Empire City Casino Yonkers Avenue Yonkers NY: Fixed Location and Straight-Line Distance Guide

From this Yonkers venue, the documented straight-line distance is 16.0 miles to NYC and 16.0 miles to Manhattan, measured as straight-line. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

Where the venue is fixed on the map

The venue sits in Yonkers, New York, at documented coordinates 40.918021, -73.86529. Publicly published reference sources describe the complex as being near the New York City border, which is the key fact for reading the distance table below.

Because the venue's position is fixed, the useful question is not how long a trip will take but where the site sits relative to named reference points that have documented measurements. In that frame, the closest listed reference points in the published set are Manhattan and NYC at 16.0 straight-line miles, followed by Philadelphia at 95.4 straight-line miles and Atlantic City at 111.5 straight-line miles.

Documented straight-line distances

How to read the mileage correctly

Every figure in the table is a great-circle measurement, meaning a straight line between two mapped points. That is useful for orientation, but it is not the same thing as the path a person follows on roads, rail lines, or other transport networks.

Actual route mileage becomes longer because real trips must bend around street patterns, water crossings, one-way systems, restricted access points, and the available road network. On longer intercity trips, the gap can widen further because routes may arc around terrain, follow bridge locations, or cross state lines at practical rather than geometric points.

That is why a straight-line table is best used as a map-reading tool. It tells you whether a reference point is relatively near or far in geometric terms, but not what your odometer or navigation app will show.

The venue's position within its region

The documented city and state are Yonkers, New York. The coordinates place the venue in the northeastern United States, and the published location note says it is near the New York City border.

Within the set of named reference points available here, the venue is much closer in straight-line terms to NYC and Manhattan at 16.0 miles than to Washington DC at 217.3 miles, Toronto at 339.3 miles, or Chicago at 715.6 miles. That pattern places it firmly in the downstate New York orbit rather than in western New York or a farther inland corridor.

The same table also shows the scale change from nearby East Coast references to cross-country ones. Boston is listed at 175.9 straight-line miles, Atlantic City at 111.5, and Philadelphia at 95.4, while Los Angeles is 2452.4 and San Francisco is 2569.9 straight-line miles.

What the site is, as a physical venue

Publicly published reference sources identify the property as Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino, in Yonkers, New York. The documented opening year for the original horse racing facility is 1899, which matters here mainly as a clue that the site is a long-established place rather than a newly built edge-of-town development.

Published reference sources also attribute 120,000 square feet of gaming space and 7,500 slot machines to the venue at a documented point in time. Figures like floor area and machine counts can change as properties are rebuilt, expanded, or reconfigured, so they should be read as published reference figures rather than a promise of the current layout on the day you visit.

The documented owner is Vici Properties. Ownership and operation of casino properties can change over time, so that too is best treated as a published snapshot rather than a permanent condition.

What to confirm before you go

If you are planning a real trip, the items most likely to change are not the coordinates but the practical details around arrival. Confirm current access arrangements, parking rules, entrance locations, and any venue-specific visitor information on the property's own contact or visitor-information pages.

If you need route mileage from your own starting point, use the venue coordinates 40.918021, -73.86529 in a mapping service and compare that result with the straight-line table here. That gives you both kinds of measurement without mixing them up.

You should also confirm the venue name currently used in public-facing materials, because branding and operating arrangements can change. For facility details such as gaming floor layout or current machine count, the venue's own official property pages are the authoritative place to check before leaving.

FAQ

Is this venue in New York City?

No. The documented city is Yonkers, in New York. Publicly published reference sources describe it as near the New York City border, and the table shows 16.0 miles straight-line to NYC and 16.0 miles straight-line to Manhattan, but that does not make the venue itself part of New York City.

Can I use the table to estimate driving distance?

No. The table is limited to great-circle measurements, which are straight-line distances between mapped points. Road mileage is always longer, sometimes materially so, because real routes follow the available network and may need to bend around water, local street patterns, or other constraints. This article does not publish driving miles or travel times.

Does this article give the distance from my location?

Not unless your starting point matches one of the named reference points in the table. The venue's location is fixed at 40.918021, -73.86529, but your location is not something this article can identify. To measure from your own starting point, enter those coordinates into a mapping service and compare the result with the straight-line figures shown here.

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