Unity Island Park

Unity Island Park is a park in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Unity Island Park is situated nearby to the security checkpoint Building 8, as well as near Black Rock Lock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Buffalo Smelting Works and Richardson Olmsted Complex.

Buffalo Smelting Works

Industrial building

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

Buffalo Smelting Works is a historic copper smelting complex located in the Black Rock neighborhood of Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was built in 1891, and consists of a twinned, 2 1/2-story, brick building. Buffalo Smelting Works is situated 2,000 feet north of Unity Island Park.

Richardson Olmsted Complex

Historic site

Photo: Shinerunner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Richardson Olmsted Campus in Buffalo, New York, United States, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. The site was designed by the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson in concert with the famed landscape team of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the late 1800s, incorporating a system of treatment for people with mental illness developed by Dr. Richardson Olmsted Complex is situated 1¼ miles east of Unity Island Park.

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 1 mile north of Unity Island Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper West Side and Fort Erie.

Upper West Side

Neighborhood

The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York.

Fort Erie

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort Erie is a town of about 33,000 people in the Niagara Region. It is directly across the river from Buffalo, New York, and is the site of Old Fort Erie which played a prominent role in the War of 1812.

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.

Unity Island Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Buffalo, Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.93078° or 42° 55′ 51″ north

Longitude

-78.90507° or 78° 54′ 18″ west

Operator

Buffalo Park System

Open location code

87J3W3JV+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 84739413

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Satellite Map

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Building 8 and Black Rock Lock.

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