yonkers

     

Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the U.S. State of New York (it falls behin New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester), and the largest city in Westchester County, with a population of 196,086 (according to the 2000 census). More recent estimates put the population at 197,234 in 2002, 197,126 in 2004 and 196,425 in 2005. Yonkers borders the New York City borough of The Bronx and is 2 miles (3 km) north of Manhattan at the cities' two respective closest points.

Trivia about yonkers

  • The 1991 Tony Award for best play went to Neil Simon's "Lost In" this city
  • In the 1850s Elisha Otis started his elevators yo-yoing up & down in this city north of the Bronx
  • Neil Simon wrote the play "Lost in" this city in New York
  • Neil Simon won a Pulitzer for his play "Lost in" this city
  • When we first meet Horace Vandergelder in "Hello, Dolly!", he's in this N.Y. city & feeling a little "lost in" it

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