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East Side, Buffalo — Area Guide & Where to Stay
East Side is one of Buffalo's largest neighbourhoods, the ground beyond Main Street where church towers stand over vacant lots.
About East Side
Where to stay in East Side
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A stay aimed at the East Side is booked west of Main Street, in Buffalo proper, and worked from there toward St. Adalbert's Basilica and the Buffalo Museum of Science. Main Street draws the East Side's edge. The museum side is the gentler introduction, the one East Side address most visitors reach at all, while the deeper streets around the Corpus Christi church complex and Woodlawn Avenue Row reward someone who has read up first.
About East Side
What are the main landmarks in East Side?
Churches dominate the East Side roll. St. Adalbert's Basilica leads it, and behind the basilica the record files the Corpus Christi complex, the Church of the Transfiguration, Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex and Faith Missionary Baptist Church.
Away from the parish list stand the Buffalo Museum of Science, the Demske Sports Complex, the Buffalo Baseball Park and Woodlawn Avenue Row, four East Side entries that answer to something other than a congregation.
What is the history of East Side?
The dated history of the East Side is written into its buildings rather than a charter, and the buildings that carry the dates are its parish churches. St. Adalbert's Basilica stands at the head of that list. Beside it the record files the Corpus Christi complex, St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex and Sts.
Peter and Paul Orthodox Church. The Buffalo Baseball Park belongs to the same roll. Between them the East Side keeps vacant lots and abandoned buildings.
Where is East Side?
The East Side takes in one of the largest shares of Buffalo's ground, all of it east of Main Street, in New York.
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Updated September 2026