Yonkers, New York

Everything Yonkers is known for

32 songs mention this city 62 artists from here

Yonkers, New York, a city in Westchester County just north of the Bronx, has a notable musical footprint. Many artists call Yonkers home, contributing to various genres. For example, rhythm and blues icon Mary J. Blige and rock legend Steven Tyler are from Yonkers. The city is also mentioned in songs like "Where The Hood At?" by DMX and "Yonkers" by Tyler, The Creator.

With 62 artists calling Yonkers home and 32 songs in our collection mentioning the city, its connection to music is clear. From the hip-hop sounds of Jadakiss and The LOX to the metal of Immolation and Mortician, Yonkers has fostered a diverse range of musical talent.

Music in Yonkers

Songs About Yonkers

Where The Hood At?
DMX
94%
"That can go to the projects (School Street, Home of the Brave)"
Yonkers
Tyler, The Creator
83%
"SONG TITLE: Yonkers"
We Don’t Give A Fuck
DMX
60%
"Screamed, “Ryde or Die!”"
How’s It Goin’ Down (Album Version)
DMX
55%
"I don't know nobody in fucking Yonkers"
Back Down
50 Cent
49%
"All the other hard niggas, they come from Yonkers"
St. Louie
Nelly
8%
"A bad boy on a ride rougher than The LOX"
Drowning
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
8%
"I'm in the Yo like Gotti"
Antichrist
Eminem
8%
"rappers like Jada bring out the will in you"
My Life
The Game
8%
"And like M.J.B., no more drama now"
The Documentary
The Game
8%
"Fuck it, I did a song with Mary Blige, my niggas"
I Don’t Dance
DMX
8%
"Ruff Ryders, you got a problem come find us"
Ganja Burn
Nicki Minaj
7%
"One rough ride, now you DMX and Swizzy"
92 Bars
The Game
7%
"A Compton nigga that could go bar for bar with Jada"
U With Me?
Drake
7%
"On some DMX shit"
The Omen
DMX
7%
"Ruff Ryders"
Till I Collapse
Eminem
7%
"Jada, Kurupt, Nas, and then me"
Off Deez
JID
6%
"Styles, Sheek, Kiss, yeah, I'm pickin' all the locks"
Look Thru My Eyes
DMX
6%
"From Y.O. to Cali to Baltimore back to New York wit' it"
Cool Wit It
Murphy Lee
5%
"DMX (Arf, arf) said sumthin'"
Blackout
DMX
5%
"a hundred for The LOX"

Showing top 20 of 32 songs

Artists From Yonkers

M
Mary J. Blige
r-n-b Pop: 73
S
Steven Tyler
rock Pop: 69
J
Jadakiss
hip-hop Pop: 63
S
Styles P
hip-hop Pop: 61
I
Immolation
metal Pop: 59
O
Outasight
rock Pop: 54
T
The LOX
hip-hop Pop: 53
T
The Chain Reaction
rock Pop: 51
M
Malignancy
metal Pop: 49
C
Christine D’Clario
latin Pop: 45
M
Mortician
metal Pop: 44
S
Sheek Louch
hip-hop Pop: 41
C
Chip Taylor
folk Pop: 39
D
D‐Block
hip-hop Pop: 38
S
Stephin Merritt
indie Pop: 37
R
Ray Campi
rock Pop: 35
G
Griffin Anthony
folk Pop: 33
M
Miles Jaye
jazz Pop: 31
L
Lil’ Zane
hip-hop Pop: 31
T
The 6ths
indie Pop: 31

Showing top 20 of 62 artists

Rivers & Roads in Song near Yonkers

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Yonkers.

Hudson River 8 songs Interstate 95 13 songs New Jersey Turnpike 4 songs

Musical Heritage

CBGB — Birthplace of American Punk RoadyGoat

1973

The narrow storefront at 315 Bowery was CBGB, the grimy club where American punk and new wave were essentially born. Hilly Kristal opened it in December 1973, and the name is one of music's great ironies: CBGB & OMFUG stood for 'Country, BlueGrass, Blues, and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers' (Kristal meant a 'voracious eater' — of music). Almost no country or bluegrass ever played there. Instead the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Patti Smith and Television cut their teeth on its tiny stage through the 1970s. CBGB closed on October 15, 2006 over a lease dispute, and Kristal died of lung cancer the following year. The space later became a John Varvatos clothing boutique (opened April 2008), which kept some of the club's graffiti and posters; 'CBGB 73' is still etched in the cement at the entrance.

