {{Lang|nl|heer}}, {{gloss|lord}}. The title, similar to ''[[esquire]]'', is linguistically comparable to the German {{lang|de|Junker}}. {{Lang|nl|Jonkheer}} was shortened to {{Lang|nl|Jonker}} ([[possessive]] {{Lang|nl|Jonkers}}), from which the name ''Yonkers'' derives.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomson Faris |first1=John |title=Historic Shrines of America |year=1918 |publisher=George H. Doran Company |isbn=9780722284230 |page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA91 |access-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608190704/https://books.google.com/books?id=hGIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|91}} The city's residents are [[Demonym|known as]] Yonkersonians, Yonkersites, Yonkers, or Yonks.<ref name=YonkersDemonym>{{cite book |last1=Mencken |first1=H. L. |title=The American Language |year=1919 |page=549}}</ref>{{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 Americans in the United States|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]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Early Yonkers History – Yonkers Chamber of Commerce |url=https://yonkerschamber.com/early-yonkers-history/ |website=yonkerschamber.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304234459/https://yonkerschamber.com/early-yonkers-history/ |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |access-date=March 4, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eberlein |first1=Harold Donaldson |last2=Hubbard |first2=Cortlandt Van Dyke |title=Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley |year=1990 |publisher=Dover |isbn=9780486263045 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kYktB96BLdgC&pg=PA7 |access-date=27 May 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608190705/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historic_Houses_of_the_Hudson_Valley/kYktB96BLdgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA7&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref>

Adriaen van der Donck (d. 1655) built a [[Sawmill|saw mill]] near the confluence of Nepperhan Creek and the Hudson River.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Yonkers (N.Y.). |title=Charter of the City of Yonkers |date=December 12, 2008 |publisher=Gazette Press |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5 |access-date=27 May 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608190705/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Charter_of_the_City_of_Yonkers/TSM9AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA5&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref> Near the site of Van der Donck's mill is the [[Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site]], a [[manor house]] owned by [[New Netherland|Dutch colonists]]. The [[historic house museum]] is also an archive. The original structure was built by white workers and [[Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Harry T. |last2=Kaplan |first2=Nathan Julius |title=The Borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913 |date=June 23, 2010 |page=156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYZPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA156 |access-date=27 May 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608190706/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Borough_of_the_Bronx_1639_1913/XYZPAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA156&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref> Philipse's great-grandson, Frederick Philipse III, was a prominent [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Benjamin |first1=Aline |title=From Rags to Riches in 1686 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/30/archives/westchester-weekly-from-rags-to-riches-in-1686-a-land-barons.html |access-date=6 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=October 30, 1977 |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106193719/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/30/archives/westchester-weekly-from-rags-to-riches-in-1686-a-land-barons.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== {{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.<ref name=TRNR/>

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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Betsy |title=Neighbors Fight Pierpointe Project In Yonkers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/07/nyregion/neighbors-fight-pierpointe-project-in-yonkers.html |access-date=29 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=February 7, 1988 |url-access=registration |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229044538/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/07/nyregion/neighbors-fight-pierpointe-project-in-yonkers.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Downtown gentrification has raised concerns that poorer residents might be forced out of the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brenner |first1=Elsa |title=Reclaiming a River, and a Downtown |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/realestate/05wczo.html |access-date=31 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2006 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229042111/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/realestate/05wczo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuevas |first1=Eduardo |title=Redlining in paint: In new exhibit, artist shows effects of discrimination on her Yonkers neighborhood |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/03/03/exhibit-by-yonkers-artist-shows-effects-of-redlining-on-neighborhood/69934692007/ |website=Lohud |access-date=29 December 2023 |date=March 3, 2023 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229042111/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/03/03/exhibit-by-yonkers-artist-shows-effects-of-redlining-on-neighborhood/69934692007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 (landscape)|greenway]] will run from [[Van Cortlandt Park]] to Getty Square.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuevas |first1=Eduardo |title=Greenway park project a first step to erasing Yonkers redlining. What it'll look like. |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/01/20/yonkers-greenway-to-replace-old-rail-line/69825077007/ |website=Lohud |access-date=31 December 2023 |date=January 20, 2023 |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231052213/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/01/20/yonkers-greenway-to-replace-old-rail-line/69825077007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Construction, expected to begin in spring 2024, is planned to be completed in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yonkers Greenway & South Broadway Rehabilitation |url=https://www.yonkersny.gov/work/department-of-planning-development/planning/greenway-trail |website=yonkersny.gov |access-date=31 December 2023 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223151858/https://www.yonkersny.gov/work/department-of-planning-development/planning/greenway-trail |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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>

==={{anchor|Wartime history}}Wartime===
During the [[American Civil War]], 254 Yonkers residents joined the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] and [[United States Navy|Navy]]. They enlisted primarily in four regiments: the [[6th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment|6th New York Heavy Artillery]], the [[5th New York Volunteer Infantry]], the [[17th New York Infantry Regiment|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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Atkins |first=Thomas Astley |title=Yonkers in the Rebellion 1861-1965 |publisher=The Yonkers Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Association |year=1892 |pages=21–73}}</ref>

During [[World War I]], 6,909 Yonkers residents (about seven percent of the city's population) entered military service.<ref name="Yonkers in the World War">{{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t0tq6dd3j&seq=1 |title=Yonkers in the World War |publisher=The Plimpton Press |year=1922 |location=Norwood, Mass. |access-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107043757/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t0tq6dd3j&seq=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|vi}} Most Yonkers men joined the [[27th Infantry Division (United States)|27th Division]] or the [[77th Sustainment Brigade|77th Division]].<ref name="Yonkers in the World War" />{{rp|6}} One hundred thirty-seven city residents were killed during the war.<ref name="Yonkers in the World War" />{{rp|77}} In the 1918 sinking of the [[USS President Lincoln (1907)|USS ''President Lincoln'']], seventeen sailors from Yonkers survived.<ref name="Yonkers in the World War" />{{rp|15}} [[United States home front during World War I|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.<ref name="Yonkers in the World War" />{{rp|23&ndash;24}}

The city's factories [[United States home front during World War II|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.<ref name="Time">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/archive/6795977/labor-end-of-a-strike/|title=LABOR: End of a Strike|date=July 5, 1954|magazine=TIME}}</ref>

=== {{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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Bruce |title=Red Lines, Black Spaces: The Politics of Race and Space in a Black Middle-Class Suburb |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |page=2}}</ref>{{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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robbins |first1=Dan |title=Founded In Yonkers, Otis Elevators Took American Industry To New Heights |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/founded-in-yonkers-otis-elevators-took-american-industry-to-new-heights/ |website=Westchester Magazine |access-date=12 September 2023 |date=August 19, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915012132/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/founded-in-yonkers-otis-elevators-took-american-industry-to-new-heights/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Medina |first1=Jason |title=Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers |date=August 31, 2015 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9781540210333 |page=66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mZ2gCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 |access-date=6 November 2023 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608190706/https://books.google.com/books?id=mZ2gCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|66}} The company moved to larger quarters during the 1880s, which later became the [[Yonkers Public Library]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Yonkers Historical Society |title=Yonkers |date=2008 |publisher=Arcadia Pub. |isbn=9780738557601 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gILG-eC6N3oC&pg=PA12 |access-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608190707/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yonkers/gILG-eC6N3oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA12&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|12}} The [[Woman's Institute of Yonkers]], established in 1880 as the Free Circulating Library for Self-Supporting Women, is the city' s oldest social service agency.<ref name="TheHS1995">{{cite news |title=Membership drive |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-statesman-membership-drive/163971462/ |access-date=26 January 2025 |work=The Herald Statesman |date=24 December 1995 |pages=4}}</ref>

