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Binghamton, New York

Binghamton, often known as "The Parlor City," is a city

City

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located in the Southern Tier

Southern Tier

The Southern Tier is a geographical term that refers to the counties of New York State west of the Catskill Mountains along the northern border of Pennsylvania....
of New York

New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
in the United States

United States

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. The "Home of the Square Deal," it is the county seat

County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
of Broome County

Broome County, New York

Broome County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 200,536. It was named in honor of John Broome , who was lieutenant governor in 1806 when Broome County was established....
and the principal city and cultural center of the Greater Binghamton

Greater Binghamton

The Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area, also called Greater Binghamton, is a region of southern upstate New York in the Northeastern United States United States, anchored by the city of Binghamton, New York....
region. The population of the City, according to the 2000 census, is 47,380.

The City of Binghamton is located at the confluence of the Susquehanna

Susquehanna River

Chenango River

Interstate 81

Interstate 81 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island at the Canada?United States border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 401 , the main freeway connecting Windsor, Ontario-Detro...
and 88

Interstate 88 (east)

Interstate 88 is an Interstate Highway entirely within the U.S. state of New York. Its western end is at Interstate 81 in Binghamton, New York and its eastern end is at Interstate 90 in Schenectady, New York....
, as well as New York State Route 17

New York State Route 17

New York State Route 17, also known as the Southern Tier Expressway , the Quickway , and the Orange Turnpike , is a New York state highway that runs from Suffern, New York to the Pennsylvania border in Western New York....
(also known as The Southern Tier Expressway and the future Interstate 86

Interstate 86 (east)

Interstate 86 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. It is an upgrade of the existing New York State Route 17....
).

The Binghamton Metropolitan Area includes approximately 252,000 residents in all of Broome and Tioga (NY) counties.

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Binghamton, often known as "The Parlor City," is a city

City

Southern Tier

The Southern Tier is a geographical term that refers to the counties of New York State west of the Catskill Mountains along the northern border of Pennsylvania....
of New York

New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
in the United States

United States

County seat

Broome County, New York

Greater Binghamton

Susquehanna River

Chenango River

Interstate 81

Interstate 88 (east)

New York State Route 17

Interstate 86 (east)

Triple Cities

The Triple Cities is a colloquial phrase used by people in the Southern Tier region of New York State to refer to the agglomeration created by the cities of Binghamton, New York, Endicott, New York, and Johnson City, New York ....
," along with Endicott

Endicott, New York

Endicott is a village in Broome County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 13,038 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton, New York Binghamton metropolitan area....
and Johnson City

Johnson City, New York

[]Johnson City is a village in Broome County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 15,535 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton, New York Binghamton metropolitan area....
(which are actually villages). The region is collectively referred to as Greater Binghamton

Greater Binghamton

The Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area, also called Greater Binghamton, is a region of southern upstate New York in the Northeastern United States United States, anchored by the city of Binghamton, New York....
.

In 2007, Binghamton was named the 9th greenest city in the U.S. by Country Home magazine.

Greater Binghamton

Greater Binghamton

Binghamton University

Binghamton University or State University of New York at Binghamton is one of the four university centers in New York State?s system of post-secondary public education State University of New York....
, a driving force in the community as an academic, athletic, and arts center. Binghamton also has the world's largest collection of functioning antique carousels and the biggest public observatory, the Kopernik Space Center

Kopernik Space Center

The Kopernik Space Education Center is an observatory in Vestal, New York. In addition to operating a scientific observatory, the facility also provides outreach programs for community children, educating them about astronomy and science....
, in the northeastern United States

Northeastern United States

The Northeast is a region of the United States. According to the definition used by the United States Census Bureau, the Northeast region consists of nine states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania....
. The region is further recognized as the birthplace of the IBM Corporation

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
, Dick's Sporting Goods

Dick's Sporting Goods

Dick's Sporting Goods is a large US sports service retailer. Headquartered in Findlay Township, at the Pittsburgh International Airport, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it has 358 stores in thirty-eight states, primarily in the eastern half of the US....
, Endicott Johnson Corporation

Endicott Johnson Corporation

The Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company was a prosperous manufacturer of shoes based in New York's Southern Tier, with factories mostly located in the area's Triple Cities of Binghamton, New York, Johnson City, New York, and Endicott, New York....
, Raymond Corporation and the Link Trainer flight simulator

Link Trainer

The term Link Trainer is commonly used to refer to a series of flight simulators produced between the early 1930s and early 1950s by Edwin Albert Link, based on technology he pioneered in 1929 at his family's business in Binghamton, NY....
.

History

Early history

The city was named after William Bingham

William Bingham

William Bingham was an United States statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788 and served in the United States Senate from 1795 to 1801....
, a wealthy Philadelphian who bought the surrounding land in 1792. Before that, the first known people of European descent to come to the area were the troops of Gen. John Sullivan

John Sullivan

John Sullivan was an United States general in the American Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress.Sullivan served as a major general in the Continental Army and as Governor of New Hampshire....
in 1779, during the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
.

The community was first settled around 1802 and was known as "Chenango Point." Binghamton was first incorporated in 1834 as a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
of the Town of Binghamton

Binghamton (town), New York

Binghamton is a town in Broome County, New York, New York, United States, United States. The population was 4,969 at the 2000 census. The town is named after an early developer, William Bingham....
. Binghamton became a city in 1867.

Abel Bennett, who made a fortune as owner of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, was the city's first mayor. His farm property on the city's west side (in an area bordered by Riverside Drive on the south, Beethoven Street on the west, Seminary Avenue on the north, and portions of Chestnut Street and St. John Avenue to the east) is known as the Abel Bennett Tract. On Feb. 19, 2008, this historic district was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
.