15.0 mi away

Holsten's — The Sopranos' Cut-to-Black Diner RoadyGoat

1939

Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery sits at 1063 Broad Street in Bloomfield, an old-fashioned ice cream parlor and candy shop that has been making its own chocolate and ice cream since 1939 (and is still open). It earned a permanent place in TV history on June 10, 2007, when 'Made in America,' the series finale of HBO's 'The Sopranos,' filmed its last scene in one of Holsten's vinyl booths. Tony Soprano, played by James Gandolfini, ordered onion rings and punched up Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' on the jukebox before the screen abruptly cut to black for roughly ten seconds — an ending so sudden many viewers thought their cable had failed. The original booth became a fan shrine, but it was actually sold at auction in March 2024 for about 82,600 dollars; the shop welcomes fans to sit in its place today.

17.7 mi away

History of Yonkers

White Manna RoadyGoat

White Manna in Hackensack, New Jersey started as a building at the 1939 World's Fair. After the fair, it was moved to River Street and has been griddling sliders ever since. The tiny burgers — smashed thin on a flattop with onions — come six or eight at a time. The building is a perfect little Art Deco cube. The griddle hasn't cooled down in over 80 years.

8.2 mi away

Sylvia's Restaurant RoadyGoat

Sylvia Woods opened her soul food restaurant on Lenox Avenue in Harlem in 1962 with a small loan and big ambition. She became known as the Queen of Soul Food, serving smothered chicken, collard greens, and candied yams to everyone from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela. The restaurant survived Harlem's toughest decades and became a symbol of Black entrepreneurship and cultural pride.

8.7 mi away

McSorley's Old Ale House RoadyGoat

McSorley's has been pouring in the East Village since 1854, making it New York City's oldest bar. Abraham Lincoln drank here. Woody Guthrie drank here. The menu is light ale or dark ale — that's it. Sawdust covers the floor. Wishbones hang from the gas lamp, left by soldiers heading to World War I who never came back. Women weren't allowed until a 1970 court order.

14.8 mi away

Harlem - Lenox Avenue

1920

Lenox Avenue in Harlem was the cultural epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of African American art, literature, and music in the 1920s and 1930s.

8.7 mi away

Apollo Theater

1934

The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street has been the most important venue for Black performers in America since 1934.

8.8 mi away

Tin Pan Alley

1885

The stretch of West 28th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue where the American popular music publishing industry was born.

13.6 mi away

Frank Sinatra's Birthplace, Hoboken

1915

Frank Sinatra was born at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken on December 12, 1915, in a cold-water tenement in the Italian immigrant neighborhood.

14.7 mi away

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park

1792

Alexander Hamilton chose the Great Falls of the Passaic River as the site for America's first planned industrial city in 1792.

14.8 mi away

CBGB

1973

CBGB at 315 Bowery was the birthplace of American punk rock, launching the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, and Television.

15.0 mi away

Things to Do in Yonkers

historical 18.3 mi away
Statue of Liberty

Give me your tired your poor. 305 feet of copper freedom since 1886.
historical 8.8 mi away
Apollo Theater

Amateur Night launched Ella James Brown and a young Michael Jackson. Harlem's crown jewel.
food 14.8 mi away
McSorley's Old Ale House

NYC's oldest bar since 1854. Lincoln drank here. You get light or dark — that's it. Sawdust floors and wishbones on the gas lamp.
food 15.1 mi away
Katz's Delicatessen

I'll have what she's having. NYC's legendary pastrami since 1888.
food 15.3 mi away
Lombardi's Pizza

America's first pizzeria opened in 1905 on Spring Street in Manhattan. Coal-fired oven. The original New York slice started here.
food 15.6 mi away
Peter Luger Steak House

Brooklyn's legendary porterhouse palace since 1887. Cash only. The steak sauce is iconic. Zagat's top steakhouse for 30 straight years.
food 21.4 mi away
Di Fara Pizza

One man hand-cutting basil and drizzling olive oil on every pizza since 1965 in Brooklyn.
food 24.9 mi away
Nathan's Famous (Original)

The Coney Island hot dog stand that started it all in 1916. Home of the July 4th eating contest. Mustard not ketchup.

Everything Near Yonkers

362 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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