Around that time, the [[Alexander Smith Carpet Mills Historic District|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Joe |title=When the Mill Pulled the Rug Out From Under Yonkers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/29/archives/westchester-weekly-when-the-mill-pulled-the-rub-out-from-under.html |access-date=6 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=July 29, 1979 |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106180624/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/29/archives/westchester-weekly-when-the-mill-pulled-the-rub-out-from-under.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{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.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 22, 2014 |title=Ryder Cup: Painting celebrates Dunfermline links to American golf |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-29310735 |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814172711/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-29310735 |archive-date=August 14, 2023}}</ref> That year, the [[New York and Putnam Railroad|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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Geberer |first1=Raanan |date=October 17, 2021 |title=The Putnam Railroad's Journey From Train Line to Rail Trail |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/history/putnam-railroad/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929044725/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/history/putnam-railroad/ |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |access-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 15, 2008 |title=The Putnam Division |url=https://nycshs.org/2008/10/15/the-putnam-division/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321235047/https://nycshs.org/2008/10/15/the-putnam-division/ |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=nycshs.org}}</ref> [[Bakelite]], the first completely-synthetic plastic, was invented {{Circa|1907}} in Yonkers by [[Leo Baekeland]] and was manufactured there until the late 1920s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Lindsay |title=Polymer Pioneer: Bakelite Synthetic Plastic Invented in Yonkers |url=https://www.theyonkersledger.com/history/polymer-pioneer-bakelite-synthetic-plastic-invented-in-yonkers/38948/ |website=The Yonkers Ledger |access-date=22 August 2024 |language=en-US |date=February 5, 2024}}</ref>

During the early 20th century, Yonkers hosted the [[Brass Era car|Brass-Era]] automaker [[Colt Runabout]].<ref>No apparent relation to Colt's Patent Firearms. Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.63.</ref>{{rp|63}} Although the vehicle reportedly ran well, the company went out of business. Yonkers was the headquarters of hat manufacturer Waring Hat Company, which was the largest in the nation when it opened.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Westchester County, New York |date=1925 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |pages=260, 325, 462, 477, 479 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJtQAQAAMAAJ |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref> On January 4, 1940, Yonkers resident [[Edwin Howard Armstrong]] transmitted the first [[FM broadcasting|FM]] radio broadcast on the [[W2XCR]] station from the Yonkers home of co-experimenter C. R. Runyon.<ref>{{cite book |title=Armstrong V. Motorola, Inc |date=1966 |publisher=United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrOjJNTcdPQC&pg=PA14 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Yonkers had the longest-running [[pirate radio]] station, which was owned by Allan Weiner and operated during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leno |first1=Darren |year=1985 |title=RADIO BROADCASTING - World Radio History |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Short-Wave/Archive-Popular-Communications-IDX/IDX/80s/Popular-Communications-1985-05-OCR-Page-0048.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://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 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=World Radio History |page=50}}</ref>

The Alexander Smith Carpet Company, one of the city's largest employers, ceased operations during a June 1954 labor dispute.<ref name="Time"/> In 1983, the Otis Elevator factory closed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Feron |first1=James |date=December 1, 1982 |title=Otis Elevator To Leave Birthplace |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/01/nyregion/otis-elevator-to-leave-birthplace.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929044812/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/01/nyregion/otis-elevator-to-leave-birthplace.html |archive-date=September 29, 2023}}</ref> A [[Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing|Kawasaki]] railcar-assembly plant opened in 1986 in the former Otis plant. With the loss of manufacturing jobs, Yonkers became a [[commuter town]].<ref>{{cite book |title=National Security Takeovers and Technology Preservation |year=1991 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=9780160356407 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFWy8lPkMJcC&pg=PA90 |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> Some neighborhoods, such as [[Crestwood, Yonkers|Crestwood]] and [[Park Hill, Yonkers|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.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Moss |editor1-first=Laura-Eve |editor2-last=Eisenstadt |editor2-first=Peter |title=The Encyclopedia of New York State |date=May 19, 2005 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=9780815608080 |pages=1740–1742 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tmHEm5ohoCUC&pg=PA1741 |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> In 2024, Kawasaki rail reached a milestone with its 5,000th railway car.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-york/rivertowns/moving-ny-yonkers-based-kawasaki-marks-milestone-5-000th-rail-car|title=Moving NY: Yonkers-Based Kawasaki Marks Milestone 5,000th Rail Car|date=October 13, 2024|website=Rivertowns, NY Patch}}</ref>

=== Racial discrimination and ''United States v. Yonkers'' ===
In 1960, the population of Yonkers was 95.8 percent white and four percent Black.<ref name="census1" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Esannson |first1=Harold |title=A Study of African-American Life in Yonkers From the Turn of the Century |last2=Bagwell |first2=Vinnie |publisher=Harold Esannson |year=1993 |pages=50}}</ref>

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''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States v. Yonkers 1:80-cv-06761 (S.D.N.Y.) |url=https://clearinghouse.net/case/11075/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115000422/https://clearinghouse.net/case/11075/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pastore Jr |first=Joseph M. |date=2007-05-20 |title=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 |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114235544/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/opinion/nyregionopinions/20WEpastore.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After a 1985 decision and an unsuccessful appeal, Yonkers' schools were [[School integration in the United States|integrated]] three years later.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foderaro |first1=Lisa |date=September 25, 1988 |title=In Yonkers, A Measured Integration of Schools |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/nyregion/in-yonkers-a-measured-integration-of-schools.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915012131/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/nyregion/in-yonkers-a-measured-integration-of-schools.html |archive-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref>{{rp|1}} According to a ruling by federal judge [[Leonard B. Sand]], Yonkers engaged in institutional segregation in housing and educational policies for more than 40 years. He connected the city's opposition to ending racial segregation from its public schools to the unlawful concentration of [[Public housing in the United States|public housing]] and discrimination in private housing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=Marianne |date=August 3, 1988 |title=Judge Holds Yonkers in Contempt |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/08/03/judge-holds-yonkers-in-contempt/750d5ab1-165d-434b-8bb6-f1c3267e4557/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930084240/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/08/03/judge-holds-yonkers-in-contempt/750d5ab1-165d-434b-8bb6-f1c3267e4557/ |archive-date=September 30, 2023}}</ref>

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 [[Contempt of court|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,<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 5, 2016 |title=Leonard B. Sand, Judge in Landmark Yonkers Segregation Case, Dies at 88 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/nyregion/judge-leonard-sand-dead-yonkers-housing.html |access-date=May 10, 2018 |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801071351/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/nyregion/judge-leonard-sand-dead-yonkers-housing.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 [[layoff]]s, which would have adversely affected its ability to provide services to the upper classes it was trying to retain.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foderaro |first1=Lisa |title=Threat of Yonkers Layoffs Jolts Foes of Housing Plan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/09/nyregion/threat-of-yonkers-layoffs-jolts-foes-of-housing-plan.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=September 9, 1988 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120021126/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/09/nyregion/threat-of-yonkers-layoffs-jolts-foes-of-housing-plan.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nick Wasicsko|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Feron |first1=James |title=The 1989 Election: Westchester; Housing Foe Elected Mayor In Yonkers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/08/nyregion/the-1989-election-westchester-housing-foe-elected-mayor-in-yonkers.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=November 8, 1989 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120020045/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/08/nyregion/the-1989-election-westchester-housing-foe-elected-mayor-in-yonkers.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Bruce |title=Ex-Mayor of Yonkers Dies in Apparent Suicide |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/30/nyregion/ex-mayor-of-yonkers-dies-in-apparent-suicide.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=October 30, 1993 |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422141900/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/30/nyregion/ex-mayor-of-yonkers-dies-in-apparent-suicide.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gan |first=Vicky |date=August 17, 2015 |title=Q&A with Lisa Belkin, Author of 'Show Me a Hero' |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-17/q-a-with-lisa-belkin-author-of-show-me-a-hero |access-date=August 17, 2021 |website=Bloomberg |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://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 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2007 documentary ''[[Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story]]'' also covers racial discrimination and housing segregation in Yonkers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story |url=http://newsreel.org/video/brick-by-brick |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717182138/http://newsreel.org/video/brick-by-brick |archive-date=July 17, 2015 |access-date=August 7, 2015 |publisher=[[California Newsreel]]}}</ref>

