Driving Directions and Parking Information:

Directions from the North
Take Major Deegan / NYS Thruway (I-87) OR Sprain Brook Parkway OR Bronx River Parkway Southbound to Cross County Parkway westbound.

Directions from the South
Take Major Deegan (I-95) OR Bronx River Parkway OR Hutchinson River Parkway north to Cross County Parkway westbound.

Passing exit for Yonkers Avenue EAST, take next exit (Exit 2) at Yonkers Avenue WEST (Saw Mill Parkway northbound/Albany). Do NOT get on Saw Mill Stay to the right on the exit ramp as it curves around (you will make an almost full circle). At end of ramp, make right at light onto Yonkers Avenue Westbound. Follow from *.

OR Take Saw Mill River Parkway south to Downtown Yonkers/Yonkers Avenue westbound. Follow from *.

Follow from *.

Take West Side Highway (which becomes Saw Mill) northbound to Yonkers Avenue Westbound. Follow from *.

Wayfarer signage (above) was recently installed in the downtown starting at the Saw Mill. Follow wayfarer signs (above) for the Pier ("Waterfront"), Roosevelt Ballroom at Philipsburgh Hall ("Arts Center"), etc.

* Stay on Yonkers Avenue, which will dogleg to the left in front of a large tan brick Catholic church (St. Casimir) and become Nepperhan Avenue. Continue straight on Nepperhan through two traffic lights (School St and New Main Street). You will pass Yonkers City Hall on the right and go up and over a hill. At South Broadway, Nepperhan Avenue will become Prospect.

Go straight on Prospect to a T intersection (Buena Vista Avenue). Make right onto Buena Vista. There will be a traffic light at the intersection with Main Street.

The Yonkers Recreation Pier is to the left at traffic light on Main Street - proceed under the tracks.

For the Yonkers Riverfront Library: Go straight through light at Main Street. Library is large white building directly across from the Yonkers MetroNorth (Hudson Division) train station. There is metered parking throughout the area. You can park FREE in the Buena Vista Parking Garage (8 Buena Vista Avenue) for three hours during regular library hours. (Please bring your parking stub with you and have it validated at the Library main desk.) Enter garage by car on Hudson or Hawthorne Street; on foot on Buena Vista Avenue.

Directions from the River Towns (Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Tarrytown): Take Route 9 south into Yonkers = North Broadway. Go straight on North Broadway through light at Ashburton. North Broadway will become Wells Avenue at dogleg to the right and end at light at Warburton Avenue. Make left at light onto Warburton.

OR Take Route 9 to Warburton. Continue on Warburton to Dock Street (Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site will be on your right). Make right onto Dock Street. The Yonkers Riverfront Library is at the foot of Dock Street. You can turn into parking spaces in Larkin Plaza or find metered street parking in the area. You can park FREE in the Buena Vista Parking Garage (8 Buena Vista Avenue) for three hours during regular library hours. (Please bring your parking stub with you and have it validated at the Library main desk.) Enter on Hudson or Hawthorne Street. For the Yonkers Recreation Pier: Make left onto Buena Vista Avenue and right at light (Main Street), going under train tracks. Pier will be directly ahead of you.

Yonkers Parking Authority Contact: 914-965-2467