Later development

Binghamton was nicknamed the “Parlor City” for its neat streets and attractive homes, including many stately mansions. Strangely enough, many of those stately mansions are now funeral parlors

Funeral home

A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary, is a business that provides burial and funeral services for the deceased and their families....
. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, many immigrants moved to the area, finding an abundance of jobs, leading them to call it the “Valley of Opportunity.”

Greater Binghamton is noted as being the birthplace of the Link flight simulator

Link Trainer

IBM

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between a number of world powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, United Kingdom and those countries' respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s....
ended, the area never experienced an economic downfall, due in part to its defense-heavy industries. This concentration of the defense industry made the area the seventh most likely area in the nation for a nuclear attack during the Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between a number of world powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, United Kingdom and those countries' respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s....
, and the population peaked at around 85,000 in 1950, but now hovers around 50,000.

Along with the start of IBM, the original Dick's Sporting Goods

Dick's Sporting Goods

Geography

Binghamton is located at (42.102225, -75.911797).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 28.6 km² (11.0 sq mi). 27.0 km² (10.4 sq mi) of it is land and 1.6 km² (0.6 sq mi) of it (5.43%) is water.

The north branch of the Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River is a river located in the northeastern United States. At approximately 444 mi long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the United States and the 16th longest in the United States....
passes through downtown Binghamton. This branch rises in eastern New York and receives a number of tributaries above Binghamton, most notably the Chenango

Chenango River

The Chenango River is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately 90 miles long, in central New York in the United States. It drains a dissected plateau area in upstate New York at the northern end of the Susquehanna watershed....
, which joins from the north just outside of the business district. Major floods occurred in the city during 1865, 1936 and 2006.

In 1935 the Chenango suffered a flash flood, which was damaging, but less severe once it joined the larger Susquehenna. So much water came from the Chenango, that the Susquehanna flowed backwards for some distance above the confluence. In 1972 the remnants of Hurricane Agnes

Hurricane Agnes

Hurricane Agnes was the first tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. A rare June hurricane, it made landfall on the Florida Panhandle before moving northeastward and ravaging the Mid-Atlantic region as a tropical storm....
flooded the entire Susquehanna basin downstream from Binghamton, but the damage in the city was minor.

In 2006, the Susquehanna flooded again in Binghamton causing massive amounts of damage in the city and the entire metropolitan area. The Exchange Street and Washington Street bridges were flooded and the height of the river surpassed the flood walls on North Shore Drive, Court Street, and Conklin Ave. The damage was extensive enough to force large scale evacuations, including that of Lourdes Hospital which was unable to pump water out of its basement fast enough.

Climate

Binghamton has a humid continental climate, with cold, snowy winters and warmer, wet summers. Snowfall is significant, with an annual total of 82.4 inches. Binghamton is not as greatly affected by the lake-effect snows as the cities in the north (Syracuse

Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is the fifth largest city in New York State, United States. According to the United States Census 2000, the city population was 147,306, and its Syracuse metropolitan area had a population of 732,117....
) and closer to the Great Lakes

Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
, but persistent snow bands from the lakes do occasionally result in moderate snows. Binghamton receives significant snows at times during the year from Nor'easter

Nor'easter

A nor'easter is a kind of macro-scale storm along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada. A nor'easter is so named because the winds in a nor'easter come from the Ordinal direction, especially in the coastal areas of the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada....
storms as well.

Summers in Binghamton are typified by warmer, less humid days with occasional temperature spikes into the upper 80s and lower 90s. Higher temperatures have occurred, but are very uncommon. As with most cities in upstate New York, precipitation in Binghamton is spread evenly throughout the year; there is no "dry season."

Cityscape

Urban and suburban development in greater Binghamton stretches along the numerous river valleys that cut through the hill dominated area.

The City of Binghamton is spread across seven neighborhoods which include; Downtown

Downtown Binghamton

In the Southern Tier of New York State, nestled on the north bank of the Susquehanna River, just east of its confluence with the Chenango River one finds Downtown Binghamton....
, the Westside

Westside, Binghamton

Westside, as the name implies, is a neighborhood in the western section of the New York city of Binghamton, New York. It is primarily an urban residential neighborhood with retail along Main Street and pockets of industrial buildings along the train tracks....
, the Eastside

Eastside, Binghamton

Eastside, as the name implies, is a neighborhood in the eastern section of the New York city of Binghamton, New York. It is primarily an urban residential neighborhood with retail along Court Street and Robinson streets with pockets of industry scattered along the train tracks....
, the Northside

Northside, Binghamton

Northside, as the name implies, is a neighborhood in northern section of the New York city of Binghamton, New York. It is a mixed-use urban neighborhood with commercial and industrial businesses many times occupying sections of residential blocks....
, the First Ward, the Southside

Southside, Binghamton

Southside, as the name implies, is a neighborhood in the southern section of the New York State city of Binghamton, New York. It is primarily a residential neighborhood with some commercial and industrial activity along Vestal and Conklin avenues....
and Ely Park.

Downtown Binghamton is the business, entertainment and administrative center of the city and is located immediately northeast of the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers. The Southside, as the name implies, occupies the southern shore of the Susquehanna River as well as the hillsides directly south of the river. The Eastside lies east of downtown on the north bank of the Susquehanna and stretches to the town of Kirkwood

Kirkwood, New York

Kirkwood is a town in Broome County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 5,651 at the 2000 census. The town is named after James P....
border. The Northside lies north of downtown along the east bank of the Chenango.Occupying the location of the city's primary retail and financial institutions, governmental offices, and entertainment venues.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
of 2000, there were 47,380 people, 21,089 households, and 10,417 families residing in the city. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
was 1,752.3/km² (4,539.2/sq mi). There were 23,971 housing units at an average density of 886.5/km² (2,296.5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the city was 83.18% White, 8.41% Black or African American

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 0.26% Native American, 3.33% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.71% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 3.07% from two or more races. 3.90% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 21,091 households out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.6% were married couples

Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.6% were non-families. 40.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 13.2% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.