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 [[White flight|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Raymond |title=Neither Separate Nor Equal;Yonkers Integrates Its Schools, to Little Effect |work=The New York Times |date=December 28, 1995 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/28/nyregion/neither-separate-nor-equal-yonkers-integrates-its-schools-to-little-effect.html |access-date=28 November 2023 |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423061611/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/28/nyregion/neither-separate-nor-equal-yonkers-integrates-its-schools-to-little-effect.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 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, Bronx|Riverdale]] began seeing an influx of [[Orthodox Jew]]s during the 2000s, and the Riverdale [[Hatzalah]] volunteer ambulance service began serving neighborhoods in the southwest part of the city.<ref name="Riverdale Hatzalah">{{Cite web |title=Riverdale Hatzalah |url=http://www.riverdalehatzalah.org/ |website=riverdalehatzalah.org |access-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106015729/http://riverdalehatzalah.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Sherwood Park Cemetery is a small Jewish cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2012 |title=Sherwood Park Cemetery, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States - Nearby Cities, Nearby Cemeteries and Genealogy Resources - Histopolis |url=http://test.histopolis.com/Place/US/NY/Westchester_County/Sherwood_Park_Cemetery |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125075738/http://test.histopolis.com/Place/US/NY/Westchester_County/Sherwood_Park_Cemetery |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |access-date=March 12, 2013 |website=Test.histopolis.com}}</ref>

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.<ref>Fallon, Bill (March 3, 2008). "Industrial Arts: Carpet Mills Become Studio Central", ''Westchester County Business Journal'', p. 49.</ref> Yonkers Raceway, a [[harness racing]] track, renovated its grounds and clubhouse and added video [[slot machine]]s in 2006 to become [[Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steadman Charkes |first1=Juli |title=Yonkers Raceway Casino Rises to Top Earner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/17weupdate.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=December 17, 2006 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120022953/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/17weupdate.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fenster |first1=Jordan |title=Murders, gambling and Seabiscuit: A short history of Yonkers Raceway |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/29/yonkers-raceway-history/651057002/ |website=Lohud |access-date=20 November 2023 |date=May 29, 2018 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120022953/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/29/yonkers-raceway-history/651057002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[MGM Resorts International]] bought the raceway and casino in 2018 for $850 million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coyne |first1=Matt |title=What we know and what we don't: Yonkers Raceway, Empire City Casino sold to MGM |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/30/yonkers-raceway-sold-mgm-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/654957002/ |website=Lohud |access-date=20 November 2023 |date=May 30, 2018 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120022949/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/30/yonkers-raceway-sold-mgm-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/654957002/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)|COVID-19 pandemic]], the city opened several test sites at the ParkCare Pavilion of [[St. John's Riverside Hospital]] (considered a COVID-19 hotspot).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harrison |first1=Seth |title=Inside Yonkers St. Joseph's ER...the COVID-19 hotspot |url=https://www.lohud.com/picture-gallery/news/coronavirus/2020/04/23/inside-yonkers-st-josephs-er-the-covid-19-hotspot/3008616001/ |website=Lohud |date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://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/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The test site was operated by the [[New York State Department of Health]] during the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Muchnick |first1=Jeanne |title=2 new COVID-19 testing sites to open in Yonkers, Mount Vernon on Friday |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/04/16/mount-vernon-yonkers-coronavirus-test-sites/5146086002/ |website=Lohud |date=April 16, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929131149/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/04/16/mount-vernon-yonkers-coronavirus-test-sites/5146086002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> More test sites opened in the city as students prepared to return to school for in-person instruction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yonkers Opens More COVID Testing Sites As Students Prepare To Return To Classrooms |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/yonkers-schools-covid-testing-sites/ |website=CBS New York |date=December 30, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929044811/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/yonkers-schools-covid-testing-sites/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2023, the [[Yonkers City Council]] approved the [[United States Post Office (Yonkers, New York)|US Post Office on Main Street]] for local-landmark status after its 1989 listing on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Lindsay |date=2023-02-19 |title=Historic Yonkers Post Office Designated Local Landmark |url=https://www.theyonkersledger.com/housing/historic-yonkers-post-office-designated-local-landmark/2842/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=The Yonkers Ledger |language=en-US |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003160709/https://www.theyonkersledger.com/housing/historic-yonkers-post-office-designated-local-landmark/2842/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[September 2023 New York floods|September 29, 2023]], a state of emergency was declared in the city after [[flash flood]]ing affected most of the [[Hudson Valley]] and [[New York City]]. Most area parkways were closed and flooding was also reported in neighboring [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crnic |first1=Ben |title=State Of Emergency: Flooding Closes Roads, Prompts Evacuations In Westchester |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/whiteplains/state-of-emergency-flooding-closes-roads-prompts-evacuations-in-westchester/ |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=Daily Voice |date=September 29, 2023 |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930065943/https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/whiteplains/state-of-emergency-flooding-closes-roads-prompts-evacuations-in-westchester/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After the flooding, crews pumped water out of Yonkers homes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rincón |first1=Sonia |title=Crews pump out water from homes after historic storm brings flooding to Yonkers |url=https://abc7ny.com/yonkers-westchester-county-weather-flooding/13846303/ |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=WABC-TV |date=September 29, 2023 |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930142113/https://abc7ny.com/yonkers-westchester-county-weather-flooding/13846303/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The city has been used as a [[filming location|location]] for films and television series,<ref>{{cite web |title=Filmed in Westchester |url=https://www.visitwestchesterny.com/film/filmed-in-westchester/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422045025/https://www.visitwestchesterny.com/film/filmed-in-westchester/ |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=visitwestchesterny.com}}</ref> and the City Hall courtroom is used for film scenes and commercials.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fitz-Gibbon |first1=Jorge |title=Filming of HBO series 'surreal' at Yonkers City Hall |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2014/11/14/hbo-films-yonkers-desegregation-miniseries-david-simon/19033011/ |website=Lohud |access-date=20 November 2023 |date=November 14, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120022057/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2014/11/14/hbo-films-yonkers-desegregation-miniseries-david-simon/19033011/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The city along with neighboring [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]] saw an increase in revenue grow from 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Ernie |title=Mount Vernon, Yonkers see more TV, movie money |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/television/2017/02/07/film-tv-yonkers-mount-vernon/97548936/ |website=Lohud |access-date=27 May 2024 |date=February 13, 2017 |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218132356/https://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/television/2017/02/07/film-tv-yonkers-mount-vernon/97548936/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' (2002) and ''[[Mona Lisa Smile]]'' (2003) were partially filmed in the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fuchs |first1=Marek |title=ON LOCATION; New Rochelle? No, Yonkers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/nyregion/on-location-new-rochelle-no-yonkers.html |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=January 5, 2003 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929044817/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/nyregion/on-location-new-rochelle-no-yonkers.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Forbes March 2012" /> Yonkers is the setting of two feature films by local filmmaker [[Robert Celestino]]: ''Mr. Vincent'' (1997) and ''[[Yonkers Joe]]'' (2008).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080504044908/http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/blog/2008/04/tribeca-director-interview-robert.php ''Filmmaker'': "Tribeca Director Interview: Robert Celestino, ''Yonkers Joe''"], April 23, 2008</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Magnolia Pictures: ''Yonkers Joe'' press notes |url=http://www.magpictures.com/resources/presskits/yonkersjoe/yonkersjoefinalnotes.doc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218162816/http://www.magpictures.com/resources/presskits/yonkersjoe/yonkersjoefinalnotes.doc |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |access-date=December 11, 2008}}</ref> The city is the setting for the 2005 film ''A Tale of Two Pizzas'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martel |first1=Ned |date=October 7, 2005 |title=Film In Review; A Tale of Two Pizzas |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/arts/movies/film-in-review-a-tale-of-two-pizzas.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929044723/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/arts/movies/film-in-review-a-tale-of-two-pizzas.html |archive-date=September 29, 2023}}</ref> and [[Tyler, the Creator]] released "[[Yonkers (song)|Yonkers]]" in 2011. [[Neil Simon]]'s play, ''[[Lost in Yonkers]]'', and [[Lost in Yonkers (film)|its film version]] are set in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lost in Yonkers |url=https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/2758/lost-in-yonkers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915012136/https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/2758/lost-in-yonkers |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=Concord Theatricals}}</ref> A new [[Lionsgate|Lionsgate Studios]] facility hosts the Spanish multimedia communications group [[Mediapro]], and a planned $500&nbsp;million expansion would make it the largest such facility in the Northeast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lionsgate Opens TV, Film Studios in Yonkers; $500M Expansion Planned |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/lionsgate-opens-tv-film-studios-in-yonkers-500m-expansion-planned/3490472/ |website=WNBC |access-date=24 November 2023 |date=January 11, 2022 |archive-date=November 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124214907/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/lionsgate-opens-tv-film-studios-in-yonkers-500m-expansion-planned/3490472/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== 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. On the east, the [[Bronx River]] separates Yonkers from [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]], [[Tuckahoe (village), New York|Tuckahoe]], [[Eastchester, New York|Eastchester]], [[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]], and [[Scarsdale]]. The town of [[Greenburgh, New York|Greenburgh]] is on the north, and the Hudson River forms the western border. Yonkers borders the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]], [[Woodlawn, Bronx|Woodlawn]], and [[Wakefield, Bronx|Wakefield]] sections of [[The Bronx]] from the south.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yonkers At A Glance; Yonkers; Geography |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/17/nyregion/yonkers-at-a-glance-yonkers-geography.html |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=April 17, 1981 |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109010548/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/17/nyregion/yonkers-at-a-glance-yonkers-geography.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{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]].

