YONKERS ancient sign

by Kevin Walsh

This battered street sign pair can be found (at least in 2012 when I shot it) at Leighton Avenue and Spencer Place in Yonkers. However, it sits right on the Yonkers-NYC borderline and indeed, Spencer Place is L-shaped and curves south into the Bronx, where it dead ends. Leighton then continues south with an identity change in the Bronx, where it becomes Spencer Avenue.

Yonkers is a large city — I believe NYS’ third largest after NYC and Buffalo — and roving it in its entirety looking for similar signs would be daunting. If anyone knows the locations of any other similar signs, tell me in Comments.

12/9/13

7 comments

Danny S. December 10, 2013 - 8:55 am

I recognized that sign right away. There is also a modern New York City green vinyl sign for Spencer Place just a few feet from the ancient Yonkers sign, and I think that Spencer Place itself is wholly in the Bronx. It runs east from Leighton/Spencer Ave., then curves south. And the part of it that runs north/south is also called Spencer Terrace, and has four-digit house numbers in the 62xx range. I once drove a livery cab in the area, and was mystified when I received a call for a Spencer Terrace address, until the dispatcher directed me down Spencer Place.

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Worldly Canuck December 10, 2013 - 10:02 pm

Maybe the fear of removing something on the wrong side of the border keeps the Traffic Dept. away from No Man’s Land!

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Asher December 11, 2013 - 3:12 am

I remember finding it strange that I needed to drive through Yonkers to go from the Bronx to the Bronx. There is a staircase at the bottom of Spencer Place, but one can’t drive it.

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painters in wellington December 12, 2013 - 7:39 pm

My family is all in south florida now, I opened up a painting company down here, man I miss home,good thing my cousins and and I will be visiting some friends in the Bronx after the holidays, will take pic ( if it’s still there ) and report back to this post.

Just found this site. Awesome.

LoveNewYork

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house painters in wellington December 12, 2013 - 7:44 pm

Maybe double post?

I’m in South Florida now, opened up a painting company down here in Wellington, Florida.

Will be going to the Bronx with some cousins after the holidays.

Will update if sign is there and take pic.

Joe – NewYorkLove

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Jay December 13, 2013 - 8:42 pm

According to the oasisnyc.net website map, looks like Spencer Place is mostly in Westchester County, and some of the properties lie in both NYC and Yonkers. Interesting.

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Laura May 4, 2015 - 8:58 pm

My grandparents lived on Spencer Place and had a Yonkers address.

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