The straight-line distance between New York City and Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino is 16.0 miles. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time for any route.
No venue named "Bingo Brooklyn" appears in the documented reference set this article is built from, so no closing time for it on a Friday — or any other day — can be stated here. What can be stated is the fixed geographic position of the nearest documented venue to New York City, and the documented straight-line distances from New York City to each reference point in the set.
The venue's fixed position
Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino sits at coordinates 40.918021, -73.86529, in Yonkers, New York. The city of Yonkers lies north of New York City, and the venue's coordinates place it near the New York City border. New York City itself is documented at 40.7128, -74.0061.
A venue's location is a fixed fact. A reader's starting point is not. When a query says "from me" or "near me," the reference point does not exist in any documentable form, so this article measures from the fixed documented location of New York City and lists every documented reference pair available.
Documented straight-line distances from New York City
All figures below are great-circle distances, meaning the shortest path across the Earth's surface between two coordinate pairs. None of them is a road distance. Road distance is always longer because roads follow terrain, cross water at fixed bridge and tunnel points, and obey municipal street grids rather than drawing a direct line.
| Reference point | Straight-line miles | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| Yonkers | 16.0 | great-circle |
| Parx | 64.6 | great-circle |
| Wind Creek | 71.2 | great-circle |
| Bethlehem | 71.2 | great-circle |
| Mount Airy | 74.1 | great-circle |
| Monticello | 75.6 | great-circle |
| Valley Forge | 85.5 | great-circle |
| Ocean Casino | 95.8 | great-circle |
| Showboat | 95.9 | great-circle |
| Delaware Park | 112.1 | great-circle |
The total number of documented venues measured to New York City in this reference set is 318. That is not a complete list of casinos in any city, county, or state. The authoritative current list for any jurisdiction belongs to the state, provincial, or tribal gaming regulator.
Why straight-line miles understate a real trip
Great-circle distance ignores everything that shapes an actual journey. A straight line between New York City and Yonkers crosses the Harlem River and the dense street grid of the Bronx, but no traveler moves along that line. Roads bend around parks, follow one-way patterns, and converge on the few crossings that exist.
Terrain is one driver of the gap between straight-line and road distance. Water is another: the Hudson River, East River, and Harlem River all force routes toward specific bridges and tunnels. State boundaries add a third layer, since New York City sits at the edge of New York State, with New Jersey and Connecticut nearby, and a route to any Pennsylvania venue in the table crosses a state line. Road networks are not designed to minimize distance between two arbitrary points; they are designed to connect many points at once.
For any reader measuring from their own location, the method is straightforward. Take the venue's documented coordinates, take your own coordinates from a mapping tool, and compute the great-circle distance between the two. That gives you a floor, not a route. The route itself, with its actual mileage and time, is produced only by a mapping or navigation service using live road data.
What the query asks for
The query asks for a Friday closing time at a venue called Bingo Brooklyn. A closing time is a live operational fact: it changes by season, by holiday, by ownership policy, and sometimes by week. No closing time for any named venue exists in the documented reference set this article is built from, so no closing time is stated here for any venue, on any day.
The correct channel for a current closing time is the venue's own published hours page or its guest services line. A reader should confirm the Friday closing time directly with the property before traveling, because a time posted in a third-party listing can be outdated by the time it is read.
What to confirm before you go
Several items change without notice and should be checked against the venue's own channels on the day of travel.
- Friday closing time — confirm on the venue's own hours page or by calling guest services; third-party listings lag.
- Holiday schedule — a Friday that falls on or near a holiday may carry different hours.
- Road conditions — bridge, tunnel, and street-level closures change route distance and time; a navigation service holds the current answer.
- Parking and entry — any fee, lot closure, or entry policy is property-specific and current only on the venue's own page.
None of these items is a fixed geographic fact. Each belongs to a live channel, and the reader's own starting point determines the rest.
FAQ
Why can't this article state the Friday closing time for Bingo Brooklyn?
No venue by that name appears in the documented reference set used here, and no closing time for any venue is documented in that set. Closing times are live operational facts that change by season, holiday, and policy. The authoritative current answer lives on the venue's own published hours page or its guest services line, not in a static article.
How far is Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino from New York City?
The straight-line, great-circle distance is 16.0 miles. Road distance is longer, and this article does not publish road mileage or travel time. A reader measuring from their own location should take the venue's documented coordinates and their own coordinates and compute the great-circle distance, then use a navigation service for the actual route.
What does the 318 documented venues figure mean?
It means this reference set contains 318 venues for which a straight-line distance to New York City was measured. It is not a census of casinos in any city, county, or state. The complete current list for any jurisdiction belongs to that jurisdiction's gaming regulator, which is the only authoritative source for a full count.
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