Yonkers is considered a City of Seven Hills: Park, Nodine, Ridge, Cross, Locust, Glen, and Church Hills.<ref name=WorldAtlas>{{cite web |title=Yonkers, New York - WorldAtlas |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/yonkers-new-york.html |website=worldatlas.com |date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=November 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124212946/https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/yonkers-new-york.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=New York Magazine |date=February 9, 1970  |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWQYB52_3KoC&dq=yonkers%20city%20of%20seven%20hills&pg=PA26 |volume=3 |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schuyler |first1=David |title=Embattled River: The Hudson and Modern American Environmentalism |date=May 15, 2018 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=9781501718076 |page=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpdWDwAAQBAJ&dq=yonkers%20daylighting%20Saw%20Mill%20River&pg=PA151 |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref> Portions of the river had been buried in [[flume]]s under parking lots, but have been uncovered ([[Daylighting (streams)|daylighted]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=City in NY uncovering buried river for new park |url=https://www.deseret.com/2011/11/13/20230701/city-in-ny-uncovering-buried-river-for-new-park |work=Deseret News |date=November 13, 2011 |access-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109231042/https://www.deseret.com/2011/11/13/20230701/city-in-ny-uncovering-buried-river-for-new-park |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daylighting of the Saw Mile River |url=https://www.yonkersny.gov/work/department-of-planning-development/projects/daylighting-of-the-saw-mill-river |website=yonkersny.gov |access-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015041521/https://www.yonkersny.gov/work/department-of-planning-development/projects/daylighting-of-the-saw-mill-river |url-status=live }}</ref>

== 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=center
| footnote=Historical sources: 1790–1990<ref>Forstall, Richard L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sezaSI_LPA8C&pg=PA108 ''Population of states and counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 from the Twenty-one Decennial Censuses''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930084231/https://books.google.com/books?id=sezaSI_LPA8C&pg=PA108#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, pp. 108–109. [[United States Census Bureau]], March 1996. {{ISBN|9780934213486}}. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2006 |title=Decennials - Census of Population and Housing |url=http://www.census.gov:80/prod/www/abs/decennial/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208103743/http://www.census.gov:80/prod/www/abs/decennial/ |archive-date=February 8, 2006}}</ref>
}}

Yonkers is the [[List of municipalities in New York|third-most populous city]] in [[New York State]]. In the 2018 [[American Community Survey]], 34.8 percent of Yonkers residents spoke Spanish and 4.2 percent of the population was [[West Indian Americans|West Indian]]. Yonkers has a sizeable [[Arab]] population, mainly from the [[Levant]] (especially [[Jordanian Americans|Jordanians]] and [[Palestinian Americans|Palestinians]]).<ref name="Westchester Magazine January 2019">{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2019 |title=Westchester: A County of Immigrants |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/uncategorized/westchester-a-county-of-immigrants/ |access-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927034921/https://westchestermagazine.com/uncategorized/westchester-a-county-of-immigrants/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Betsy |title=County Becomes a New Melting Pot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/27/archives/westchester-weekly-county-becomes-a-new-melting-pot-county-now-a.html |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=May 27, 1979}}</ref> There is also a sizeable [[Albanian-American|Albanian]] population in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2011/03/an-introduction-to-the-new-york-albanian-mob-070179|title=An introduction to the New York-Albanian mob - POLITICO|website=[[Politico]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=ancestry&g=0400000US34_0500000US36119_1600000US3459190,3684000&tid=ACSDP1Y2018.DP02 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=data.census.gov |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205092101/https://data.census.gov/table?q=ancestry&g=0400000US34_0500000US36119_1600000US3459190,3684000&tid=ACSDP1Y2018.DP02 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2010 census,<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov/ |access-date=March 24, 2011 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> there were 195,976 people in Yonkers and its [[population density]] was {{convert|10,827.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|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 (U.S. Census)|white]], 18.7 percent [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.7 percent [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.9 percent [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1 percent [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 14.7 percent from other races, and 4.1 percent from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanics]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latinos]] of any racial background were 34.7 percent of the population. [[Non-Hispanic whites]] were 41.4 percent of the population in 2010,<ref name="census2">{{Cite web |title=Yonkers (city), New York |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3684000.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508121949/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3684000.html |archive-date=May 8, 2012 |access-date=May 14, 2012 |website=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> down from 89.9 percent in 1970.<ref name="census1">{{Cite web |title=New York - Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |access-date=April 21, 2012 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

