Get to know Yonkers

Yonkers is just up the Hudson from the Bronx border, a storied community filled with a variety of distinct neighborhoods. The urbanized downtown, called Getty Square, boasts a revitalized waterfront, with a sleek skyline of residential towers. Downtown is also where you’ll find the Beaux-Arts train station that serves Amtrak and Metro-North. Inland, you’ll find the Carpet Mills Arts District, a sprawling live-work complex of repurposed red brick factory buildings. Indeed, Yonkers’ cultural cachet has grown in recent decades: The city is home to the Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy, a 43-acre public garden that has been undergoing a significant restoration, earning it the status of one of New York’s great horticultural marvels. And the Hudson River Museum is an art, science, and history museum that includes Glenview, an 1877 house that features prominently in television’s The Gilded Age, as well as the only public planetarium in Westchester County.

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Living in Westchester

Don’t call it upstate. This cosmopolitan county north of New York City is a collective of towns, hamlets and mid-sized cities that put virtually every lifestyle imaginable within an hour’s commute of Manhattan. It’s due north of the Bronx, next door to Connecticut, and the gateway to the Hudson Valley. Metro-North’s Harlem, Hudson and New Haven lines make for speedy service into Grand Central — an express ride from many down-county communities runs comparable to the F train from South Brooklyn, with a much sunnier view. Lower Westchester’s villages prioritize convenience, while the verdant horse country to the north is a favored destination for those looking to fade away in privacy. The Hudson and Long Island Sound form its two coasts, conspiring with an inland chain of lakes and reservoirs for unbeatable boating, fishing and other recreational endeavors. Chain stores are noticeably absent from many Main Streets, which run chockablock with character-filled indie shops.