The area surrounding Binghamton, referred to in marketing as "Greater Binghamton

Greater Binghamton

The Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area, also called Greater Binghamton, is a region of southern upstate New York in the Northeastern United States United States, anchored by the city of Binghamton, New York....
" - or the Binghamton MSA by the census bureau - is approximately 252,000 people. The Binghamton MSA is composed of all of Broome County

Broome County, New York

Tioga County, New York

Tioga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 51,784. Its name derives from an Native American word meaning "at the forks," describing a meeting place....
. Alternatively defined, the number of people living in an approximately 40-mile radius of the city is approximately 300,000. This count includes Broome, Tioga, and portions of Cortland, Delaware and Chenango Counties in New York and portions of Susquehanna and Bradford counties in Pennsylvania.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,665, and the median income for a family was $36,137. Males had a median income of $28,774 versus $23,014 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
for the city was $17,067. About 16.5% of families and 23.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.4% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Since its incorporation as a city in 1867, Binghamton has been a municipality with a "strong" mayor-council form of government. The city government was originally housed in the old Municipal Building on Collier Street (now the Grand Royale Hotel), is now located at the Binghamton City Hall which occupies the west-wing of the Government Plaza

Government Plaza, Binghamton

Government Plaza is a building complex in Binghamton, New York containing the offices for the City of Binghamton, Broome County, New York and New York State....
on the corner of State and Hawley streets. The mayor and councillors are elected to four-year terms. The Binghamton City Council is a unicameral body consisting of 7 Council members whose districts are defined by geographic population boundaries. The mayor and councilors are limited to two four-year terms.

Office of the Mayor

The current Mayor of Binghamton is Matthew T. Ryan (D).

The Mayor oversees the the various city departments which are listed below:

*Assessment
*Building & Construction
*City Clerk
*Code Enforcement
*Dog Control
*Economic Development

*Engineering
*Finance
*Fire
*Legal
*Parks & Recreation
*Personnel/Civil Service

*Planning Housing & Community Development
*Police
*Public Works
*Vital Statistics
*Youth Bureau
*Water & Sewer

City Council

The current 7-member City Council comprises:

*Bobby Weslar (D), 1st District
*Martin J. Gerchman (D), 2nd District
*Teri Rennia (D), 3rd District
*Lea Webb (D), 4th District

*Sean Massey (D), 5th District
*Charles Kramer (D), 6th District
*Edward M. Collins (D), 7th District

The Binghamton City Council meets for business meetings every first and third Monday of the month at 6:30 PM in the Council Chamber and for work sessions every first and third Wednesday of the month at 6 PM in the Work Room.

Neighborhood Assemblies Program

The Binghamton Neighborhood Assemblies Program created 9 public forum assemblies in which city residents play a lead role in "restoring the pride" in Binghamton by sharing their concerns, hopes and needs and then working in conjunction with city government and community partners to implement positive change.

Safety

Public safety in Binghamton is the primary responsibility of the 148-officer Binghamton Police Department and the 132-officer Binghamton Fire Department

Binghamton Fire Department

The Binghamton Fire Department is the fire department for Binghamton, New York, New York, United States....
. The Binghamton Fire Department

Binghamton Fire Department

The Binghamton Fire Department is the fire department for Binghamton, New York, New York, United States....
is composed of 134 paid uniformed firefighters, EMTs and paramedics.

Economy

The nearby suburb of Vestal has many strip malls along a five-mile stretch of the Vestal Parkway (NY 434

New York State Route 434

New York State Route 434 is a state highway located in the Southern Tier of the U.S. state of New York. The route extends for and runs from an intersection with New York State Route 96 in Owego , New York to an intersection with U.S....
). Johnson City

Johnson City, New York

[]Johnson City is a village in Broome County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 15,535 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton, New York Binghamton metropolitan area....
has the region’s largest indoor mall, the Oakdale Mall

Oakdale Mall

Oakdale Mall is an enclosed Shopping mall#Super-regional malls in Johnson City, New York, United States. The mall has a gross leasable area of ....
. Other area shopping centers include Boscov's

Boscov's

Boscov's is an United States department store founded by Solomon Boscov in 1911. The first store was in Reading, Pennsylvania, and today 39 additional stores are spread throughout the Mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, and Delaware....
department store (corner of Court St. and Water St.), Court St., Washington St.and State St. all in downtown Binghamton...

Binghamton's employment base is skewed towards technology businesses, particularly the defense industry. Education and health care are also significant employers in the region.