Data from the [[2020 United States census|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, New York|Rochester]] as the third-most populous city in New York, behind [[New York City]] and [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dombrowski |first1=Diana |title=Yonkers inches ahead of Rochester as New York's third largest city |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2021/08/13/yonkers-new-york-third-largest-state-slim-margin-census-data/8120984002/ |website=Lohud |access-date=21 November 2023 |date=August 13, 2021 |archive-date=November 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121211743/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2021/08/13/yonkers-new-york-third-largest-state-slim-margin-census-data/8120984002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Hispanic population increased, as the non-Hispanic population decreased to 33 percent from 41.4 percent in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dombrowski |first1=Diana |title=Three consecutive census counts show Yonkers Hispanic population rising, white falling |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2021/09/23/yonkers-census-data-shows-rising-hispanic-population-falling-white/8177972002/ |website=Lohud |access-date=21 November 2023 |date=September 23, 2021 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608191141/https://subscribe.lohud.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lohud.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2021%2F09%2F23%2Fyonkers-census-data-shows-rising-hispanic-population-falling-white%2F8177972002%2F&gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&sltsgmt=0051v2_B&gnt-eid=control |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name="census3">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Yonkers city, New York |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/yonkerscitynewyork/PST045222 |website=census.gov |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119134402/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/yonkerscitynewyork/PST045222 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsed collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Historical racial profile !!  2020<ref name="census3" /> || 2010<ref name="census2" /> !! 1990<ref name="census1" /> !! 1970<ref name="census1" /> !! 1950<ref name="census1" />
|-
| [[White American|White]] || 46.3% || 55.8% || 76.2% || 92.9% || 96.7%
|-
| —[[Non-Hispanic whites|Non-Hispanic Whites]] || 33% || 41.4% || 67.1% || 89.9% || N/A
|-
| [[African 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/A
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 5.9% || 5.8% || 3.0% || 0.4% || —
|}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Yonkers city, New York – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Yonkers city, New York|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US3684000&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Yonkers city, New York |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3684000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Yonkers city, New York |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3684000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|99,346
|81,163
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68,970
|50.66%
|41.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |32.60%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|30,164
|31,297
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33,509
|15.38%
|15.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.84%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|362
|382
|style='background: #ffffe6; |330
|0.18%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|9,290
|11,370
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,915
|4.74%
|5.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.10%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|53
|58
|style='background: #ffffe6; |34
|0.03%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone (NH)
|842
|714
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,833
|0.43%
|0.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.87%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|5,177
|3,065
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,913
|2.64%
|1.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.32%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|50,852
|67,927
|style='background: #ffffe6; |89,065
|25.93%
|34.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42.10%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''196,086'''
|'''195,976'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''211,569'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

==Neighborhoods==

[[File:Grand Marshals at Yonkers Parade 2010.jpg|thumb|alt=A group of smiling people marching|[[Saint Patrick's Day in the United States|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foderaro |first1=Lisa |title=Yonkers Legacy: 38 Distinct Neighborhoods |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/13/nyregion/yonkers-legacy-38-distinct-neighborhoods.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=September 13, 1988 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120035437/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/13/nyregion/yonkers-legacy-38-distinct-neighborhoods.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aerosmith original Raymond Tabano back in Yonkers |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/2016/08/25/aerosmith-original-raymond-tabano-back-yonkers/89354002/ |website=lohud |access-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107034710/https://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/2016/08/25/aerosmith-original-raymond-tabano-back-yonkers/89354002/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The area contains the affluent neighborhoods of [[Crestwood, Yonkers|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]]. Notable places include [[Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary|St. Vladimir's Seminary]], [[Sarah Lawrence College]], and the Tanglewood Shopping Center, former home of the [[Tanglewood Boys]] gang.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exploring Yonkers: Free and Affordable Activities for Saint Vladimir's Seminary Students |url=https://www.tun.com/schools/exploring-yonkers-free-and-affordable-activities-for-saint-vladimirs-seminary-students/ |website=The University Network |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Katz |first1=Peter |title=Tanglewood Shopping Center seeks to add restaurant drive-up |url=https://westfaironline.com/combined/tanglewood-shopping-center-seeks-to-add-restaurant-drive-up/ |website=Westfair Online |access-date=25 August 2024 |date=April 29, 2024}}</ref> The area is also home to the [[Ridge Hill Mall]] shopping center, which contains a [[Legoland Discovery Center Westchester]], the first [[Legoland Discovery Centre|Legoland Discovery Center]] to open in the Northeast area of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legoland Opens At Ridge Hill Mall In Yonkers |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/legoland-opens-at-ridge-hill-mall-in-yonkers/ |website=CBS New York |access-date=25 August 2024 |date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> 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]] ([[Interstate 87 (New York)|I-87]]) and from Ashburton Avenue north to the [[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York|Hastings-on-Hudson]] border. With the Hudson River bordering it on the west, northwest Yonkers has many [[Victorian architecture|Victorian-era homes]] with panoramic views of [[The Palisades (Hudson River)|the Palisades]]. The Victorian architecture and number of 19th-century estates in northwest Yonkers has attracted filmmakers.<ref name="Forbes March 2012">{{cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Morgan |title=What Do Julia Roberts And Beyonce Have In Common? A Castle In Yonkers |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2011/08/23/what-do-julia-roberts-and-beyonce-have-in-common-a-castle-in-yonkers/ |website=Forbes |access-date=25 August 2024 |date=March 6, 2012 |quote=Charlotte Wagster: "This house is in the north end of Yonkers, surrounded by old Victorians that have been renovated and that neighborhood has seen a total transformation."}}</ref>

An interest in [[historic preservation]] has developed, demonstrated on streets such as Shonnard Terrace, [[Delavan Terrace Historic District|Delavan Terrace]], and Hudson Terrace. On Delavan Terrace, the 1854 Smith-Collins House was included in a 1983 article in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raynor |first1=Vivien |title=ART; Domestic Architecture in Yonkers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/13/nyregion/art-domestic-architecture-in-yonkers.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=August 13, 1989 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120050540/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/13/nyregion/art-domestic-architecture-in-yonkers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marszalek |first1=Diana |title=Views Clash Over Old Buildings in Yonkers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/10templewe.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=February 10, 2008 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120044948/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/10templewe.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Neighborhoods include Nepera Park, [[Runyon Heights, Yonkers|Runyon Heights]], Homefield, Glenwood, and Greystone. Landmarks include the [[Hudson River Museum]], the Lenoir Nature Preserve, and [[Untermyer Park and Gardens]].<ref name="Lohud May 2023">{{cite web |last1=Vergari |first1=Mark |title=Check out Yonkers' historic sites, places to go through photos in lohud on location |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2023/05/19/lohud-on-location-yonkers-historic-sites-and-places-to-visit-by-photographer-mark-vergari/70211480007/ |website=Lohud |access-date=13 February 2024 |date=May 19, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213231635/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2023/05/19/lohud-on-location-yonkers-historic-sites-and-places-to-visit-by-photographer-mark-vergari/70211480007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 shop|soda fountain]], Urich's Stationery, and Robbins Pharmacy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Places to Live: Woodstock Park, Yonkers |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/best-places-to-live-woodstock-park-yonkers/ |website=Westchester Magazine |access-date=3 June 2024 |date=September 28, 2017 |quote=The north end of Palisade Avenue has stores, restaurants, a bar, salons, and more. |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603191045/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/best-places-to-live-woodstock-park-yonkers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the end of a trolley line that has since been replaced by a [[Bee-Line Bus System|Bee-line Bus]] route. Nepperhan Avenue in Nepera Park is a shopping district in the area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Your Guide To The 3 Top Spots In Yonkers' Napery Park Neighborhood |url=https://hoodline.com/2019/03/your-guide-to-the-3-top-spots-in-yonkers-nepera-park-neighborhood/ |website=Hoodline.com |access-date=26 August 2024 |date=March 13, 2019}}</ref>

==="Bronxville P.O."===
The neighboring Village of Bronxville's 10708 ZIP Code covers the Village of Bronxville proper, plus Chester Heights and other sections of the Town of Eastchester, parts of Tuckahoe, and the Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls, Armour Villa, and Sunnyside Park sections of Yonkers. These areas are collectively known as "Bronxville P.O." This brings the ZIP Code's population to 22,411 (2000 census), covering an area more than twice as large as the municipality of Bronxville itself and encompassing several institutions, including Sarah Lawrence College.
 
