Yonkers Raceway

Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track and slots racino in Yonkers, New York, United States. Founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, the complex is located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue near the New York City border.

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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

Photo: wengs, CC BY 2.0.

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

Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Photo: EJ220, Public domain.

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

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.

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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Latitude

40.9176° or 40° 55′ 3″ north

Longitude

-73.86513° or 73° 51′ 55″ west

Elevation

246 feet (75 metres)

Open location code

87G8W49M+2W

GeoNames ID

5145235

Wikidata ID

Q8055091

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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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