Communities
Yonkers is comprised of 46 neighborhoods located in four distinct areas. Yonkers communities include Amor Villa Park, Beech Hill, Bronx Halls, Bronxille Heights, Bryn Mawr, Caryl, Cecil Crest, Cedar Knolls, Colonial Heights, Crestwood, Dunwoodie, Edgemont, Empire Park, Fleetwood, Gassy Sprain Heights, Getty Square, Glenwood, Gramattan Hills, Grandview Park, Greystone, Gunther Park Hearthstone, Homecrest, Homefield, Homewood, Kinross Heights, Lawrence Park, Lawrence Park West, Lincoln Heights, Lincoln Park, Lowerre, Ludlow, Mclean Heights, Mohegan Park, Moqueette Park, Morsemere, Nepera Park, Nepperham, Nepperhan Heights, Nodine Hill, Northeast Yonkers, Northwest Yonkers, Park Hill, Runyon Heights, Sherwood Park, Southeast Yonkers, Strathmore, Wakefield Park, and Westchester Hills, Woodstock Park.
Areas
Northeast Yonkers is an ethnically diverse, middle class area of Irish and Italian-Americans. House sizes range from small homes set close together, to a few larger houses in areas like Lawrence Park. The main thoroughfare is Central (Park) Avenue which is lined with a vast array of stores as well as several high-rise apartment buildings. The Lawrence Park and Cedar Knolls neighborhoods include more upscale housing options. Residents in these communities are generally commuters to Manhattan. This is mostly due to the proximity of various nearby commuter railroad stations.
Northwest Yonkers is comprised of several varying neighborhoods. Warburton Avenue and other areas on the Hudson River contain a few beautiful older Victorian homes. However, just a few blocks east to Lake Avenue are more inner-city style neighborhoods. Other parts of northwestern Yonkers look nearly identical to the upscale neighboring communities of Hastings-on-Hudson. The population of northwestern Yonkers is more mixed in ethnicity with a large Jewish community favoring this part of the city. The Runyon Heights neighborhood in the southeastern part of this area is a historically African-American community that is more upscale and suburban in style.
Southeast Yonkers is mostly comprised of Italian and Irish-American working class, Catholic families. The southeastern area of Yonkers is largely within walking distance of the Riverdale, Woodlawn, and Wakefield sections of the Bronx.
Southwest Yonkers is considered to be more inner-city in makeup. Historically, it has been referenced as being “dirty, poor, and crime-ridden”. However, there are residential neighborhoods, such as Park Hill, which feature residential streets of million-dollar-plus, turn-of-the-century mansions. Another upscale neighborhood is Ludlow Park, west of Riverdale Ave, right over the Riverdale border - alongside the Hudson River. Demographically, this area is predominantly African-American and Hispanic.