Many of the residential properties located within Bronxville PO are within walking distance of Bronxville's downtown, but are officially within the municipal boundaries of the City of Yonkers. As such, residents of these areas do not pay Village of Bronxville property taxes, and cannot take advantage of the Village of Bronxville's nationally-recognized, elite public school system.

These neighborhoods remain popular with families not requiring schooling for children, or who intend to send their children to private schools, such as those in Riverdale, Bronx, or religious schools in Yonkers or Bronxville.

That said, the Yonkers Public school system has demonstrated dramatic improvement in student outcomes over the past two decades, and elementary schools located in Bronxville PO (and the neighboring Tuckahoe PO neighborhood of Yonkers) are more highly rated than many in Yonkers.
All said, the greater Bronxville area comprises a larger population of more mixed income residents that is also more ethically and religiously diverse than those living within the Village itself. Many of Bronxville's downtown businesses rely on customers from these nearby neighborhoods, and many Bronxville business owners also live in neighboring Yonkers.

===Southeast Yonkers===
Residents of southeast Yonkers are primarily Irish- and Italian-American. A number of recent immigrants from Ireland live in the area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=Joseph |date=2011-03-12 |title=Immigrants Replenish Irish Ambience of N.Y. Enclave |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/nyregion/12metjournal.html |access-date=2023-11-16 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116021116/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/nyregion/12metjournal.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grainger |first=Laura |date=2023-08-08 |title=The most Irish neighborhoods in New York City |url=https://www.irishstar.com/travel/america/most-irish-neighborhoods-new-york-30651347 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Irish Star |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116021114/https://www.irishstar.com/travel/america/most-irish-neighborhoods-new-york-30651347 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 Heights, Bronx|Woodlawn]] and [[Wakefield, Bronx|Wakefield]] neighborhoods of the Bronx.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/23/realestate/if-youre-thinking-of-living-in-woodlawn.html|title=If You're Thinking of Living in:; WOODLAWN|first=John|last=Rather|date=August 23, 1987|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/realestate/16living.html|title=An Enclave at the Bronx's Border With Westchester|first=Jake|last=Mooney|date=May 14, 2010|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

Eastern McLean Avenue, home to an Irish community shared with Woodlawn, is considered the hub of Yonkers by some.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Malone |first1=Michael |title=Visit Yonkers' McLean Avenue for Irish Fare on St. Patrick's Day |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/things-to-do/st-patricks-day-mclean-avenue/ |website=Westchester Magazine |access-date=8 November 2023 |date=February 25, 2016 |quote=Orla Kelleher: "From Bronx River Road to Conor Park adds up to about a mile. And it's the hub of the Irish community." |archive-date=November 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108193523/https://westchestermagazine.com/things-to-do/st-patricks-day-mclean-avenue/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheidlower |first=Noah |date=2022-12-16 |title=Guide to NYC's "Little Ireland" in Woodlawn |url=https://untappedcities.com/2022/12/16/little-ireland-woodlawn/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Untapped New York |language=en-US |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116020029/https://untappedcities.com/2022/12/16/little-ireland-woodlawn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A portion of Midland Avenue in the [[Dunwoodie, Yonkers|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 and College|St. Joseph's Seminary]] in Dunwoodie, which was [[Papal visits to the United States|visited by]] [[Pope John Paul II]] in October 1995 and by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] in April 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berger |first1=Joseph |title=THE POPE'S VISIT: THE SCENE;Yonkers Turns Out To Glimpse John Paul II |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/07/nyregion/the-pope-s-visit-the-scene-yonkers-turns-out-to-glimpse-john-paul-ii.html |work=The New York Times |date=October 7, 1995 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://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 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bradley Hagerty |first1=Barbara |title=Pope Delivers Serious Message to Young Catholics |url=https://www.npr.org/2008/04/20/89790986/pope-delivers-serious-message-to-young-catholics |work=NPR |date=April 20, 2008 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929131151/https://www.npr.org/2008/04/20/89790986/pope-delivers-serious-message-to-young-catholics |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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, Yonkers|Park Hill]], where a [[funicular]] accessed the train station in the valley.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=C. J. |title=Park Hill, Yonkers, N.Y.: A 'Secret Neighborhood' Overlooking the Bronx |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/realestate/park-hill-yonkers-ny-a-secret-neighborhood-overlooking-the-bronx.html |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=February 12, 2020 |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109234914/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/realestate/park-hill-yonkers-ny-a-secret-neighborhood-overlooking-the-bronx.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Off South Broadway and Yonkers Avenue are residential neighborhoods such as Lowerre, Nodine Hill, [[Park Hill, Yonkers|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 house]]s, and [[Single-family detached home|detached single-family homes]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yonkers Victorian Homes |url=http://www.victoriansource.com/id4.html |website=victoriansource.com |access-date=February 28, 2014 |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301005511/http://www.victoriansource.com/id4.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Ludlow Park, Hudson Park, and Van Cortlandt Crest neighborhoods have a larger number of detached houses.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunbar |first1=William |title=Government by Injunction |date=1988 |page=298 |publisher=American economic association |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJ1DAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA298 |access-date=4 February 2024 |language=english |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608191641/https://books.google.com/books?id=qJ1DAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA298#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Westchester Magazine January 2019"/> Some neighborhoods on the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] border contain an increasing number of Orthodox Jews.<ref name="Riverdale Hatzalah"/>

The area is home to historical and educational institutions which include [[Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site|Philipse Manor Hall]], the [[Science Barge]], the Beczak Environmental Education Center, and a 2003 [[Yonkers Public Library]] building.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2008 |title=Welcome to the Yonkers Public Library!-Hours and Directions |url=http://www.ypl.org/hoursanddirec.htm#RIV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729014156/http://www.ypl.org/hoursanddirec.htm#RIV |archive-date=July 29, 2008 |access-date=May 6, 2009 |website=Ypl.org}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lascala |first1=Marisa |title=No Reservations About Living in the Hudson Valley |url=https://hvmag.com/archive/no-reservations-about-living-in-the-hudson-valley/ |website=Hudson Valley Magazine |date=February 13, 2010 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915012136/https://hvmag.com/archive/no-reservations-about-living-in-the-hudson-valley/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Ernie |title=What are the rents in Yonkers' newest apartments? |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/12/11/what-rents-yonkers-newest-luxury-apartments/2270003002/ |website=lohud.com |date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915012135/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/12/11/what-rents-yonkers-newest-luxury-apartments/2270003002/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sawyer Place – Yonkers, NY |url=https://images1.loopnet.com/d2/JwmJtGbNc8Em1i11q00K-UdAeHcSsLUmZYPkxKwdvHk/document.pdf |website=images1.loopnet.com |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930084232/https://images1.loopnet.com/d2/JwmJtGbNc8Em1i11q00K-UdAeHcSsLUmZYPkxKwdvHk/document.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> New proposals and current projects are intended to revitalize downtown Yonkers.<ref>{{cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE: Massive development for downtown Yonkers unveiled |url=https://westfaironline.com/real-estate/new-development-for-downtown-yonkers-unveiled/?print=print |website=Westfair Online |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>

