Lackawanna
Lackawanna is a city in Erie County, New York, United States, just south of the city of Buffalo in western New York State.
Lackawanna is a city in Erie County, New York, United States, just south of the city of Buffalo in western New York State. The population was 19,949 at the 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in New York, growing in population by 10% from 2010 to 2020. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The city of Lackawanna is in the western part of Erie County.
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Worth seeing in and around Lackawanna
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.
- 01KeyBank Center
KeyBank Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally known as Marine Midland Arena, the venue has since been named HSBC Arena and First Niagara Center.
7.4 km · indoor arena in Buffalo, New York, USA · Wikipedia - 02Ralph Wilson Stadium
Ralph Wilson Stadium, colloquially known as The Ralph, was a stadium in Orchard Park, New York, in the Southtowns of the Buffalo metropolitan area. It served as the home venue of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League from 1973 to 2025.
6 km · stadium in Orchard Park, NY · Wikipedia - 03Diocese of Buffalo
The Diocese of Buffalo is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Western New York in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese within the metropolitan province of the Archdiocese of New York.
9.7 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 04Buffalo City Hall
Buffalo City Hall is the seat for municipal government in the City of Buffalo, New York. Located at 65 Niagara Square, the 32-story Art Deco skyscraper was completed in 1931 by Dietel, Wade & Jones.
8.7 km · skyscraper and municipal building in Buffalo, New York, USA · Wikipedia - 05Larkin Administration Building
The Larkin Administration Building was an office building at 680 Seneca Street in Buffalo, New York, United States.
6.7 km · building by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Buffalo, New York · Wikipedia - 06Highmark Stadium
Highmark Stadium is an American football stadium located in Orchard Park, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. It opened in 2026, serving as the home field of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League.
5.8 km · stadium in Orchard Park, New York · Wikipedia - 07St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo
Saint Joseph Cathedral is located at 50 Franklin Street in downtown Buffalo, New York within the Joseph Ellicott Historic District, and is currently the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.
8.2 km · church in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 08Sahlen Field
Sahlen Field is a baseball park in Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally known as Pilot Field, the venue has since been named Downtown Ballpark, North AmeriCare Park, Dunn Tire Park, and Coca-Cola Field.
7.9 km · baseball stadium in Buffalo, New York · Wikipedia - 09Our Lady of Victory Basilica
The Our Lady of Victory Basilica is a Catholic parish church and national shrine in Lackawanna, New York which was consecrated in 1926. Due to the multiple charities of founder Nelson Baker, the shrine is a popular pilgrimage and visitor destination in Lackawanna.
700 m · church building in New York, United States of America · Wikipedia - 10McKinley Monument
The McKinley Monument is a 96-foot tall obelisk in Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York. Its location in front of Buffalo City Hall defines the center of Buffalo that all of the main roads converge on.
8.6 km · landmark in Buffalo, New York · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lackawanna
- Airports
- Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 15 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 98 km · Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester (ROC), 100 km
- Stations
- Buffalo–Exchange Street, 7.6 km · Buffalo Central Terminal, 7.8 km
- Rochester → Lackawanna105 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · $10–13
- Syracuse → Lackawanna219 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · $19–27
- Pittsburgh → Lackawanna283 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · $27–37
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lackawanna
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 Lackawanna. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in and aroundFrom Memorial Day through Columbus Day, you can also get to the Outer Harbor from Canalside via the Queen City Bike Ferry; the fare is $1.
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