In 1899 Yonkers Raceway was founded as Empire City Race Track, is the one-half-mile standard bred harness of racing dirt track even New York state-approved the slots racino placed in the junction of Yonkers Avenue and Central Park Avenue at Yonkers, New York close to New York City border. Five sons of the Pittsburgh Steelers football legend Art Rooney recently owned that. William, H. Clark’s Empire City Trotting Club first opened Yonkers Raceway, considered a city landmark, in 1899. In 1900, Clark died with much litigation through his heirs more its proposed sale and track remained stopped for most of coming seven years except for the special events.