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Armory Square

Armory Square is a small neighborhood on the west side of Downtown Syracuse, New York.

Armory Square
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The place

Armory Square is a small neighborhood on the west side of Downtown Syracuse, New York. It began life as a busy commercial and industrial area just to the west of the central city. After World War II, Syracuse's central city became less and less populated as more housing and business facilities were built in the suburbs. In the 1980s, plans were first made to transform the languishing district into a small shopping/arts/nightlife district surrounding the former Syracuse Armory. These plans came to fruition during the 1990s, when new stores and restaurants opened, and several new buildings were constructed in a compatible style to the middle and late 1800s and early 1900s architecture dominating the district.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Armory Square

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Syracuse University

    Syracuse University is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920.

    2 km · private university in Syracuse, New York, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Diocese of Syracuse

    The Diocese of Syracuse is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Upstate New York in the United States. Its episcopal see is located in Syracuse.

    900 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Tree of 40 Fruit

    A Tree of 40 Fruit is one of a series of fruit trees created by the Syracuse University associate professor Sam Van Aken using the technique of grafting. Each tree produces forty types of stone fruit, of the genus Prunus, ripening sequentially from July to October in the United States.

    2 km · fruit tree with 40 grafted Prunus varieties by Sam Van Aken on Syracuse University campus · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    JMA Wireless Dome

    The JMA Wireless Dome, originally the Carrier Dome, is a domed stadium in Syracuse, New York, United States. Located on the campus of Syracuse University in the University Hill neighborhood, it is home to the Syracuse Orange football, basketball, and lacrosse teams.

    1.9 km · domed stadium at Syracuse University, New York · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Oncenter War Memorial Arena

    The Upstate Medical University Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Syracuse, New York. It is part of the Oncenter Complex.

    600 m · arena in Syracuse, New York · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

    The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse, New York, in the United States is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. It is the seat of the bishop of Syracuse; as of 2026, the bishop is Douglas Lucia.

    400 m · cathedral in Syracuse, New York, United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

    The Newhouse School of Public Communications is the communications and journalism school of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The school was named after publishing magnate Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., founder of Advance Publications, who provided the founding gift in 1964.

    1.8 km · communications school at Syracuse University · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Alliance Bank Stadium

    NBT Bank Stadium is a publicly owned, 10,815-seat, minor league baseball stadium in Syracuse, New York. It is the home stadium for the Syracuse Mets Triple-A baseball team of the International League.

    3.7 km · baseball stadium in Syracuse, New York · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Everson Museum of Art

    The Everson Museum of Art in Downtown Syracuse, New York, is a major Central New York museum focusing on American art.

    700 m · art museum in Syracuse, New York · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

    The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Catholic parish church and minor basilica in Syracuse, New York. It is located at 927 Park Avenue in the Westside neighborhood.

    2 km · roman catholic church building · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Armory Square

Airports
Syracuse Hancock (SYR), 8 km · Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester (ROC), 123 km · Albany (ALB), 195 km
Stations
William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center, 3.5 km
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Armory Square

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Armory Square. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    365 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    600 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,943 km
  4. 04
    Tortola and the British Virgin IslandsVG

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    2,945 km
  5. 05
    ViequesPR

    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

    2,948 km

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Around it

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