Willie Young, Yonkers

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Willie Young is a neighborhood in the borough of Yonkers in New York City. It was settled as a town by the New Netherlands Director-General in August in 1645 after Yonkers was found. It is one of the major predominantly African American neighborhoods in Yonkers. Willie Young starts at Ashburton Avenue and ends on Roberts Avenue. Willie Young has major black cultural background with crime and poverty.