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The Yonkers Motorcycle Club originally started as The Yonkers Bicycle Club and was founded on November 19, 1879. [1] The Yonkers Motorcycle Club was formed in 1903 in Yonkers, New York by President George "Usco " Ellis (later appointed State Commissioner for New York of the Federation of American Motorcyclists in August 1915). The Yonkers ...
Playland, often called Rye Playland and also known as Playland Amusement Park, is an amusement park located in Rye, New York, along the Long Island Sound.Built in 1928, the 280-acre (110 ha) park is owned by the Westchester County government.
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.
In 1965 the first major ride opened, a 500-foot (150 m) long Skyliner. Though Steeplechase Park and Freedomland U.S.A. had closed in 1964, Adventureland continued to thrive. [7] In 1973, three new thrill rides were built: the Toboggan (a compact roller coaster), the Amor Express (a high speed circular ride) and the Galaxy (a steel coaster).
Delavan Terrace spent the rest of the 20th century as just another Yonkers residential street. Owners came and went but kept the houses largely as they had found them. Vinyl siding was installed on two, but it was not a significant enough change to prevent the district's listing on the Register in 1983.
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This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Yonkers, New York.The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".