217 S Waverly St
Also listed as Park Hill Roller Skating Rink; Park Hill Casino
Former neighborhood recreation, assembly, and later mixed-use site at Herriot and South Waverly streets.
Noteworthy: The 1899 Illustrated Map labels a rink here, one of only three labeled structures on that map, and the 1892 Park Hill promotional booklet identifies a Park Hill curling rink in its account of Yonkers outdoor recreation. Newspaper notices from 1892 identify the Herriot and South Waverly site as Harvey's Park Hill Casino, formerly the skating rink, and advertise it for picnics, bicycle tournaments, athletic sports, public meetings, and fairs. In this late-nineteenth-century usage, "casino" means a recreation or social assembly place, not a gambling house. A 1901 sale notice still described the building as a skating rink known as Park Hill Casino; by the 1907 Yonkers atlas, part of the large structure was labeled as a planing mill. A 1921 sale notice again used the older rink and casino description, suggesting that the earlier recreation-site name remained attached to the property even after its use had changed.
Park Hill (2002)
approx. p. 11 and pp. 742-755
Significance: The Park Hill (2002) application does not identify the rink directly, but it discusses the country club, community life, other activities, and key amenities as part of the neighborhood's planned-community character.
Park Hill West (1994)
approx. pp. 48-58
Significance: The Park Hill West (1994) application does not identify the rink directly, but it repeats the country-club and planned-community amenities context around Park Hill.
Park Hill (1984)
approx. pp. 424-435
Significance: The Park Hill (1984) application does not identify the rink directly, but it describes Park Hill as a community with a country club and "many other associations for entertainment and improvement."
Park Hill on the Hudson (1892)
approx. p. 46
The 1892 publication identifies the Yonkers Curling Club rink at Park Hill in a broader discussion of open-air recreation, alongside skating, tennis, archery, coasting, and other outdoor activities.