Discovering Bryn Mawr Park, NY

The personal injury lawyers in Bryn Mawr Park, NY, at Banville Law, would like to offer this view into the community's past.

Bryn Mawr Park

The neighborhood of Bryn Mawr Park is located in Northwest Yonkers in Westchester County, New York. Other communities that help form the quarter of the city include Homefield, Nepera Park, Runyon Heights, Glenwood, and Greystone. Mile Square Road and Halladay Avenue are two of the main thoroughfares, but others include Palmer Road, Fortfield Avenue, and Ramsey Avenue. 

Historical Landmarks

The community is home to the 3.9-acre Welty Park, located at the intersection of Mile Square Road and Barton Road. The park is named after Edith Welty, the first female Mayor of Yonkers. She was sworn in as the Mayor in 1949. She remains the only female Mayor the city has had. Welty served five two-year terms on the City Council before becoming the Mayor for only four months after the previous Mayor resigned. 

The park offers the following amenities to the community:

• 3 Baseball Fields
• Basketball Courts
• Playground - Wheelchair accessible
• Sitting Areas
• Tennis Courts
• Shaded Benches

Other parks within the neighborhood include

• HF Redmond Junior Memorial Park
• Frank Egan Memorial Park
• Henning Park

Neighborhood

Home prices in the neighborhood average $482,639, which is more expensive than 50.0% of other communities in the state and 78.2% higher than in the country. The real estate was primarily built between 1940 and 1969, with some built even earlier. There are many apartment complexes throughout the community. In fact, 38.1% of the real estate here is small two to four-unit apartment buildings. Some of these include:

• Bryn Mawr Ridge Cooperative
• Palmer House Apartments
• Rockledge Manor Condo

Education

The schools within the Yonkers City School District that the students can attend, include:

• School 5 - grades PK to 8 - located on Lockwood Avenue
• Saunders Trades & Technical High School - grades 9-12 - located on Palmer Road

Demographics

The households within the community are predominantly middle-income, making it a moderate-income neighborhood. The workforce has a different mix of occupations represented, such as:

• 12.6% Administrative
• 11.9% Sales and Related
• 10.5% Management
• 9.3% Education
• 7.3% Food Service
• 5.4% Personal Care
• 4.3% Facilities

English is spoken by 49.2% of households. Some other languages spoken here include

• Spanish
• Italian
• Arabic
• Portuguese
• Urdu (the national language of Pakistan)

As many as 29.7% of the residents were born in another country. Many ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and ones represented in the neighborhood include:

• 23.9% Italian
• 10.7% Irish
• 6.7% Dominican
• 6.4% Mexican
• 6.3% German

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Our Local Office

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Banville Law
11 W Prospect Ave #37
Mt Vernon, NY 10550
(914) 825-4117