Current major employers in the Greater Binghamton

Greater Binghamton

Aerospace and Defense

Lockheed-Martin Systems Integration - Owego (4,000+)
BAE Systems
BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British defense contractor and aerospace company headquartered in Farnborough, Hampshire, Hampshire, England, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc....
(1,200+)
Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins

Rockwell Collins, Inc. is a large United States-based international company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, primarily providing aviation and information technology systems, solutions, and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers....
(flight simulaton)
L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. is a company that supplies command, control, Communication, Intelligence , surveillance and reconnaissance systems and products, avionics and ocean products, training devices and services, instrumentation, space and navigation products....
(Link Simulation & Training division - founded in region)

High Technology

Endicott Interconnect (1,700)
IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
(founded in region) (1,000)
Universal Instruments (headquartered in region)
McIntosh Laboratories (headquartered in region)

Education

Binghamton University
Binghamton University

Binghamton University or State University of New York at Binghamton is one of the four university centers in New York State?s system of post-secondary public education State University of New York....
(4000+)
Broome Community College
Broome Community College

Broome Community College is a SUNY two-year college in Broome County, New York. The college was founded in 1946 and went through several name changes....
Clinical Campus of Upstate Medical University

Food Services & Distribution

Maines Paper & Food (1,000) (headquartered in region)
Frito Lay (700)
Crowley Foods
Crowley Foods

Not affiliated with Crowley Cheese, Inc. of Healdville, Vermont.Crowley Foods, LLC is a food company based in Binghamton, New York, and wholly owned by the HP Hood Company....
Willow Run Foods (400) (headquartered in region)
Johnson Outdoors
Johnson Outdoors

Johnson Outdoors, Inc. produces outdoor recreational products such as watercraft, diving equipment, compasses and navigational products, and outdoor clothing....
The Raymond Corporation

Health Care

United Health Services (4,500+) (headquartered in region)
Lourdes Hospital

Insurance

American International Group
American International Group

American International Group, Inc. is a major United States of America insurance corporation based at the American International Building in New York City....
Security Mutual Life (headquartered in region)
Columbian Financial Group (headquartered in region)

Media

Gannett

Culture and arts influence

Binghamton refers to itself as the “Carousel Capital of the World,” with six antique Herschell

The Allan Herschell Company

The The Allan Herschell Company was a company that specialized in the creation of amusement rides, particularly carousels and roller coasters. The company manufactured portable machines which could be used by traveling carnival operators.It was started in 1915 in North Tonawanda, a town located just outside of Buffalo, New York....
carousels in the region, each with hand-carved horses - one of the world's largest functional collections of old-style carousels.

The Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park is the fifth-oldest zoo in the nation.

The area’s Kopernik Space Center

Kopernik Space Center

Spiedie

The spiedie is a dish local to Greater Binghamton in the Southern Tier of New York State, and somewhat more broadly known and enjoyed throughout Central New York state....
, celebrated at the annual Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally, held at Otsiningo Park.

The region has, in the last several years, developed a growing and pervasive arts scene. These include a large cluster of art galleries and shops centered in the downtown Binghamton area, and has given rise to an event, the First Friday Art Walk, sponsored by a local arts association, the Gorgeous Washington Street Association. These events have been drawing large crowds downtown since 2003. Artists of local prominence that display or have galleries include Anthony Brunelli, a renowned photorealist painter who calls Binghamton home; Orazio Salati, who owns a gallery and exhibits many works; and Marla Olmstead

Marla Olmstead

Marla Olmstead is a artist of abstract art. By 2004 she had attracted international media attention. Abstract pieces painted by her have been as large as five feet square and have sold for tens of thousands of US dollars....
, a local child who achieved fame in the art world for her abstract art. Dov Treiman lives, works, and exhibits at his home in Berkshire, in the Greater Binghamton region.

See for a list of galleries.

Education

Primary and secondary education

Binghamton City School District
Binghamton City School District

Binghamton City School District is a public school school district in New York that serves approximately 6100 students in the city of Binghamton, New York....
(public)
Broome County Catholic Schools (private)

Higher education

Binghamton University

Binghamton University

Binghamton University or State University of New York at Binghamton is one of the four university centers in New York State?s system of post-secondary public education State University of New York....
, (formerly known as Harpur College, and as State University of New York at Binghamton), part of the SUNY

State University of New York

The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world, with a total enrollment of 438,361 students, plus 1.1 million adult education students spanning 64...
system, is located in nearby Vestal

Vestal, New York

Vestal is a town within Broome County, New York in the Southern Tier of New York, and lies between the Susquehanna River and the Pennsylvania border....
. The University is the top-ranking public school in the Northeast United States and was also ranked number 1 on Kiplinger's best values in education. It offers highly ranked education, significant arts, and Division I athletics.

In 2007, Binghamton University opened a new downtown Binghamton facility for the College of Community and Public Affairs. Additionally, a large number of students reside in the Westside, Downtown and Southside areas of the city.

Binghamton University has a significant impact on the Greater Binghamton

Greater Binghamton

The Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area, also called Greater Binghamton, is a region of southern upstate New York in the Northeastern United States United States, anchored by the city of Binghamton, New York....
area. The University contributes an economic impact of $700 million in Greater Binghamton

Greater Binghamton

Broome Community College

Broome Community College

Broome Community College is a SUNY two-year college in Broome County, New York. The college was founded in 1946 and went through several name changes....
, also a part of the SUNY

State University of New York

Dickinson, New York

Dickinson is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New York:*Dickinson, Broome County, New York*Dickinson, Franklin County, New York...
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Upstate Medical University

A clinical campus of Upstate Medical University was established for third and fourth year medical students in 1979. Students spend their first two years of medical school in Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

Davis College

Davis College (formerly Practical Bible College) is located just outside the city limits in the suburb of Johnson City.

