Landmark
Buffalo City Hall
A tall Art Deco city hall with an observation deck at the top.
1 min drive from the center · 0.5 km · 0.3 mi
Photo: xiquinhosilva · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
New York, USA
Buffalo
11 shuls (3 Chabad) · 3 kosher · 80 hotels on our map
Photo: Daderot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Buffalo City HallCanalsideBuffalo ZooDarwin D. Martin HouseBuffalo and Erie County Botanical GardensDelaware Park
About
Buffalo's Orthodox community is centered in Amherst and Getzville, near the University at Buffalo, with shuls, a Chabad house and kosher food under the local Vaad. Niagara Falls is about half an hour away.
Best time to goMay–Oct; winters are long and snowy.
Local time
Before you goPlaces come from OpenStreetMap and can change. Call ahead for minyan and Shabbos meals, and check the hechsher yourself.
Top attractions
Things to do in Buffalo
Stroll & shop
Canalside
The waterfront district at the end of the Erie Canal, with walkways and boats.
2 min drive from the center · 1.1 km · 0.7 mi
Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Family & fun
Buffalo Zoo
One of the oldest zoos in the country, in Delaware Park.
12 min drive from the center · 9.0 km · 5.6 mi
Photo: Dave Pape · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Landmark
Darwin D. Martin House
A Frank Lloyd Wright house complex, restored and open for tours.
10 min drive from the center · 8.1 km · 5.0 mi
Photo: Dave Pape · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
A large Victorian glass conservatory full of plants, in South Park.
12 min drive from the center · 10.0 km · 6.2 mi
Photo: Daderot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Delaware Park
Buffalo's big park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, with a lake and paths.
11 min drive from the center · 5.7 km · 3.6 mi
Photo: Dave Pape · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Where to stay
Hotels by walk or drive to minyan
Walking and driving time from each hotel to the nearest shul and kosher food. Tap a hotel for its map, phone numbers and directions.
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Walking times are estimates: straight-line distance × 1.3 at about 80 m a minute. Driving times are road routes without traffic (OpenStreetMap routing); where a route is missing we show “≈”, straight line × 1.4 at city speed. No prices or ratings here; each hotel links to Google Maps reviews and a Booking.com search.
Minyan
Shuls & Chabad
Chabad houses first. Call ahead for minyan times.
8 shuls, Chabad houses and kosher places in this city were added or completed by hand from the OU community page and Young Israel of Greater Buffalo's kosher list (checked November 2026). Each one links to its source.
Not every shul is on the map yet: search synagogues on Google Maps. Denomination is shown only where it is mapped. Something wrong? Report a correction.
Food
Kosher food
Each card names its hechsher and the agency, vaad or Chabad list it comes from. Places marked “Tagged kosher on OpenStreetMap” have no hechsher source yet. We don’t certify anything: always check the hechsher yourself.
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