Location:
This Buffalo neighborhood centers on the area south of the Buffalo River. A large district, it extends to the Lackawanna city line on the south; to South Park Avenue on the west; and to the eastern side of Cazenovia Park on the east.

Boundaries: Cazenovia Creek / Amber Street / South Park Avenue and Southside Parkway / Hopkins Street, Lilac Street, and the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR line.

See: 1872 Map; Thirteenth Ward map (1872); history;

High Schools

South Park High School (PS 206)
150 Southside Parkway

Bishop Timon-Saint Jude High School
601 McKinley Parkway

Mount Mercy Academy
88 Red Jacket Parkway

Neighborhood Associations
Tosh Collins Community Center
35 Cazenovia Street

Neighborhood Housing Services of South Buffalo

South Buffalo Community Development Association
Street: 35 Cazenovia Street
Buffalo, NY 14220-1705
Phone: (716) 822-4532

South Buffalo Chamber of Commerce

Cazenovia Street Area Block Club

Religious Institutions. South Buffalo has a wide-variety of churches and religious institutions.

Cazenovia Park

This residential neighborhood grew in response to the commercial success of the industrial development in the First Ward. Traditionally Irish-American, the neighborhood retains its celtic flavor in area restaurants, churches, and social clubs. Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo and Trocaire College are important community centers. Cazenovia Creek, a tributary of the Buffalo River, winds through the neighborhood and the beautifully landscaped Cazenovia Park. The Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens are located in South Park. This park was also designed by F.L. Olmsted.

Note: The Botanical Gardens and the surrounding South Park were previously considered part of Lackawanna; that area is now owned and maintained by Buffalo.

Stuff to Do

Businesses

South Buffalo businesses are primarily restaurants, with an abundance of traditional bars, taverns, and pizza places, though there are some others, including: automobile dealers, mechanics, floral shops, barber shops, and medical centers. Recent national notice has been given to the bar that the late Tim Russert often highlighted as his father's favorite, the present day restaurant and club, the Blackthorn.