Other Institutions

Binghamton is also home to branches of Ridley Lowell, Elmira Business Institute, and Empire College

Empire College

Empire College, located in Santa Rosa, California, is a private university college accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools....
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Media

The Greater Binghamton

Greater Binghamton

The Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area, also called Greater Binghamton, is a region of southern upstate New York in the Northeastern United States United States, anchored by the city of Binghamton, New York....
metro area is served by the following media outlets:

Newspapers:

Commercial:

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Press & Sun-Bulletin

The Press & Sun-Bulletin is a daily newspaper serving the area around Binghamton, New York. It was formed by the 1985 merger of The Evening Press and The Sun-Bulletin....
(owner: Gannett)
Greater Binghamton Business Journal (owner: CNY Business Journal)
Southern Tier Business News (owner: Gannett)

Non-commercial:

The Bridge (Independent Media Center
Independent Media Center

The Independent Media Center is a global Open publishing network of journalists that reports on political and social issues. It originated during the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity and remains closely associated with the global justice movement, which criticizes neo-liberalism, and its associated institutions....
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Pipe Dream
Pipe Dream (newspaper)

Pipe Dream is a twice-weekly student newspaper of Binghamton University in Vestal, New York. It is printed in tabloid size with full color front and back pages....
(Binghamton University
Binghamton University

Binghamton University or State University of New York at Binghamton is one of the four university centers in New York State?s system of post-secondary public education State University of New York....
)

Radio:

Commercial

Citadel Broadcasting
Citadel Broadcasting

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation is a Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Investment house Forstmann Little & Company owns 27% of Citadel and is its largest shareholder....
cluster: WYOS
WYOS

WYOS is the ESPN Radio affiliate of Binghamton, New York, branded as ESPN Radio 1360. It is currently under ownership of Citadel Broadcasting....
, WAAL
Waal

River Waal is the main distributary branch of river Rhine flowing to the central Netherlands for about 80 km before joining the Afgedamde Maas river near Woudrichem to form the Boven Merwede river....
, WHWK
WHWK

WHWK, known on-air as "The Hawk", is a radio station licenced to Binghamton, New York with a country music format. Located at 98.1 FM radio, the station is owned by Citadel Broadcasting....
, WNBF, WWYL
WWYL

WWYL is a radio station serving Binghamton, New York with a Top 40 Mainstream format. This station broadcasts in FM frequency 104.1 and is under ownership of Citadel Broadcasting....
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications is a Mass media list of conglomerates company based in the United States. Clear Channel, founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, wields considerable influence in radio broadcasting, concert promotion and hosting, and fixed advertising in the United States through its subsidiaries....
cluster: WINR
WINR

WINR is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format. Licensed to Binghamton, New York, USA, the station serves the Binghamton area....
, WENE
WENE

WENE is a radio station broadcasting a Sports format. Licensed to Endicott, New York, USA, the station serves the Binghamton. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications and features programing from Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One and Fox Sports Radio....
, WKGB
WKGB-FM

WKGB-FM, known on-air as "Binghamton's Only Real Rock Station", is a class A radio station with a rock music format in Binghamton, NY located on the dial at 92.5 FM broadcasting and 92.1 FM broadcasting in Vestal....
, WMXW
WMXW

WMXW is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Vestal, New York, USA, the station serves the Binghamton. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications and features programing from Jones Radio Network....
, WMRV, WBBI
WBBI

WBBI is a Classic rock radio station in Binghamton, New York. They broadcast an online stream through their website, and are on the radio at 107.5 MHz....
Equinox Broadcasting cluster: WCDW
WCDW

WCDW is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Hits format. Licensed to Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA, the station serves the Binghamton area. The station is currently owned by Equinox Broadcasting Corporation....
, WRRQ
WRRQ

WRRQ is the callsign of an adult contemporary radio station licensed to Windsor, New York and serves the Greater Binghamton Market. The station is owned by Equinox Broadcasting and broadcasts on 106.7 MHz from a tower in Windsor....
Independently owned: WLTB
WLTB

WLTB is the callsign of an adult contemporary radio station licensed to Johnson City, New York and serves the Greater Binghamton Market . The station is owned by GM Broadcasting and broadcasts on 101.7 MHz from Ingraham Hill in Binghamton....
, WEBO
WEBO

WEBO is an AM radio station licensed to Owego , New York. The station runs a hybrid adult contemporary and News Radio format branded as "News Radio 1330," operating on 1330 kHz....

Non-commercial: WSKG-FM
WSKG-FM

WSKG-FM, 89.3 Megahertz Frequency modulation, is an NPR member station in Binghamton, New York. It has an effective radiated power of 11.5 kilowatt....
(NPR), WSQX-FM
WSQX-FM

WSQX-FM is an NPR member radio station in South Central New York State. It operates in Binghamton, New York on 91.5 Megahertz , and has an effective radiated power of 3.5 kW....
(NPR/Pacifica), WHRW-FM (SUNY Binghamton)

Television:

Commercial: WBNG (CBS-12), WICZ (Fox-40), WIVT
WIVT

WIVT, channel 34, is the American Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for Binghamton, New York. Its transmitter is located near Summit Hill....
(ABC-34), WBGH-CA
WBGH-CA

WBGH-CA, channel 20, is the Class A NBC-affiliated television station for Binghamton, New York. Its transmitter is located near Summit Hill. Owned by Newport Television, the station is sister to American Broadcasting Company affiliate WIVT....
(NBC-20), (Time Warner 24-hour news),
Non-commercial: WSKG-TV
WSKG-TV

WSKG-TV is a public television station in Binghamton, New York, broadcasting locally on channel 46 as a Public Broadcasting Service member station....
(PBS-46)

Cable TV:

Commercial: Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. Its corporate headquarters are located in Stamford, Connecticut, and has other corporate offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Herndon, Virginia; and Denver, Colorado....
Non-commercial: Public access television, Time Warner Cable channel 4

Non-commercial: Binghamton Independent Media Center

Recording Studios

On Point Productions

Sports

The area is home to the Eastern League

Eastern League (U.S. baseball)

The Eastern League is a minor league baseball league which operates primarily in the northeastern United States, although it has had a team in Ohio since 1989 in baseball....
's Binghamton Mets