==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 architecture|Beaux-Arts style]].]] 
Phillipse Manor Hall was the site of the first Yonkers Village Hall and City Hall from 1868 to {{circa|1906}}.<ref name="Lohud May 2023"/> Yonkers is governed by a [[Mayor–council government|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 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Mike Spano]], and the council president is Lakisha Collins-Bellamy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yonkerstimes.com/lakisha-collins-bellamy-brings-a-life-long-yonkers-experience-to-council-president-run/|title=Lakisha Collins-Bellamy Brings a Life-Long Yonkers Experience to Council President Run|website=Yonkers Times|date=October 7, 2021|access-date=May 27, 2024|archive-date=May 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527050635/https://yonkerstimes.com/lakisha-collins-bellamy-brings-a-life-long-yonkers-experience-to-council-president-run/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Yonkers, like the rest of Westchester County and New York state, is a Democratic stronghold at the national level.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spector |first1=Joseph |title='The sixth borough': How Westchester became a Democratic firewall in New York |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/26/westchester-democratic-firewall-new-york-midterm-results-00070553 |website=Politico |access-date=8 June 2024 |date=November 26, 2022 |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405103556/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/26/westchester-democratic-firewall-new-york-midterm-results-00070553 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 (mayor)|John Spencer]], and the city council has been primarily controlled by Republicans.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Polgreen |first1=Lydia |title=THE 2003 ELECTION: YONKERS; Republican Deputy Since 1995 Declares Victory in Mayor's Race |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/05/nyregion/2003-election-yonkers-republican-deputy-since-1995-declares-victory-mayor-s-race.html |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2003 |archive-date=December 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226175739/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/05/nyregion/2003-election-yonkers-republican-deputy-since-1995-declares-victory-mayor-s-race.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Yonkers is represented in the [[New York State Assembly|State Assembly]], by Democrats [[J. Gary Pretlow]] and [[Nader Sayegh]], and in the [[New York State Senate|State Senate]] by Democrats [[Andrea Stewart-Cousins]] and [[Shelley Mayer]]. In the House of Representatives, Democrat [[George Latimer (New York politician)|George Latimer]] represents the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bowman.house.gov/media/press-kit|title=Press Kit &#124; U.S. Congressman Jamaal Bowman of New York's 16th District|website=bowman.house.gov}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterman, Sharon |date=2013-01-23 |title=New York Archdiocese to Close 24 Schools |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/nyregion/new-york-archdiocese-to-close-24-schools.html?_r=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105184037/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/nyregion/new-york-archdiocese-to-close-24-schools.html?_r=0 |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |access-date=2014-01-25 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The [[Academy for Jewish Religion (New York)|Academy for Jewish Religion]], a rabbinical and cantorial school, is in the Getty Square neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ajr.edu/about/|title=About Us|access-date=May 27, 2024|archive-date=May 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527050324/https://ajr.edu/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Sarah Lawrence College]], with a [[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]] mailing address,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Lawrence College. A Deeper Education. |url=http://www.slc.edu/ |access-date=June 20, 2013 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309185917/http://www.slc.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is located in Yonkers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=haasdesign: Renee Haas |title=History |url=http://www.villageofbronxville.com/sube2_history13.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111030818/http://www.villageofbronxville.com/sube2_history13.htm |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=March 12, 2013 |publisher=The Village of Bronxville}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yonkers Extension Center |url=http://www.sunywcc.edu/locations/yonkers/cross-county/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224122905/http://www.sunywcc.edu/locations/yonkers/cross-county/ |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |access-date=February 15, 2014 |website=Westchester Community Colleges}}</ref> [[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.<ref name="History">[http://www.gwjs.org/?page_id=5 "本校の歩み"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140117042606/http://www.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。"</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=T. MacAuley |first1=Ian |title=Campaign To Save Yonkers Library |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/04/nyregion/campaign-to-save-yonkers-library.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=April 4, 1982 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120042622/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/04/nyregion/campaign-to-save-yonkers-library.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Yonkers Historical Society |title=Yonkers |year=2008 |publisher=Arcadia Pub. |isbn=9780738557601 |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gILG-eC6N3oC&pg=PA34 |access-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608191641/https://books.google.com/books?id=gILG-eC6N3oC&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>{{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 [[List of U.S. cities with high transit ridership|public-transit ridership]] among cities in the United States, and 27 percent of the city's households do not own a car.<ref>{{cite web |title=Group Health, Life Insurance, Medicare Supplement Insurance in Yonkers |url=https://www.cafaroinsurance.com/group-health-insurance-life-insurance-medicare-supplement-insurance-in-yonkers/ |website=cafaroinsurance.com |access-date=9 November 2023 |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109231821/https://www.cafaroinsurance.com/group-health-insurance-life-insurance-medicare-supplement-insurance-in-yonkers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 passenger transport|intermodal hub]] serves millions of passengers per year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bee-Line System On-Board Survey |url=http://transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Planning/onboard_survey_2011.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203150427/http://transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Planning/onboard_survey_2011.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-03 |website=Transportation.westchestergov.com}}</ref>

The [[Metro-North Railroad]] serves Yonkers with two [[heavy-rail]] commuter lines: the [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]] and the [[Harlem Line]]. The [[Ludlow station (Metro-North)|Ludlow]], [[Yonkers station|Yonkers]], [[Glenwood station (Metro-North)|Glenwood]], and [[Greystone station]]s are on the Hudson Line, which provides commuter service to New York City.<ref name="MTA">{{cite web |title=Metro-North Railroad |url=https://new.mta.info/map/5351 |website=new.mta.info |access-date=31 December 2023 |format=PDF |archive-date=December 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226200159/https://new.mta.info/map/5351 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Yonkers station is also served by all of [[Amtrak]]'s named [[Empire Service]] trains except for the ''[[Lake Shore Limited]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitwestchesterny.com/listing/amtrak-yonkers-station/576/|title=Amtrak - Yonkers Station|website=www.visitwestchesterny.com}}</ref> Several Harlem Line stations are on or near the city's eastern border. These include [[Wakefield station (Metro-North)|Wakefield]], [[Mount Vernon West station|Mount Vernon West]], [[Fleetwood station|Fleetwood]], [[Bronxville station|Bronxville]], [[Tuckahoe station|Tuckahoe]] and [[Crestwood station|Crestwood]].<ref name="MTA"/>

