Runyon Heights, Yonkers

Runyon Heights is a historically African American middle-class neighborhood in northwestern Yonkers, New York, US. There is a book called "Red Lines, Black Spaces" that speaks of the politics surrounding race specific to this neighborhood.

Runyon Heights can be found along the north side of Tuckahoe Road between Saw Mill River Parkway and New York State Thruway Noteworthy locations include Saint Mary's Cemetery and Kardash Park.

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