Broadway-Fillmore, Buffalo

Broadway-Filmore
Neighborhood
Left to right from top: Fillmore Community Church, Revelation Missionary Baptist Church, Buffalo Central Terminal, 702 Fillmore Avenue, view atop Broadway Market
Country	United States
State	New York
City	Buffalo
Named for	Polonia
Government
• Council Member	Mitchell P. Nowakowski (D)

Broadway-Fillmore (formerly known as Polonia) is a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York.^[1]

Geography[]

Sketch of the former Polonia Hotel in 1919 prior to remodeling.

The same building pictured in 2020 after the 1919 remodeling.

Broadway-Fillmore is in the lower East Side of Buffalo. The neighborhood is centered along Broadway running west–east and Fillmore Avenue running north–south.

History/Culture[]

Broadway-Fillmore was once home to a large Polish/Eastern European population in Buffalo. The neighborhood has long since fallen into poverty and disrepair in the mid-late 20th century.

Today a large African American population along with new immigrants are trying to breath new life into the neighborhood.

Notable sites[]

• Broadway Market
• Buffalo Central Terminal
• Corpus Christi Church
• Saint Stanislaus Church
• Saint John Kanty Church

See also[]

• Neighborhoods of Buffalo, New York

References[]

External links[]

• Broadway Fillmore Alive
• Polonia^{[dead link]}

Coordinates: 42°53′45.5″N 78°50′40.4″W / 42.895972°N 78.844556°W / 42.895972; -78.844556