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The Westchester County cities of Yonkers and Mount Vernon directly border the northern part of the Bronx and share much of that borough's heavily urbanized character. In 1894, the voters of Yonkers and Mount Vernon, along with voters in other parts of southern Westchester, took part in a referendum to determine if they wanted to become part of New York City, along with the voters in Kings ...
Some residents call Yonkers "the sixth borough" because of its location on the New York City border, its urban character, and the merger referendum. [20] A 1942 subway connection was planned between Getty Square and the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, which terminates in Riverdale at 242nd Street (slightly south of the city line). The plan ...
Yonkers Water Works is a historic public water works located at Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. Three buildings remain extant; two were built in 1876 and one in 1898. They are reflective of the High Victorian style. The Tuckahoe Road Pumping Station was built in 1876 and expanded before 1900.
The term "sixth borough" is used to describe any of a number of places that have been metaphorically called a part of New York City because of their geographic location, demographics (they include large numbers of former New Yorkers), special affiliation, or cosmopolitan character.
Water flows by gravity through the aqueduct at a rate of about 4 feet per second (1.2 m/s). [ 6 ] The Catskill Aqueduct has an operational capacity of about 550 million US gallons (2,100,000 m 3 ) per day north of the Kensico Reservoir in Valhalla, New York .
The Yonkers City Council on Tuesday approved settlements totaling $2 million to four former students who alleged they were sexually assaulted or abused by teachers during the 1970s and 1980s.
Aerial view of Hillview Reservoir, 1927. The Hillview Reservoir is a 90-acre (0.36 km 2) storage reservoir in southeastern Yonkers, New York. [2] It was built within a six-year period from 1909–1915 by the New York City Board of Water Supply to receive water from the newly constructed Catskill Aqueduct, which drained water from the Ashokan Reservoir and sent it down into the Kensico ...
On this week's overreaction pod, Dan Wetzel Ross Dellenger and SI's Pat Forde acknowledge what led to home teams handedly winning each matchup. They cover how offensive line and defensive line ...