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ˈyɒŋ kərzyonkers
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Yonkersnoun
A city of New York State, bordering New York City.
Wikipedia
Yonkers
Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City and Buffalo. The population of Yonkers was 211,569 as enumerated in the 2020 United States Census. It is classified as an inner suburb of New York City, located directly to the north of the Bronx and approximately 2 miles (3 km) north of Marble Hill, Manhattan, the northernmost point in Manhattan. Yonkers's downtown is centered on a plaza known as Getty Square, where the municipal government is located. The downtown area also houses significant local businesses and nonprofit organizations. It serves as a major retail hub for Yonkers and the northwest Bronx. The city is home to several attractions, including access to the Hudson River, Tibbetts Brook Park, with its public pool with slides and lazy river and two-mile walking loop Untermyer Park; Hudson River Museum; Saw Mill River daylighting, wherein a parking lot was removed to uncover the Nepperkamack (Saw Mill River); Science Barge; and Sherwood House. Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track, renovated its grounds and clubhouse, and added legalized video slot machine gambling in 2006 to become a "racino" named Empire City. In more recent years, Yonkers has undergone progressive gentrification.Major shopping areas are located in Getty Square, on South Broadway, at the Cross County Shopping Center and Westchester's Ridge Hill, and along Central Park Avenue, informally called "Central Avenue" by area residents, a name it takes officially a few miles north in White Plains. Yonkers is considered a City of Seven Hills (its hills including Park, Nodine, Ridge, Cross, Locust, Glen, and Church Hills).
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Yonkers
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of New York, and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976. Yonkers borders the New York City borough of the Bronx and is located two miles north of Manhattan at the cities' closest points. The city is home to several attractions: the Hudson River Museum, the Sherwood House, the Science Barge, Cross County Shopping Center, Ridge Hill Shopping Center, and Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track that has renovated its grounds and clubhouse and added legalized video slot machine gambling in 2006 in a "racino" called Empire City. There are also many large shopping areas along Central Park Avenue, informally called "Central Ave" by area residents, a name it takes officially a few miles north in White Plains.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Yonkers
a city of New York, U.S., on the Hudson River. 15 m. N. of New York; has factories of various kinds, and some beautiful villas occupied by New York merchants.
Rap Dictionary
yonkersnoun
Yonkers, New York home of Jadakiss, DMX, Mary J. Blige, Styles P, Sheek, Tony Moxburg, The Threat and more. I'm the hardest from New York, my flow is bonkers. All the other hard niggaz, they come from Yonkers -- 50 Cent (Back Down), Welcome to D-Block, the mighty, mighty, D-Block. The place in New York City where Diddy won't even walk. D-Block the part of Yonkers, I wouldn't be caught without 2 pistols on me -- Eminem featuring Sheek, Styles, Jadakiss (Welcome To D-Block)
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
YONKERS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yonkers is ranked #27277 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Yonkers surname appeared 886 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Yonkers.
91.9% or 815 total occurrences were White.
2.7% or 24 total occurrences were Black.
2.7% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Orkneys
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Yonkers in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Yonkers in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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This coyote, including a second coyote observed traveling with the same, is suspected of multiple biting attacks in Yonkers and the surrounding jurisdictions over the past several days.
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