Binghamton Mets

The Binghamton Mets, are a minor league baseball team based in Binghamton, New York in the United States. The team, which plays in the Eastern League , is the Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets major-league club....
(AA affiliate of the New York Mets

New York Mets

The New York Mets are a professional baseball based in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York. The Mets are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
). The B-Mets have sent stars like José Reyes, David Wright, Preston Wilson

Preston Wilson

Preston James Richard Wilson is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He is both the nephew and stepson of former New York Mets star Mookie Wilson....
, Pat Strange

Pat Strange

Patrick Martin Strange is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Mets .External links...
, Prentice Redman

Prentice Redman

Prentice Montezz Redman is a professional baseball player, currently in the Minor League Baseball with the Tacoma Rainiers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners....
, Eric Cammack, Jason Tyner

Jason Tyner

Jason Renyt Tyner is a Major League Baseball outfielder currently in the Houston Astros organization. Tyner stands at 6'1" tall and weighs 175 pounds....
, Jason Roach, and Jay Payton

Jay Payton

File:A's vs Yanks 4406450 Jay Payton.jpgJason Lee "Jay" Payton is an outfielder in Major League Baseball, who is currently a free agent. He has played for the New York Mets , Colorado Rockies , San Diego Padres , Boston Red Sox , Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles ....
to the majors.

Several hockey

Hockey

Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a Hockey puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick....
teams have played in Broome County over the years, most recently the Binghamton Senators

Binghamton Senators

The Binghamton Senators are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Binghamton, New York, New York, USA at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena....
, who currently serve as the AHL

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League ....
affiliate of the Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
. The B-Sens won division titles on 2003 and 2005, reaching the AHL conference finals in 2003. They play their home games at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena

Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena

The Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena is a 6,800 multi-purpose arena in Binghamton, New York. The arena was completed in 1973, providing an entertainment venue for residents of the Greater Binghamton area....
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Division I College Sports are played at Binghamton University

Binghamton University

America East Conference

The America East Conference is a mid-major college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I....
). Division III College Sports are played at Broome Community College

Broome Community College

Broome Community College is a SUNY two-year college in Broome County, New York. The college was founded in 1946 and went through several name changes....
. Bobby Gonzalez, head coach of Seton Hall's men's basketball team was born here, and still has family in the area. Alongside Bobby Gonalez, King Rice, a McDonald's All-American, and 2 year starter at UNC, is currently an assistant coach for Vanderbilt's men's basketball team, called Binghamton home.

Binghamton is also home to two semi-pro football teams, the Broome County Dragons (members of the Empire Football League

Empire Football League

The Empire Football League is a semi-professional American football league that operates franchises based primarily in New York and Pennsylvania....
) and the Southern Tier Green Machine (members of the North American Football League

North American Football League

The North American Football League is a wholly owned subsidiary of 360 Sports Management. It is an adult amateur American football league that was designed to be a self-sustaining level of minor league football where players can develop their skills and simply play for the love of the game....
).

The area is also home to an annual Professional Tennis Challenger, the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger, part of the USTA pro circuit (Known as the Frito-Lay

Frito-Lay

Frito-Lay North America is a division of PepsiCo which manufactures, markets and sells a variety of corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods....
Tennis Challenger in years past). Tennis greats such as Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is a tennis player from Australia. In 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one. His career best achievements are winning the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships men's singles titles....
, James Blake

James Blake

James Riley Blake is a professional tennis player and is currently the second highest ranked American, 11th in the world. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand....
and more recently Andy Murray found their start with this tournament, using it as a spring board to the U.S. Open (tennis)

U.S. Open (tennis)

The US Open tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first contested in 1881. The tournament is chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year....
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The B.C. Open

B.C. Open

PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
event that was held annually from 1971 to 2006 at Endicott's En-Joie Golf Course. (Note that the 2006 B.C. Open had to be played in Verona, N.Y. due to extensive damage during the June 2006 Flooding of the Susquehanna River.) Beginning in 2007, the area will host a PGA Champion's Tour event, the Dick's Sporting Goods Open. The event will replace the B.C. Open

B.C. Open

The Dick's Sporting Goods Open is a Champions Tour golf tournament which debuted in July 2007 and supplanted the B.C. Open, a now-defunct PGA Tour event, that was held annually from 1971 to 2006....
and continue to be played at En-Joie Golf Course in Endicott.

Since 1978 a round of the American Motorcyclist Association

American Motorcyclist Association

The American Motorcyclist Association is an United States not-for-profit organization of more than 300,000 motorcyclists that organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns for motorcyclists' legal rights....
's Motocross

Motocross

Motocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. Motocross is derived from the French language, and traces its origins to uk Motocross#History competitions....
Championship has been held at the nearby Broom-Tioga Sports Center each year.

Two world famous amateur sports tournaments are held in Binghamton. The Stop DWI Holiday Classic - a nationally recognized high school basketball tournament - calls the city home during the Christmas season, amassing about 16 of the nations best teams from places such as Orlando, NYC, Philadelphia, Kentucky, Cincinnati, and other large metropolitan areas. The World Youth Classic is an American Legion youth baseball tournament featuring world-class Legion baseball teams. Held in July, it features teams from Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Georgia, and New England. As many as 32 teams may play per year.

