A small commercial center in northern Westchester, Yorktown Heights serves surrounding neighborhoods, light industry and a research campus with shops, trades and professional offices.
Apply Now →Yorktown Heights is a census-designated place in the Town of Yorktown, in northern Westchester County, with a 2020 census population of 1,884. The census-designated place itself covers under a square mile, while the surrounding town is about 45 miles from New York City and has rolling hills, farmland, residential areas and light industry, including the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. U.S. Route 202 passes through, and the Taconic State Parkway is nearby to the west. The old Yorktown Heights railroad station on the Putnam Division, which last had passenger service in 1958, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The number to focus on is not the CDP's small population. A center like this serves the whole surrounding town, and its businesses draw customers from the neighborhoods and nearby hamlets.
Unlike a city neighborhood where customers walk, northern Westchester centers rely on cars. That means parking, visibility from the road and convenient hours matter, and customers can choose among several nearby centers. A business in Yorktown Heights competes on service, reliability and relationships as much as on location.
Homes in hilly, wooded areas mean a steady base of repairs, landscaping and renovation work, with seasons that follow the weather.
Small practices serve nearby residents and workers, with staff and space costs that are fixed and payments that follow insurance timelines.
The customer base is local and repeat, so consistency is the product, and consistency has costs.
New York's 2026 minimum wage is $17 an hour in Westchester, compared with $16 in the rest of the state. For a business with hourly staff, that raises the fixed cost of every shift. For illustration only: a small shop that adds two part-time employees for the holiday season has wage costs from the first week, while the extra sales build over the following weeks. Landscaping and outdoor trades face the mirror image in winter, when income drops but insurance, vehicles and equipment continue to cost money.
We fund $25,000 to $5,000,000, funded in as little as 24 hours. FICO 500+ is considered. We typically review about three months of business bank statements, require no tax returns, and use a soft credit pull on an application of about five minutes. Sole proprietors can apply. Start on the application page, or see the Westchester County and Mid-Hudson pages.
List the three biggest cash events in the next quarter: a payroll run, a purchase, a repair or a tax payment. Put a date next to each, and put next to them the receipts you expect and the dates they should arrive. The worst point in that timeline, where the balance is lowest, is the amount you actually need to cover. Anything above that is a cushion, and a small one is reasonable, but it is worth knowing the difference before you apply.
We evaluate by business bank statements and consider FICO 500+. Sole proprietors can apply.
Seasonality is common. We review recent statements.
No.
No, the pull is soft.
Inventory, equipment, vehicles, payroll and the gap between invoice and payment are common uses.
Three months of business bank statements and a 5-minute application. FICO 500+ considered. $25,000 to $5,000,000, funded in as little as 24 hours.
Apply Now →It takes about two minutes and it will not affect your credit score.
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