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Population of Yonkers, New York: 196086

Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester) and the largest city in Westchester County, with a population of 196,086 (according to the 2000 census). A July 1, 2002 estimate showed the city's population to be 197,234. The population fell to 197,126 according to the 2004 estimate. Yonkers borders the New York City borough of the Bronx and is just 2 miles (3 km) north of Manhattan.

The city's best-known attraction is Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track that plans to boost revenue by renovating the grounds and clubhouse and adding legalized video slot gambling in the late 2000s. There is also a large shopping area along Central Park Avenue (New York State Route 100). Central Park Avenue is informally referred to as "Central Avenue" by area residents. In fact, a few miles north in White Plains, New York, the street is officially designated as "Central Avenue."

The land on which the city is built was once part of a 24,000 acre (97 km) land grant that ran from the current Manhattan/Bronx border at Marble Hill northwards for 12 miles (19 km), and from the Hudson River eastwards to the Bronx River. This grant was given in July of 1645 by New Netherlands Director-General Willem Kieft to Adriaen van der Donck, originally named Colen Donck. Van der Donck was known locally as the Jonkheer (etymologically, "young gentleman"; in effect, "Squire"), a word from which the name "Yonkers" is directly derived. Van der Donck built a saw mill near where the Nepperhan River met the Hudson; the Nepperhan is now also known as the Saw Mill River.

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