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Black Rock, once an independent municipality, [1] is now a neighborhood of the northwest section of the city of Buffalo, New York. [2] In the 1820s, Black Rock was the rival of Buffalo for the terminus of the Erie Canal, but Buffalo, with its larger harbor capacity and greater distance from the shores of Canada, a recent antagonist during the War of 1812, won the competition.
To the south of the yard is the Niagara Thruway (I-190) and Scajaquada Creek which empties into the Black Rock Canal, formerly a channel of the Erie Canal. Trains depart the yard to the south by either the International Railway Bridge to Canada or the old New York Central Railroad line towards downtown Buffalo. Beneath the southern end of the ...
Eberz House is a historic home located in the Black Rock neighborhood of Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was built about 1892, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, wood-frame Queen Anne-style dwelling on a stone foundation. It features a highly decorated front porch with turned spindlework and textured surfaces.
The Black Rock Lock is a ship lock in Buffalo, New York, that allows vessels to bypass rapids on the Niagara River at the outlet of Lake Erie. The lock chamber is 650 feet (200 m) long, 70 feet (21 m) wide, and rises 26 feet (7.9 m).
Name Image Location Parish founded Church built Architect Description/Notes; Assumption 435 Amherst St. 1888 1914 Schmill & Gould Chronologically Buffalo's third Polish Catholic parish, Assumption was founded to serve the then-newly established Polish enclave in the eastern part of the Black Rock neighborhood, who felt unwelcome at the predominantly-German St. Francis Xavier and for whom the ...
At Ascend Erie climbing gym, employee Wade Desai, 35, helps check routes on the 52-foot wall in Erie on Nov. 2, 2023. The long-anticipated new gym opens to the public on Nov. 6. Rock climbers have ...
Erie is experiencing a drain of people, money, and resources at an alarming rate, and in 2017 Erie was named the worst city for Black Americans to live, according to 24/7 Wall St.
The Raid on Black Rock took place during the War of 1812 between the United Kingdom and the United States on 11 July 1813, near the Niagara River in western New York State, USA. The British objective was to capture supplies and equipment from the U.S. military store depot at Black Rock, New York. The raid was a success but the British force ...