Transportation

Airport

The area is served by two airports. A medium-sized regional airport, Greater Binghamton Airport

Greater Binghamton Airport

Greater Binghamton Airport is a medium-sized regional airport located in Maine, New York that serves the Southern Tier of New York, primarily Broome County, New York and Tioga County, New York counties....
and a general aviation airport, the Tri-Cities Airport

Tri-Cities Airport

Tri-Cities Airport may refer to:*Tri-Cities Airport in Endicott, New York, United States *Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, Washington, United States ...
. Greater Binghamton Airport serves destinations which include Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
(US Airways

US Airways

US Airways, Inc., an operating unit of US Airways Group, is the fifth largest airline in the United States. A member of the Star Alliance, it has a fleet of 353 mainline jet aircraft and 319 regional jet and Turboprop aircraft connecting 200 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Europe....
), Dulles Airport serving Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
(United

United Airlines

United Air Lines, Inc., trading as United Airlines , is a major carrier of the United States. It is a subsidiary of UAL Corporation with corporate offices in Chicago at 77 West Wacker Drive, and its operations base in nearby Elk Grove Village, Illinois....
) and Detroit

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
(Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Inc., is a major United States airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, near Minneapolis-St....
).

Public transit

Intercity bus service is available from downtown Binghamton via Greyhound

Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and incorporated as "Greyhound Corporation" in 1929....
(with destinations including Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo , is the second largest city in the state of New York. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River, Buffalo is the principal city of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area and the county seat of Erie County, New York....
, Syracuse

Syracuse, New York

Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area....
, Scranton

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton is a city in Northeastern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania and the largest principal city in the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
.) Shortline/Coach USA also serves the region, with daily departures to Olean, Albany

Albany, New York

Albany is the Capital of the state of New York and the county seat of Albany County, New York. Albany is roughly 136 miles north of the city of New York City, and slightly south of the confluence of the Mohawk River and Hudson Rivers....
, Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

Oneonta is a city located within Otsego County, New York , New York, USA. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, had a population of 13,292. The nickname is "City of the Hills"....
, Elmira

Elmira, New York

Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York....
, Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Utica

Utica, New York

Utica is a city in the American state of New York, and the county seat of Oneida County, New York.The City of Utica is situated within the region referred to as the Mohawk Valley and the U.S....
, Atlantic City

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino, sandy beaches, shopping centers, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly , Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean....
, Monticello

Monticello, New York

Monticello is a village located in the Thompson, New York in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 6,512 at the 2000 census....
and New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. Megabus

Megabus (United States)

Megabus, branded on most buses as megabus.com, is a "no-frills" intercity bus service of Coach USA, a subsidiary of Stagecoach Group, which owns the brand....
began service to Buffalo Airport

Buffalo Niagara International Airport

File:KBUFdestinations2008.jpgFile:KBUFDiagram.jpgBuffalo Niagara International Airport is an airport located in the town of Cheektowaga , New York in Erie County, New York....
and Toronto in June 2008, but discontinued it in December 2008.

Public transportation in Binghamton and outlying areas is served by B.C. Transit

Broome County Transit

Broome County Transit, popularly branded as B.C. Transit, is the public transportation system serving Broome County, New York, namely the city of Binghamton, New York and surrounding communities....
, a service of the Broome County Department of Transportation. Students at Binghamton University are also served by OCCT (Off-Campus College Transport).

Railroads

Binghamton is served by four railroads: Norfolk Southern Railway serves Binghamton with its Southern Tier Main Line; Canadian Pacific Railway serves Binghamton with its Montreal PQ-Harrisburg PA Main Line; the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway serves Binghamton as part of its Binghamton to Syracuse and Binghamton to Utica lines and the Central New York Railroad serves Binghamton with its Binghamton-Port Jervis NY Main Line. Binghamton has no railroad passenger service. The last scheduled service, New York (Hoboken) to Chicago services operated by the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, was discontinued in January 1970, by order of the United States Interstate Commerce Commission in order to promote automobile and aviation use.

New York Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing for passenger rail service between Binghamton and New York City via Scranton and the Lackawanna Cutoff.

River crossings

Two large rivers, the Susquehanna, and its tributary, the Chenango, cut through the city and metropolitan area. This necessitates spans across these rivers to connect the city's various neighborhoods.

Chenango River crossings

Traveling north from the Chenango's confluence with the Susquehanna, are six bridges, these include; the Veteran's Memorial Bridge (Riverside Drive Bridge), Court Street Bridge

Court Street Bridge (Binghamton)

The Court Street Bridge is a combined motor vehicle and pedestrian crossing which spans the Chenango River in the New York State city of Binghamton, New York....
, Clinton Street Bridge, the Norfolk Southern Rail Bridge, the I-81/NY-7 bridge and the Bevier Street Bridge.

Susquehanna River crossings

Washington St. Bridge (pedestrian only), State St. Bridge (Route 434 connect), Exchange St. Bridge, Tompkins St. Bridge, Railroad Bridge (not sure what rail line)

Important Regional Highways and Roads

Two Interstate Highways
Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System , is a list of highway systems with full control of access and no cross traffic in the United States that is named for United States President Dwight D....
run through the area:

Interstate 81

I-81 is a north-south route that runs from near Dandridge, Tennessee north to its northern terminus on Wellesley Island (near Fishers Landing, New York) at the Canadian border. Interstate 81 passes through the central and southeastern part of the City of Binghamton.

Interstate 88 (Senator Warren M. Anderson Expressway/Susquehanna Expressway)

I-88's western terminus is at I-81 northeast of the city and travels to Albany.

FUTURE

Interstate 86

Interstate 86 (east)

Interstate 86 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. It is an upgrade of the existing New York State Route 17....

I-86 is an upgrade of the existing New York State Route 17. Known as the Southern Tier Expressway and Quickway (split by Interstate 81 at Binghamton, New York), the route will connect Interstate 90 near Erie, Pennsylvania, with Interstate 87 (New York State Thruway) near Harriman, New York.

One US Highway runs through the area:

U.S. Route 11

U.S. Route 11 is a north-south United States highway extending 1,645 miles across the eastern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S....

