Runyon Heights, also known as the area of Nepperhan, is a historically African American middle-class neighborhood in northwestern Yonkers, New York, US.
[1] Runyon Heights can be found along the north side of Tuckahoe Road between Saw Mill River Parkway and New York State Thruway.
Nepperhan, aka Runyon Heights was created as a small part of the Tenth Ward of the city of Yonkers.
Runyon Heights became one of the first predominantly black suburban areas, with few through streets into neighboring white neighborhoods - a feature designed in the years before World War 1.
[2] Barber shops and beauty salons doubled as meeting places for the politically active local community.