Black Rock Canal Park
Black Rock Canal Park is a park in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Black Rock Canal Park is situated nearby to the school Riverside Institute of Technology, as well as near George Washington Park.- Opening hours:
January—May: 7:00 AM—sunset
June—September: 7:00 AM—9:00 PM
October—December: 7:00 AM—sunset - Type: Park
- Also known as: “Cornelius Creek Park” and “Ontario Street Boat Launch”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riverside Institute of Technology and Strawberry Island.
Riverside Institute of Technology
School
Photo: D-Day, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riverside Institute of Technology was a public high school located in Buffalo, New York. It served Grades 9–12 and taught according to the Board of Regents. Riverside closed in June 2019 after years of low academic performance and safety concerns. Riverside Institute of Technology is situated 940 feet east of Black Rock Canal Park.
Strawberry Island
Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Strawberry Island is an uninhabited island in the Niagara River located in Erie County, New York, southeast of Grand Island. The five-acre island is owned by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and is managed as a fish and wildlife preserve.
Linde Air Products Factory
Historic building
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Linde Air Products Factory, also known as the Chandler Street Plant, is a historic liquid oxygen factory building in the Black Rock neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, United States. Linde Air Products Factory is situated 1¼ miles east of Black Rock Canal Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenmore and Upper West Side.
Kenmore
Town
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Kenmore is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 15,205 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. Kenmore is situated 2 miles northeast of Black Rock Canal Park.
Upper West Side
Neighborhood
The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York. Upper West Side is situated 2½ miles southeast of Black Rock Canal Park.
West Side
Photo: AndreCarrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sure, for now the Elmwood Village is Buffalo's premier neighborhood for fine dining and cute urban boutiques; Allentown is where local artists and bohos congregate, and downtown still takes the cake when it comes to the urban rehabilitation that Western New Yorkers have grown more and more used to.
Black Rock Canal Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Buffalo, Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.94712° or 42° 56′ 50″ northLongitude
-78.90926° or 78° 54′ 33″ westOperator
BuffaloOpen location code
87J3W3WR+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 125813681OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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