Yonkers/ Mt. Vernon (Union, Scarsdale, Pelham: real estate, neighborhoods, safe)

[chigal12]

How safe are these areas: 204 Union Ave, E third- Mt. Vernon
and Radford St- Yonkers?

[7 Wishes]

Not sure about the 2nd, but I think it's in the rough southwest section of town. The first one is pretty rough, probably not the very worst part of Mt. Vernon (that would be a little further down 3rd Street), but up there. The tricky thing about both Mt. Vernon and Yonkers is that you can have a nice, even downright upscale neighborhood literally right smack against "the hood" so to speak, partially reflecting who they border (poor parts of the Bronx right on up to Bronxville and Pelham, some of the richest (and particularly in the case of Bronxville snobbiest) real estate in America.

[jyyanks]

Radford Street is in Southwest Yonkers and close to South Broadway. It is not that great of a neighborhood. Many parts of Yonkers are actually decent and quite safe though I would stay away from the SW portion, esp near South Broadway.

[above]

Are there any good neighborhoods in Yonkers, and where are they?

[jyyanks]

There are many nice areas in Yonkers, especially in northeast Yonkers - some areas to consider Colonial Heights, Westchester Hills, Sprain Lake Knolls, Crestwood. These areas are all around Central Park Ave, closer to Scarsdale. Another nice area is near St. John's Church in Dunwoodie and around st.Josephs seminary. There are more but those are the ones that pop up off the top of my head.