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Where to Stay in Buffalo, New York
Warships lie moored at the Naval & Military Park on the Buffalo River, in Buffalo, a harbour city of New York in the northeastern United States.
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Where to stay in Buffalo
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
BuffaloUnited StatesBuffalo Theater District
The Buffalo Theatre District is the theatre quarter of downtown Buffalo, four streets holding Shea's Performing Arts Center and five other houses.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesLower West Side
The Lower West Side runs from Porter Avenue down to Niagara Square in Buffalo, along the Niagara River.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesCanalside
Canalside is the Buffalo district rebuilt where the Erie Canal ended, by Main Street on the Buffalo River. The Commercial Slip holds water again.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesAllentown
Allentown is a neighbourhood of Buffalo, a low-rise quarter of old houses and church spires ranged along Delaware Avenue.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesElmwood Village
Elmwood Village runs along Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, between Allentown to the south and Delaware Park to the north.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesFargo Estate Historic District
Queen Anne porches step down the south slope of Prospect Hill in the Fargo Estate Historic District, a residential quarter on Buffalo's Lower West Side.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesDelaware Avenue Historic District
Delaware Avenue Historic District runs up the west side of Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, the stretch once known as Millionaires' Mile.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesFruit Belt
The Fruit Belt takes its name from streets called Cherry, Peach and Grape, on Buffalo's east side beside the medical campus.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesLarkinville
Brick factory walls line Seneca Street through Larkinville, a Buffalo quarter also called the Hydraulics and rebuilt around Larkin Square.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesBroadway-Fillmore
Brick spires rise over Broadway-Fillmore, the East Side district of Buffalo that grew as Polonia around the Broadway Market and Central Terminal.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesCold Springs
Cold Springs is a small neighbourhood on Buffalo's East Side, boxed in by Main Street and Jefferson Avenue.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesUpper West Side
Grant Street shopfronts and Olmsted circles mark the Upper West Side, a Buffalo neighbourhood between Richmond Avenue and the Niagara River.Where to stay →All neighbourhoods (24)
BuffaloUnited StatesEast Side
East Side is one of Buffalo's largest neighbourhoods, the ground beyond Main Street where church towers stand over vacant lots.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesHamlin Park Historic District
Open porches repeat down almost every block of Hamlin Park Historic District, a residential quarter of Buffalo named for Cicero J. Hamlin's Driving Park.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesEast Lovejoy
Freight tracks ring East Lovejoy on every side, the far eastern district of Buffalo known as Iron Island, German and Italian by origin.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesNorth Buffalo
North Buffalo is a group of Buffalo neighborhoods above Delaware Park, where Hertel Avenue runs through a Little Italy of bakeries and storefronts.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesBlack Rock
The Erie Canal took the black limestone ledge that named Black Rock, a Buffalo neighbourhood of canal-era brick and workers' cottages on the Niagara River.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesSouth Buffalo
Brick storefronts line Seneca Street in South Buffalo, an Irish-rooted third of the city where two Olmsted parks meet the old steel waterfront.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesSchiller Park
Schiller Park takes its name from a city park honouring the poet Friedrich Schiller, a neighbourhood on Buffalo's far eastern rim beside Cheektowaga.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesNorth Park
North Park sits east of Delaware Avenue in North Buffalo, where Hertel Avenue runs past the 1920 North Park Theatre and a strip of Italian bakeries.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesCentral Park
Central Park is a residential district of Buffalo west of Main Street, on avenues that cement magnate Lewis Jackson Bennett planted with trees himself.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesKensington
Shops line the crossing of Kensington Avenue and Bailey Avenue, the two commercial streets of Kensington, a neighbourhood in northeastern Buffalo.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesRiverside
Tonawanda Street crosses Ontario Street at the center of Riverside, a Buffalo neighborhood of two-family houses ending at the Niagara River bluff.Where to stay →BuffaloUnited StatesUniversity Heights
Hayes Hall's bell tower rises over Main Street in University Heights, a Buffalo district built beside the University at Buffalo South Campus.Where to stay →Hotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
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The harbour
The Buffalo River waterfront gathering the Naval & Military Park, Buffalo RiverWorks, and the LECOM Harborcenter at the water's edge.Find hotels in The harbourTravellers drawn to the museums and historic housesThe grand avenues
The older inland streets holding the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site and the Buffalo Museum of Science.Find hotels in The grand avenuesHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in Buffalo
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Museums & Galleries
3- Buffalo AKG Art Museum Heritage
- Buffalo History Museum Heritage
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
Churches & Religious Sites
8- Corpus Christi R. C. Church Complex Heritage
- Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Heritage
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo Heritage
- Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Heritage
- Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church Buildings Heritage
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- Trinity Episcopal Church Heritage
- St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Parish Complex Heritage
- Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Stadiums & Sports
3- LECOM Harborcenter
- Burt Flickinger Center
- Buffalo RiverWorks
Landmarks & Notable Places
3- George Barton House Heritage
- Woodlawn Avenue Row Heritage
- Seneca mission house
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About Buffalo
What is Buffalo known for?
Buffalo is known as a harbour city of New York and a former industrial power on the Buffalo River. The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park moors historic warships at the waterfront, among them the USS Croaker and the USS The Sullivans. Inland, the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site marks a turning point in the nation's history.
The water shaped it.
What are the main landmarks in Buffalo?
Buffalo's landmarks gather along its harbour and its old avenues. The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park moors the USS Croaker and the USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo River, while Buffalo RiverWorks and the LECOM Harborcenter line the waterfront nearby. Inland stand the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site and the Buffalo Museum of Science, with Riverside Park beyond.
History and water meet here.
What is the history of Buffalo?
Buffalo was established in 1832 and grew into a harbour and industrial centre of New York. Trade moved through the port on the Buffalo River, and the waterfront turned the young settlement into one of the great shipping and manufacturing cities of the region. Water made the city.
As industry gathered along the river, the population climbed and the grand avenues rose inland, lined with the churches and mansions that still mark the older streets of the city. Through the following century Buffalo held a place in the nation's history as well as its trade. The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site preserves the house where Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office after an assassination.
Its heritage runs deep. The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park keeps warships like the USS Croaker at the harbour, and the Buffalo Museum of Science records the city's growth in Erie County. Industry has since receded.
Buffalo grew on the trade that moved along the Buffalo River. The waterfront still defines it.
Where is Buffalo?
Buffalo lies in New York, in the northeastern United States, where the Buffalo River meets the harbour. The city grew along the water at the edge of Erie County. Its centre rises inland from the waterfront onto flatter ground.
The harbour anchors it. From the low quays where the Naval & Military Park moors its ships, Buffalo spreads out through the avenues and the neighbourhoods around Riverside Park.
What is the climate of Buffalo?
Buffalo has a humid continental climate famous for its heavy winter snow. Cold air moving over open water dumps deep lake-effect snow on the city, and the winters run long and hard along the harbour. Summers are warm and pleasant.
The warm months bring mild, comfortable days over the Buffalo River and the waterfront before the cold and the snow return to New York in the late months of the year.
How do you get to Buffalo?
Buffalo is reached by air, road, and rail in the northeast of New York. Interstate highways meet at the city, an airport serves the wider region, and rail lines run through the old industrial corridors along the Buffalo River. The harbour still draws traffic.
Long a hub of shipping and trade in Erie County, Buffalo gathers routes from every direction into the waterfront city.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Buffalo?
The harbour: First-time visitors who want the waterfront attractions on foot. The grand avenues: Travellers drawn to the museums and historic houses.
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Updated October 2026