He had many economic ties to English businessmen, which also resulted in political ties. Philipse's great-grandson, Frederick Philipse III, was a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution. Philipse was a wealthy Dutchman who by the time of his death had amassed an enormous estate, which encompassed the entire modern City of Yonkers, as well as several other Hudson River towns. The original structure (later enlarged) was built around 1682 by workmen and slaves for Frederick Philipse and his wife Margaret Hardenbroeck de Vries. Today the manor is preserved and operated as a museum and archive, offering many glimpses into life before the American Revolution. Near the site of Van Der Donck's mill is Philipse Manor Hall, a Colonial-era manor house owned by Dutch colonists. His wife, Mary Doughty, was taken captive by Native Americans and later ransomed. Van der Donck was killed in the Peach War. The Nepperhan is now also known as the Saw Mill River. Van der Donck built a saw mill near where the confluence of Nepperhan Creek and the Hudson lies. Jonkheer was shortened to Jonker (possessive Jonkers), from which the name "Yonkers" is directly derived. Van der Donck was known locally as the Jonkheer - etymologically, "young gentleman", a Dutch honorific title derived from the old Dutch jonk ( young) and heer ("lord") in effect meaning " Esquire". In July 1645, the area was granted to Adriaen van der Donck, the patroon of Colendonck. It 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. The land on which the city is built was once part of a Dutch 24,000-acre (97-square-kilometer) land grant called Colen Donck. The indigenous village of Nappeckamack was located near the Neperah stream (now Saw Mill River) flowed into the Shatemuck ( Hudson River). History Early years Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site Yonkers is considered a City of Seven Hills (its hills including Park, Nodine, Ridge, Cross, Locust, Glen, and Church Hills). Major shopping areas are located in Getty Square, on South Broadway, at the Cross County Shopping Center and Westchester's Ridge Hill, and along Central Park Avenue, informally called "Central Avenue" by area residents, a name it takes officially a few miles north in White Plains. In more recent years, Yonkers has undergone progressive gentrification. Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track, renovated its grounds and clubhouse, and added legalized video slot machine gambling in 2006 to become a " racino" named Empire City.
The city is home to several attractions, including access to the Hudson River Tibbetts Brook Park, with its public pool with slides and lazy river and two-mile walking loop Untermyer Park the Hudson River Museum the Saw Mill River daylighting, wherein a parking lot was removed to uncover the Nepperkamack (Saw Mill River) the Science Barge and Sherwood House. It serves as a major retail hub for Yonkers and the northwest Bronx. The downtown area also houses significant local businesses and nonprofit organizations. Yonkers's downtown is centered on a plaza known as Getty Square, where the municipal government is located. It is classified as an inner suburb of New York City, located directly to the north of the Bronx and approximately 2.4 miles (4 km) north of Marble Hill, Manhattan, the northernmost point in Manhattan. The population of Yonkers was 211,569 as enumerated in the 2020 United States Census. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city, after New York City and Buffalo, and ninth most-populous municipality in the state of New York. Yonkers ( / ˈ j ɒ ŋ k ər z/ ) is a city in Westchester County, New York, and a suburb of New York City.
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