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Where to Stay in Yonkers, New York
The Hudson River runs past the old mills of Yonkers, a city in Westchester on the edge of New York, settled in 1646.
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Where to stay in Yonkers
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Yonkers climbs from the Hudson River up steep slopes in Westchester, and where you stay turns on whether you want the waterfront, the historic core, or the racing side of the city. The riverfront draws the eye. The waterfront makes a natural first stop for anyone new to Yonkers.
Travellers drawn to the water base themselves near the Hudson River Museum, where the restored rooms of Philipse Manor Hall and the old wharves stand within a short walk of the reworked quays along the Hudson River. Uphill from the water, the older blocks around St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church carry the city's early residential grain. If you have come for the parks and the quieter streets, stay uphill from the river, an easy ride down to the water.
Others choose the eastern side near Yonkers Raceway, the Legoland Discovery Center Westchester, and the ball diamonds at Fleming Field, close to the racing grounds and the family attractions. Each part of Yonkers reads its own way. Which side of the city you settle on is entirely up to you.
About Yonkers
What is Yonkers known for?
Yonkers is known for its riverfront and its long stretch of the Hudson River in New York. The waterfront made the city. Its old manufacturing quays now hold the Hudson River Museum and the restored rooms of Philipse Manor Hall, while the racing crowds gather at Yonkers Raceway on the Westchester side, north of the city line.
What are the main landmarks in Yonkers?
Yonkers holds landmarks that run from its riverfront to its old manor and its racecourse. The Hudson River Museum anchors the waterfront. Its galleries look out over the water, while Philipse Manor Hall preserves a colonial seat above the quays, the Leffingwell-Batcheller House and St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church mark the older streets, and Yonkers Raceway and the Legoland Discovery Center Westchester draw the crowds to the eastern side of the city in New York.
What is the history of Yonkers?
Yonkers grew from a colonial patroonship granted in 1646 on the eastern bank of the Hudson River in what became Westchester. The manor set the pattern. Held for generations by the Philipse family, the estate governed the mills and farms strung along the water, and its seat at Philipse Manor Hall still stands above the river as a record of that early landholding.
Manufacturing remade Yonkers in the nineteenth century, drawing workers to the elevator works, carpet mills, and factories along the Hudson River. Industry built the streets and the churches that still mark them, from St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church to the halls near the Hudson River Museum on the reworked quays. Through every change the river carried the city.
From a colonial manor on the Hudson, Yonkers became the largest city of Westchester.
Where is Yonkers?
Yonkers sits on the eastern bank of the Hudson River in Westchester, at the northern edge of New York City. The ground climbs fast. Wooded slopes rise from the riverfront near the Hudson River Museum toward the older streets around St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, while the eastern side of the city flattens out toward Yonkers Raceway across the low ridges that frame the built-up ground above the water.
What is the climate of Yonkers?
Yonkers has a humid continental climate, with warm summers and cold winters along the Hudson River in New York. Seasons turn clearly here. Warm, humid summers settle over the riverfront near the Hudson River Museum, while cold winters bring snow to the slopes of Westchester, and mild springs return green to the streets before the summer heat comes back.
How do you get to Yonkers?
Yonkers is reached by road and rail from New York City. Most travellers arrive by train or car. Commuter rail lines run along the Hudson River between the city and the stations of Westchester, while the highways that cross the county tie Yonkers to the wider region, passing the riverfront near the Hudson River Museum and the grounds of Yonkers Raceway.
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Updated August 2026