Historic Polonia in Buffalo in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Broadway Market

Founded 1879

Photographed by Jeremy Bauer, April 1, 2025

1. Broadway Market Marker

Inscription.
The Broadway Market has helped maintain the identity of this neighborhood. Through the years it has been home to many nationalities. The German immigrants settled nearby in the 1870s. St. Stanislaus Parish drew the Polish citizens in such numbers that the Market became known as the "Polish Market”. Later, other Eastern Europeans followed. More recently, Afro-Americans arrived.

Erected 1987 by Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Immigration • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.

Location. 42° 53.592′ N, 78° 50.242′ W. Marker is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County. It is in Historic Polonia. It is at the intersection of Broadway and Lombard Street, on the right when traveling east on Broadway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 999 Broadway, Buffalo NY 14212, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and specifically in Western New York.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally,

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it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Father Justin Rosary Hour (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Corpus Christi Church Complex (about 700 feet away); St. Stanislaus Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Polish Colony (approx. 0.4 miles away); Henry Wolanski (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. Ann's Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Buffalo Stockyards (approx. ¾ mile away); Concordia Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buffalo.

Also see . . . Broadway Market. (Submitted on April 27, 2025, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2025, by Jeremy Bauer of West Seneca, New York. This page has been viewed 141 times since then and 18 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on April 1, 2025, by Jeremy Bauer of West Seneca, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.

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