Yonkers,

Yonkers, a city of New York, on the Hudson River, opposite the Palisades, and 15 miles by rail N. by E. of the Grand Central Depôt of New York. It manufactures silk, hats, machinery, mowers, elevators, &c., and, with its numerous villas, is rapidly becoming a suburb of the metropolis, whose northern boundary touches it. Pop. (1880) 18,892; (1890) 32,033.