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Local Atmosphere

Quick Stats

Fun Local Trivia
  1. The 2008 film "Baby Mama" was partly filmed on Legget Road in Bronxville.
  2. The first game of golf was played in Yonkers in 1888.
Notable Natives
  • Frank Abagnale Jr. – subject of the film "Catch Me if You Can"
  • Don DeLillo – writer
  • Francis William Edmonds – painter
  • Michael Gates Gill – author of "How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else"
  • Roger Goodell – commissioner of the NFL
  • John F. Kennedy – 35th president of the United States of America
  • Dennis Ritchie – one of the creators of Unix and the C programming language
Local Slang
  • B-Ville: Bronxville
  • The Hutch: Nearby Hutchinson River Parkway
  • Yonkiz, Yonkuz: Yonkers
Points of Interest
  • Bronxville Farmers' Market
  • Downtown Bronxville
  • Glenview Mansion
  • Lenoir Preserve
  • New York Botanical Garden
  • Untermyer Park and Gardens
  • Van Cortland Park
  • Village Library

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You may find yourself trapped between two unfriendly opposites while at SLC. If you walk in one direction, you’ll hit Bronxville, a ritzy town with showcase windows, high-priced boutiques, and a bustling train station. Walk two miles in the other direction, and you’ll find yourself in Yonkers, a working-class suburb. Collectively, Yonkers and Bronxville may have all the components of a good college town—taverns, banks, pharmacies, movie theaters, supermarkets, a hospital, a library, thrift shops, and places to buy beer, cigarettes, and junk food. But neither town is a good fit for the unconventional personalities of SLC students. Campus often clears out on weekends, as students flee to NYC for entertainment as well as hospitality.

Cultural claustrophobia aside, you can’t go wrong with Lawrence Hospital’s Bargain Box, a thrift shop on Palmer Avenue, and you’ll definitely fulfill all your shopping needs at Cross County Shopping Center's dozens of shops and department stores. Want some peace and quiet? Then stroll along the Bronx River Pathway Trails that wind through Bronxville. And if you don’t feel like trekking to NYC to catch the latest artsy independent film, chances are it’s playing at Clearview’s Bronxville Cinemas.

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Local Atmosphere at Sarah Lawrence College

ImmunetoGloom

Psychology & Counseling '14

4.6
A

New York City is all you ever need.

It's cheap ($7.00 by Metro-North, or a free van from campus) to get to the city, where anything you want is constantly happening. The best City in America, if I do say so myself.

The only reason I give it an A instead of an A+ is because Bronxville, while it's a fine town, has obnoxious highschoolers and elderly that hate SLC students for no reason. It's not trouble, but it can be annoying.

Apr 16, 2012

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sjalltheway

Liberal Arts and Humanities '15

4.6
A

Safe, Cozy, & Limitless

It's a suburb of NYC, so you get the safety and security of Bronxville, which is a cute little uppser class town, and the possibility of going into New York at anytime, which is where you'll find endless resources. It's the best of both worlds because you get the comfort of a small town, and the option of the big city. Bronxville and SLC don't connect in many ways, which is why I am not giving this an A+. But the people are friendly, and there are community partnership programs with Yonkers so, it's all good.

Oct 03, 2011

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assassinz

History '13

3.5
B

Bronxville is Richville, Yonkers is the Hood

I personally prefer Yonkers because it feels less bourgeois and there are more shops that serve real purposes AKA a big grocery store, multiplex, cell phone stores, Macy's and other clothes outlets, dunkin donuts, fast food, etcetera. Bronxville is cute though, they have a nice deli, nice bagel place, nice hardware store, very pretty library and a bunch of clothing boutiques.

May 09, 2011

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User rating for Sarah Lawrence College - Local Atmosphere is 3.5 out of 5 based on 20 user reviews.

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Facts

Shopping Centers
  • Cross County Shopping Center
  • Downtown Bronxville
Major Sports Teams
  • New York Giants: NFL
  • New York Islanders: NHL
  • New York Jets: NFL
  • New York Knicks: NBA
  • New York Mets: MLB
  • New York Rangers: NHL
  • New York Yankees: MLB
City Web Sites
Distances to Nearest Major Cities New York City: : 25 minutes
Did You Know? Bronxville used to have the name "Underhill's Crossing."

Movie TheatersWhat's This?

Clearview’s Bronxville Cinemas
84 Kraft Ave.
Bronxville
(914) 961-4036

Cross County Multiplex Cinemas
2 South Dr.
Yonkers
(800) 315-4000

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