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# South Buffalo

South Buffalo is a neighborhood that makes up the southern third of the City of Buffalo, New York.

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## Every way there

- Rochester → South Buffalo 104 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · $10–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rochester-to-south-buffalo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rochester&to=South+Buffalo)
- Syracuse → South Buffalo 220 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · $19–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/syracuse-to-south-buffalo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Syracuse&to=South+Buffalo)
- Pittsburgh → South Buffalo 44 km · quickest by road, 56 min · $4.5–6 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/pittsburgh-to-south-buffalo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Pittsburgh&to=South+Buffalo)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around South Buffalo, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What South Buffalo has

- Y Scheduled flights Buffalo (BUF), 13 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Buffalo, 6 km.

42.847°, -78.824°

Traditionally known for its large Irish-American community, this community also has a strong presence of various other nationalities. The once-heavily industrialized district was home to many steel mills, automotive parts manufacturers, petroleum refineries, foundries, and machine shops. However, due to increasing deindustrialization and rising unemployment, the area has experienced growing problems with poverty and population decline.

How locals move

## Getting around South Buffalo the local way

- Get in and around From 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.

From [Wikivoyage: Buffalo/South Buffalo](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Buffalo%2FSouth_Buffalo), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Buffalo%2C_Buffalo), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Basile Morin (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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