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Fruit Belt, Buffalo — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Fruit Belt takes its name from streets called Cherry, Peach and Grape, on Buffalo's east side beside the medical campus.
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Where to stay in Fruit Belt
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Michigan Avenue separates the Fruit Belt from the medical campus. High Street runs west to east through the middle and Jefferson Avenue north to south, the Kensington Expressway closes the eastern side, and the hospitals across Michigan are the reason most visitors are here at all. Downtown is a short way south-west.
Rooms are over there.
Things to do in and around Buffalo
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Museums & Galleries
1- Buffalo Museum of Science
Churches & Religious Sites
8- Corpus Christi R. C. Church Complex Heritage
- Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Heritage
- Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Heritage
- Trinity Episcopal Church Heritage
- Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Heritage
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- Westminster Presbyterian Church Heritage
- Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church Heritage
- Richmond Avenue Methodist-Episcopal Church Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Stadiums & Sports
3- Burt Flickinger Center
- Demske Sports Complex
- Buffalo Baseball Park
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- Woodlawn Avenue Row Heritage
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About Fruit Belt
What are the main landmarks in Fruit Belt?
The street names are the landmark. Cherry, Maple, Mulberry, Locust, Lemon, Orange, Peach and Grape were approved together by the Buffalo Common Council in June 1835, and the eight of them are what the neighbourhood is called after. The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus lies across Michigan Avenue.
Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory School is inside.
What is the history of Fruit Belt?
The lots went on sale in 1835. Investors from Albany and New York City offered them that September, three months after the council settled the fruit names, and the neighbourhood held together as one piece until the 1950s. The Kensington Expressway then cut it in half.
The nickname had reached print in August 1934, at a Mulberry Street carnival.
Where is Fruit Belt?
The Fruit Belt sits on Buffalo's east side between Michigan Avenue and the Kensington Expressway.
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Updated October 2026