The Genesee region and Western Finger Lakes region are often combined and described as the Finger Lakes region. While parts of the Finger Lakes are considered within Western New York (as either a region or quadrant) the eastern portions are typically considered a part of Central New York. The fourth region is that of the western Finger Lakes Region composed of parts of Seneca, Steuben, Schuyler, and Chemung counties. Letchworth State Park is a major geographical feature. The third region, the Genesee Region, comprises Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Orleans, Ontario, and Yates counties and parts of Genessee and Wyoming counties. The largest urban center is Jamestown, and Lake Chautauqua and Allegany State Park are major geographical features. The Chautauqua–Allegheny Region (also known as Southwestern New York or the Western Southern Tier) comprises Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties.
It is named for its major features, the Niagara river and Niagara Falls. The Greater Niagara Region (or the Niagara Frontier), comprises Niagara and Erie counties and parts of Genesee and Wyoming counties.
Western Finger Lakes (sometimes considered part of Central New York).Western New York is generally considered to have 2-4 subregions: ( August 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Western New York is in some contexts considered a sub-region of " Upstate New York" (when that term is used to describe all of New York State outside Long Island and the New York City metropolitan area) in most cases however, New Yorkers identify by specific regionalities such as Western New York or Central New York over vaguer terms such as Upstate New York. In terms of the combined statistical areas used by the United States Census Bureau, Western New York consists of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY area, the Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY area, and the Elmira-Corning, NY area.
The area is primarily served by Buffalo and Rochester media markets, although there is considerable overlap between these two markets, as well as other American and Canadian media markets (particularly from nearby Toronto). They include the area of the Holland Purchase and the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The 17 counties have a land area of 11,764 square miles (30,470 km 2). The rest of this article uses that definition. In addition to those counties mentioned, they add Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, and Yates as well. Others, such as Clarion Publications, the publisher of the WNY Travel Guide and, have used the term Western New York to describe a much larger area consisting of 17 counties.
Most organizations that use WNY in their name including the WNY College Consortium, the WNY Genealogical Society, WNY PRISM, the Psychological Association of WNY, and the WNY Land Conservancy describe themselves as working in these 8 counties. Almost all descriptions of WNY in the Buffalo media market define it as this 8 county area. More commonly, WNY has been defined to include at least Genesee, Orleans, and Wyoming counties as well. And the state used this regional boundary to set policy during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The state’s Empire State Development Corporation and state health authorities have both mapped the region this way. The State of New York sometimes defines the WNY region as including just five counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara. Others would describe the latter three areas as being in a separate Finger Lakes region. The eastern boundary of the region is not consistently defined by state agencies or those who call themselves “Western New Yorkers.” Almost all sources agree WNY includes the cities of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Jamestown, and the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of the Great Lakes lowlands and Niagara Frontier, and Chautauqua-Alleghany (or the western Southern Tier.) Many would also place Rochester and the Genesee Valley in the region while some would also include the western Finger Lakes within the region. Western New York (WNY) is the westernmost region of the U.S.
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