The City of Yonkers was founded as a village in 1646 and incorporated as a city in 1872. Yonkers is the third most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City and Buffalo. Yonkers is a city in Westchester County, New York. Its called the Corporation of the City of Yonkers.
The downtown area of Yonkers houses significant local businesses and nonprofit organizations. It serves as a major retail hub for Yonkers and the northwest Bronx. Yonkers is located directly to the north of the Bronx and approximately two miles 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. Yonkers has several nicknames: The Central City, The City of Gracious Living, The City of Seven Hills, The City with Vision, The Sixth Borough and The Terrace City.
The City of Yonkers local residents always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity, unity and is an historic business-friendly community. Yonkers is rolling out the city’s best “Welcome to Yonkers” and the genuine “You’re always Home Here!” Yonkers welcome mats to entrepreneurs, new residents and new businesses.
The Corporation of the City of Yonkers is an historic business-friendly diverse community that supports any attractive business operation or enterprise that adds commercial value to the local business or education ecosystem. Shop Local! Buy Local!