Buffalo is the second largest city in the State of New York in the Northeastern United States. Situated in Western New York on Lake Erie at the head of the Niagara River, it is a key entrepot between the United States and Canada.

Proximate to Niagara Falls, Buffalo is about a two-hour drive from Toronto, and there are several bus services for Canadians to come across the border to shop or to fly in and out of Buffalo International Airport (buf).