Yonkers
Above the Bronx
Yonkers is a city in New York State, directly north of the Bronx.
It's the fourth-largest city in the state and part of the New York metropolitan area.
The name appears in expressions emphasizing distance from Manhattan proper: He lives all the way up in Yonkers.
Major New York estuary
- WestchesterNew York suburban county
- palisadesFortified stake barrier
- riverfrontLand along a river
- waterfrontLand beside navigable waters
hills · terrain · tidal · watershed · tributary · parkway · Metro-North · downtown
Of residential outskirts
- urbanPertaining to cities
- diverseOf many types
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- working-classManual laborers as group
residential · commuter · bedroom community · revitalization · gentrification · waterfront development · mixed-use · neighborhood
Of factories and production
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- tenementsOvercrowded urban dwellings
- trolleyWheeled cart or railcar
Hudson River
Major New York estuary
- WestchesterNew York suburban county
- palisadesFortified stake barrier
- riverfrontLand along a river
waterfront · hills · terrain · tidal · watershed · tributary · parkway · Metro-North · downtown · neighborhoods
suburban
Of residential outskirts
- urbanPertaining to cities
- diverseOf many types
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
working-class · residential · commuter · bedroom community · revitalization · gentrification · waterfront development · mixed-use · neighborhood · community
industrial
Of factories and production
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- tenementsOvercrowded urban dwellings
trolley · sugar refinery · railroads · colonial · Revolutionary War
Victorian architecture
Ornate 1800s building style
- NYC SuburbsRoslyn, Hoboken, Fort Lee, Montclair, Bedford
- Westchester AreaMount Vernon, Peekskill, Pelham, Harrison, Pleasantville
- East CoastAtlantic coast, mid-Atlantic, Eastern Seaboard, NYC, Boston
- Hudson ValleyHudson River, Hudson River School, Henry Hudson, Kingston, Poughkeepsie
- Dutch ColoniesNew Amsterdam, New Netherland, Dutch East Indies, Suriname, Curacao
- Border TownsTexarkana, Stateline, Mexicali, Nogales, Niagara Falls