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, New York|Buffalo]] and [[Rouses Point, New York|Rouses Point]] via [[Albany, New York|Albany]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Strauss |first=Michael |date=September 13, 1981 |title=Memories Click Along the Putnam Line |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/13/nyregion/memories-click-along-the-putnam-line.html |access-date=September 18, 2017 |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114095200/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/13/nyregion/memories-click-along-the-putnam-line.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Until December 2009, [[New York Water Taxi]] operated a [[ferry]] service from downtown Yonkers to Manhattan's [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]].<ref>New York Water Taxi. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/nyregion/24ferry.html "Ferry Between Manhattan and Yonkers Is Set to Stop"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719165735/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/nyregion/24ferry.html? |date=July 19, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved September 24, 2011.</ref> From 2018 to 2020, Yonkers had a dockless [[bikeshare]] program operated by [[LimeBike]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yonkers bike-share program launching by end of May |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/09/yonkers-bike-share-lime/594039002/ |access-date=September 15, 2018 |website=Lohud.com |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303045019/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/05/09/yonkers-bike-share-lime/594039002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It has an electric-scooter program which was begun in August 2020 by [[Bird Global|Bird]], making Yonkers the first city in New York with such a program.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cusaac-Smith |first1=Tiffany |title=E-scooters come to Yonkers in August, making it first e-scooter pilot program in NY |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2020/08/03/e-scooters-yonkers-august-bird-app/5567932002/ |website=Lohud |access-date=20 November 2023 |date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120025915/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2020/08/03/e-scooters-yonkers-august-bird-app/5567932002/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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 road|Limited-access highways]] in Yonkers include [[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]] (the [[New York State Thruway]]) and the [[Saw Mill River Parkway|Saw Mill]], [[Bronx River Parkway|Bronx River]], [[Sprain Brook Parkway|Sprain Brook]] and [[Cross County Parkway]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-york/17-NYCRR-182.34|title=N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 17 § 182.34 - Speed limits|website=LII / Legal Information Institute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/display/programs/scenic-byways/bronx-river-pkwy|title=Bronx River Parkway|website=www.dot.ny.gov}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|US 9]], [[New York State Route 9A|NY 9A]], and [[New York State Route 100|NY 100]] are major surface streets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/west-side/|title=West Side Highway (NY 9A)|website=www.nycroads.com}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Margolies |first1=Jane |last2=Ferguson |first2=Wm. |title=A Visual Tour of New York's 750-Mile Bicycle Route |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/05/nyregion/ny-empire-trail.html |access-date=26 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2021 |archive-date=December 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226190027/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/05/nyregion/ny-empire-trail.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=D. Kramer |first1=Peter |title=Westchester original: Old Croton Aqueduct Trail |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2018/07/12/westchester-original-old-croton-aqueduct-trail/735249002/ |website=Lohud |access-date=29 December 2023 |date=July 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229021901/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2018/07/12/westchester-original-old-croton-aqueduct-trail/735249002/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Fire department ==
[[File:Yonkers Fire Station 1 phone jeh.jpg|thumb|alt=Three-story brick building with four vehicle bays|The [[Yonkers Fire Department]] headquarters from 1927 to 2015]]
The city is served by the [[Yonkers Fire Department]] (YFD), which has 459 [[firefighter]]s under the command of a [[fire commissioner]] and three deputy chiefs. Founded in 1896, the YFD operates from 14 [[fire station]]s throughout the city in two battalions commanded by two assistant chiefs for each shift.<ref>{{cite web |title=YFD Fire Stations |url=https://www.yonkersny.gov/live/public-safety/fire-department/yfd-today/fire-stations |website=yonkersny.gov |access-date=20 November 2023 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527113417/https://www.yonkersny.gov/live/public-safety/fire-department/yfd-today/fire-stations |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=YFD Apparatus |url=https://www.yonkersny.gov/live/public-safety/fire-department/yfd-today/apparatus |website=yonkersny.gov |access-date=20 November 2023 |archive-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218134032/http://www.yonkersny.gov/live/public-safety/fire-department/yfd-today/apparatus |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Economy ==
Yonkers is home to several [[brewing]] companies, most notably the Simple Motive Brewing Company and Yonkers Brewing Company.<ref name="Westchester Magazine 2023">{{cite web |last1=Dominick |first1=Andrew |title=Your Definitive Guide to Westchester County's Breweries |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/food/westchester-county-breweries/ |website=Westchester Magazine |access-date=2 February 2024 |date=August 15, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202022122/https://westchestermagazine.com/food/westchester-county-breweries/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reddicliffe |first1=Steve |title=At Yonkers Brewing Company, Beer Steeped in Local Pride |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/nyregion/brewery-beer-yonkers-bronx-yonkers-brewing-company.html |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=February 12, 2016|url-access=registration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214001139/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/nyregion/brewery-beer-yonkers-bronx-yonkers-brewing-company.html|archive-date=February 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The Simple Motive Brewing Company opened in the [[Alexander Smith Carpet Mills Historic District#Carpet Mills Arts District|Carpet Mills Art District]] at the Mills, a {{convert|55,000|sqft|adj=on}} former warehouse, in 2023 after years of delays.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Noel |first1=Ryan |title=Simple Motive Brewing Co. Opens in Yonkers Arts District |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/food/simple-motive-brewing-co-yonkers/ |website=Westchester Magazine |access-date=2 February 2024 |date=July 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202022122/https://westchestermagazine.com/food/simple-motive-brewing-co-yonkers/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Westchester Magazine 2023"/>

The city had an unemployment rate of 18.7 percent during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)|COVID-19 pandemic]], with about 17,800 people out of work.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pierson |first1=Eric |title=COVID-19 and Westchester County Unemployment Trends by Eric Pierson, Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress |url=https://thebcw.org/data/ |website=BCW Data Exchange |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814131751/https://thebcw.org/data/ |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |date=July 9, 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Unemployment Rate - Yonkers city, NY |url=https://data.usatoday.com/unemployment/yonkers-city-ny/CT3684000000000/ |website=USA Today Data |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608191642/https://data.usatoday.com/unemployment/yonkers-city-ny/CT3684000000000/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Yonkers was where [[Otis Elevator Company]] was founded in 1867 along with a plant that operated until 1981 and site became [[Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing]] car plant.
 
=== Principal employers ===
According to Yonkers' 2024 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Financial Report 2024: City of Yonkers, NY |url=https://www.yonkersny.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/681 |access-date=11 January 2025 |pages=161}}</ref> its principal employers were:

# [[St. John's Riverside Hospital]] – 1,939
# [[St. Joseph's Medical Center (Yonkers, New York)|St. Joseph's Medical Center]] – 1,027
# [[Rising Ground|Rising]] – 999 
# [[Liberty Lines Transit|Liberty Lines]] – 749 
# [[Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing|Kawasaki Rail]] – 489 
# [[Consumer Reports]] – 479 
# [[American Sugar Refining]] – 327 
# [[Macy's]] – 316 
# [[Lionsgate Studios#Lionsgate Studios Yonkers|Lionsgate]] - 264
# [[Cintas]] – 238
# [[Stew Leonard's]] - 210

== Notable people ==
{{Main|List of people from Yonkers, New York}}

== {{anchor|Twin towns – sister cities}}Sister cities ==
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Yonkers is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:

* {{flagdeco|UKR}} [[Ternopil]], Ukraine (1991)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dwyer |first1=William |title=Did You Know These Westchester Towns Have International Sister Cities? |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/publications/did-you-know-these-westchester-towns-have-international-sister-cities/ |website=Westchester Magazine |access-date=11 September 2023 |date=January 3, 2017 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915012133/https://westchestermagazine.com/publications/did-you-know-these-westchester-towns-have-international-sister-cities/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|ALB}} [[Kamëz]], Albania (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ina-online.net/diaspora/10759.html|title=ILIRIA NEWS AGENCY - Kamza binjakëzim me Yonkers|date=30 October 2011|access-date=28 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030124058/http://ina-online.net/diaspora/10759.html|archive-date=30 October 2011}}</ref>

== 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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