Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Yorktown, NY: what to set up and who to call
Yorktown has its own drop-off, Yorktown Recycling Center, on 5 Captain Kenneth Sgroi Plaza. Hudson Valley Hospital Center, 4.1 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Yorktown, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Yorktown.
Power comes from Con Edison
Con Edison (Consolidated Edison Co. of New York), an investor-owned utility, serves 98.6% of Yorktown residents. Its homes paid an average of 36.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $137 a month (its average across New York, for customers on its standard service). New York lets you buy power from another supplier; 10% of Con Edison’s home customers do, and Con Edison still delivers it.
Start or move service: coned.com · (800) 752-6633
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Yorktown Consold. Water Dist.#1
Yorktown Consold. Water Dist.#1 supplies Yorktown: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Westchester County WD #2 and Northern Westchester Joint Water Works as sellers) and serves 36,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 51% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY5903469.
3 home internet providers serve Yorktown
99% of 10,851 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 91% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 97% | 980/880 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 51% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Yorktown depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Yorktown, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on yorktownny.gov
- Bulky itemsOn set dates, day by address
Yorktown's Organic Yard Waste Facility
2200 Greenwood Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Dual-stream recycling
Paper goes out separately from bottles and cans.
From yorktownny.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Yorktown (70%) is in Yorktown Central School District; parts are in Lakeland Central School District (22%) and Croton-Harmon Union Free School District (5%) and Ossining Union Free School District (4%).
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Yorktown spans 6 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Yorktown residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Yorktown | ZIP’s residents in Yorktown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10598 | Yorktown Heights, NY | 71% | 89% |
| 10547 | Mohegan Lake, NY | 16% | 82% |
| 10588 | Shrub Oak, NY | 7% | 98% |
| 10562 | Ossining, NY | 2% | 2% |
| 10567 | Cortlandt Manor, NY | 2% | 3% |
| 10535 | Jefferson Valley, NY | 1% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 10549, 10520, 10514.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Yorktown
Who supplies Yorktown’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Yorktown Consold. Water Dist.#1 (EPA ID NY5903469). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Yorktown?
Con Edison (Consolidated Edison Co. of New York), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 36.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Yorktown?
Optimum, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Yorktown?
10598 (71%), 10547 (16%), 10588 (7%), 10562 (2%), 10567 (2%), 10535 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Yorktown in?
Yorktown Central School District. Parts of the city are in Lakeland Central School District and Croton-Harmon Union Free School District and Ossining Union Free School District.
How do I register to vote in Yorktown?
In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Westchester County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Yorktown’s own website (yorktownny.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.