the first bar you ever went to was at the Hunan Village

you drank a 40 oz in a park at night

Cafe Billiards was the highlight of your evening out with your friends.

you drove up and down Central Ave cause it was the cool thing to do.

you wondered what it would be like to skate or bike down Roberts Ave.

you feel a sense of pride when you hear DMX rapping about Yonkers

you remember that Bradlees was there before Burlington Coat Factory, and that Alexanders was there before Bradlees,
and S Klein's was there before that!

you are intimately familiar with the term Ghetto Square

you hung out Dragons Den when it was on Central

you went to Tower Records at 11:30 in the evening cause it was the only place still open.

you thought AC Gifts was the coolest place ever

you preferred going to the Will Library even though the Getty Square Library was closer.

you know that Thursday night is race cars at Nathan's night on Central Ave.

you or someone you went to school with or is now a Yonkers cop.

you went to the County Fair on McDonald's night

your friends thought you were cool when you told them you hung out all the way up at the Galleria the other day.

you had a connection at Movieland or the Muliplex.

you used to buy your music at the Sam Goody in Cross County

you've hung out or considered hanging out at Untermeyer at night.

you think son of sam buried bodies at untermeyer

you've gone to an underage drinking party somewhere in the southwest part of town.



you know where all the McDonalds in town are, have eaten in all of them, and still prefer a particular one.
you know that the guy with the funny voice (JIMMY!) STILL works at McDonalds

no matter where the hell you are, you always still seem to run into someone who knows some who you know in Yonkers.

you don’t believe a word of it when they say they are rebuilding downtown Yonkers.

you thought the playground at Tibbetts Park was THE SHIT!

you feel you have a special connection with the Central Avenue Bum. ( and think u know his story)

you rode a sled down the hill at Pelton Park before that kid was killed.

you went to Raceway or Argonaut at like 4 o'clock in the morning and ran into someone you know

you had to be home by 10PM on Halloween because of the stupid curfew.

you knew the story behind that abandoned house before the one-lane bridge on Mile Square Road near Tuckahoe.

your parents shopped at Caldors on Central Ave.

you gazed down at Nathans as you walked with your parents into Caldor's hoping that theyd take you there afterwards.

you' ve gone skating at Murrays

you realize that the props they use to decorate Cross County during the holidays are the same ones they've been using for the past 20 years.

you've made an art out of getting off at that shitty little exit ramp for Lockwood Ave on the southbound Saw Mill Parkway.

you remember when Sizzler was THE hottest restaurant in town.

you knew where the Adventures was in Cross County

youre weirded out by anyplace that doesn't have a lot of hills.



you refer to it as Y.O.

you've never eaten at Ricky's Clam House on Central Restaurant even though you pass it all the time.

you did midnight bowling at Brunswick, or you've bowled at Homefield.

Pizza Beat was one of your two favorite Friday night hangouts, the other was Pizza & Brew.

you remember the flea market at Yonkers Raceway being a hell of a lot better when you were younger.

you find it somewhat amusing to know that people from other towns in the county and the Bronx come all the way to Yonkers just to go drinking at Rory Dolans.

you or someone you grew up with is a teacher in the Yonkers Public Schools.

you were profoundly saddened when the Roy Rogers on South Broadway, and then the the Roy at Cross County closed down.

no matter how much you say you hate it, or how long you've been away from it, or how long you attempt to avoid visiting or going back to it, or how much its changed, no other place quite feels like home the way Yonkers does
 

AND... for those of us old-timers:

S. Kleins was there before Alexanders and had that whole strip, including an outdoor nursery.

Floyyd's was there before Caldors, and there was a miniature golf course where the bank is.

Adventurer's Inn was there before Nathan's.

You remember Patricia Murphy's, and Tropical Acres.

You remember having 3 outdoor miniature golf courses on Central Ave.

You also had 3 local bowling alleys (2 on Central Ave. and 1 on Tuckahoe Rd.) The other one on Central Ave. burned down and was where Sleepy's is (across from Floyyd's)

You also had a golf driving range on Central Ave. - next to the Chrysler dealership at the bottom of Westchester Towers.

You went to the fireworks display at Tibbets Park on July 4th.

You bought fireworks from the guys from May St.

You remember the sign at Wallauer on Tuckahoe Rd. actually worked.

You bought toys and sporting goods at Toy & Sports Warehouse on Tuckahoe Rd.

You went shopping at the original A&P on Tuckahoe Rd. where Bally's is.

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