Yorktown Heights, New York

About Yorktown Heights

Set in the southeastern part of New York, Yorktown Heights is a small unincorporated community.

Yorktown Heights holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.92 square miles.

📰 Yorktown Heights News Today

• Retired NYPD officer accused of shooting homeless man's dog faces hostile crowd at Yorktown court CBS News · Aug 17
• Kevin M. Madden Halston Media Group · Aug 18
• Virginia E. Milano Obituary | Clark Funeral Home | Yorktown Heights, NY Tribute Archive · Aug 17
• Yorktown Heights Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Retired NYPD Officer Accused Of Killing Homeless Man's Dog In Yorktown Heights Patch · Aug 7

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Yorktown Heights Unique

• The only place in America named Yorktown Heights — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Yorktown Heights

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Yorktown Heights

• Libri — coffee shop (café)
• Our Place Kitchen & Bar — american
• Pappous Greek Kitchen — greek
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Yorktown Coach Diner — american
• Hirame Sushi — sushi
• Jewel of Himalaya — nepalese
• Maria's Pizza — pizza
• Mohansic Golf Course
• Nonna's Pizzeria — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Yorktown Heights

• Amawalk Outlet Unit · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Angle Fly Unit · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Donald J. Trump State Park – French Hill Section reviews ★
• Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park reviews ★
• Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial · Garden reviews ★
• Turkey Mountain East Unit · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Turkey Mountain West Unit · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Alfred B. DelBello Muscoot Farm · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Angle Fly Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hanover East Park reviews ★
• Harrison Apar Field of Dreams reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Yorktown Heights

• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• BROOKSIDE SCHOOL
• CROMPOND SCHOOL
• LAKELAND-COPPER BEECH MIDDLE SCHOOL
• MILDRED E STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOL
• MOHANSIC SCHOOL
• PUTNAM-WESTCHESTER BOCES
• THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Yorktown Heights

🏘️ Nearby Communities