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The University Heights District is a neighborhood in
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Geography

The University Heights neighborhood is in the northern corner of Buffalo. Main Street (
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) bisects University Heights. Main Street in University Heights has an assortment of restaurants, bars, retail stores, and places of worship, many catering to the
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s of the
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. The University Heights neighborhood is bounded on the west and south by the former Erie-Lackawanna Railroad right-of-way, across which is the
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neighborhood. Kenmore Avenue, which forms the boundary between the City of Buffalo and the towns of Amherst and Tonawanda, forms the northern edge of the neighborhood. The
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neighborhood in Tonawanda and the Eggertsville neighborhood in
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lie across Kenmore Avenue. The Eastern Boundary is Main Street and the
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Gallery

File:University Presbyterian Church Buffalo NY Nov10.JPG, University Presbyterian Church, University Heights. File:UniversityHeightsBuffaloNY.jpg, A view of Main Street in the University Heights business district.


See also

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External links

*University Heights is covered in the .


References

{{Buffalo Neighborhoods Neighborhoods in Buffalo, New York