Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino, founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track and slots racino located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, New York, near the New York City border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: sports venue
- Description: New York Thoroughbred horse racing facility opened in 1899 that became Yonkers Raceway
- Also known as: “Empire City Park”, “Empire City Race Track”, and “Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hillview Reservoir and Tibbetts Brook Park.
Hillview Reservoir
Reservoir
The Hillview Reservoir is a 90-acre, and water from the reservoir is sent through New York City Water Tunnels No. 1 and No. 2. The plan for the New York City Water Tunnel No.
Tibbetts Brook Park
Park
Tibbetts Brook Park is a 161-acre park located in the Lincoln Park section of Yonkers in Westchester County, New York. Opened in 1927, it was one of the first developed parks in Westchester County and is accessible only to County residents, with activities that include swimming, hiking, sports, nature watching and fishing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodlawn and Mount Vernon.
Woodlawn
Neighborhood
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Woodlawn Heights, also known as Woodlawn, is a predominantly Irish-American working class neighborhood at the very north end of the borough of the Bronx in New York City.
Mount Vernon
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Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough of the Bronx.
Wakefield
Neighborhood
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Wakefield is a working-class and middle-class section of the northern borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the city's border with Westchester County to the north, East 222nd Street to the south, and the Bronx River Parkway to the west.
Yonkers Raceway
- Category: horse racing venue
- Location: Yonkers, Westchester County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Swedish—“Yonkers Raceway” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “エンパイアシティ競馬場”
- Swedish: “Yonkers Raceway”
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