US 11 runs from eastern New Orleans, Louisiana to its northern terminus at the Canadian border in Rouses Point, New York. US 11 is a north-south route through the central and southeastern part of the city.

New York State Routes:

New York State Route 17

NY 17 is an important east-west route through the area.
FUTURE
Interstate 86
Interstate 86 (east)

Interstate 86 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. It is an upgrade of the existing New York State Route 17....

New York State Route 17C

New York State Route 17C is a state highway in the Southern Tier of New York. The western terminus is at an intersection with New York State Route 34 in Waverly, Tioga County, New York, Tioga County, New York, and the eastern terminus is at an intersection with U.S....

NY 17C travels west to east into Binghamton from Waverly along Main Street
Main Street (Binghamton/Johnson City/Westover)

Main Street runs 3.69 miles from the foot of the Court Street Bridge in the east, to the George F. Highway in the west.Main Street is the primarly local west to east route through the Binghamton, New York, Johnson City, New York and Westover, New York....
, terminating at U.S. Route 11 where Main Street intersects Front Street.

New York State Route 201

New York State Route 201 is a north-south state highway located west of the city of Binghamton, New York in Broome County, New York, New York. The southern terminus of the route is at New York State Route 434 in Vestal, New York while the northern terminus is just passed New York State Route 17 at Harry L....

NY 201 is a north-south state highway located west of the city of Binghamton in Broome County, New York. The southern terminus of the route is at NY 434 in Vestal while its northern terminus is just passed NY 17 (future Interstate 86) at Harry L. Drive in Johnson City.

New York State Route 363

New York State Route 363 is a north-south limited-access highway state highway in Binghamton , New York, Broome County, New York, New York, linking New York State Route 434 at its southern terminus with New York State Route 7 at its northern terminus....
(North Shore Drive)

a north-south limited-access highway in Binghamton that links NY 434 at its southern terminus with New York State Route 7 at its northern terminus.

New York State Route 434

NY 434 is the former route of NY 17 prior to the construction of the Southern Tier Expressway, which NY 434 parallels.

Points of interest

Cutler Botanic Garden
Cutler Botanic Garden

Cutler Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located at 840 Front Street, Binghamton, New York. It is open daily in summers, without charge.The garden was established by Miss Frances Cutler, who donated land to the Cornell University Cooperative Extension....
Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park
There are six carousels in Broome County, 2 of which are located in Binghamton
Rod Serling Museum
Roberson Museum and Science Center
Clinton Street Antique Row
NYSEG Stadium
NYSEG Stadium

NYSEG Stadium is a stadium located in the northern section of downtown Binghamton, New York. It is home to the Binghamton Mets of the double-A Eastern League ....
Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena

The Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena is a 6,800 multi-purpose arena in Binghamton, New York. The arena was completed in 1973, providing an entertainment venue for residents of the Greater Binghamton area....
Discovery Center
The Bundy Arts and Victorian Museum
Cyber Cafe West
Cyber Cafe West

CyberCafe West is a bar on New York State Route 17C in Binghamton, New York, New York, and is notable as a venue for live music performances....

Notable residents

Famous people who resided in Binghamton include:

Rick Baker
Richard A. Baker

Richard A. "Rick" Baker is an Academy Award-winning prosthetic makeup artist known for his realistic creature effects.Baker was born in Binghamton, New York, the son of Doris and Ralph B....
(Academy Award winning make-up artist)
Mark Clayton
Mark Clayton

Mark Gregory Clayton is a former American football wide receiver who played most of his career with the Miami Dolphins, entering the league in 1983 with the Dolphins and playing there until 1992....
(Famous football player)
Richard Deacon
Richard Deacon (actor)

Richard Deacon , born in Philadelphia, was an American television and motion picture actor....
of The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show is an United States television situation comedy which initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 and ran until June 1, 1966....
also worked as an orderly in City Hospital, now known as Binghamton General Hospital
Five Eight
Five Eight

Five Eight may refer to:* Five Eight , a pop punk band from the Athens/Atlanta Georgia area.* Five Eight , their self-titled album released in 2004 in music....
, members of the rock band grew up in Binghamton, later moving to Athens, Georgia.
Anthony George
Anthony George

Anthony George was an United States actor mostly seen on television.He was born Ottavio Gabriel George in Endicott, New York, the second son of Italians immigrant parents....
(soap-opera actor) born in Binghamton.
Johnny Hart
Johnny Hart

Johnny Hart was an United States cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strip B.C. and co-creator of the strip The Wizard of Id....
(cartoonist of B.C. and The Wizard of Id
The Wizard of Id

The Wizard of Id is a daily newspaper comic strip created by American cartoonists Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. It began in 1964. In 1997 Brant Parker passed his duties with the strip on to his son Jeff Parker, who had already been involved with creating Id for a decade....
)
Edwin A. Link
Edwin Albert Link

Edwin Albert Link was a pioneer in aviation, underwater archaeology, and ocean engineering . He is most remembered for inventing the flight simulator in 1929, called the "Blue Box" or "Link Trainer", which started the now multi-billion dollar flight simulator industry....
, Binghamton-based scientist invented the flight simulator
Flight simulator

A flight simulator is a system that tries to copy, or simulation, the experience of flight an aircraft. It is as realistic as possible. The different types of flight simulator range from video games up to full-size cockpit replicas mounted on hydraulic actuators, controlled by state of the art computer technology....
used for pilot training and video interface technology
Ernie Manouse
Ernie Manouse

Ernie Manouse is an United States television interviewer and journalist. He has also worked in radio and has often appeared in print. He currently hosts the talk show InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse, produced by HoustonPBS....
(TV Anchor
News presenter

A news presenter is, broadly speaking, a person that presents a news program on television, radio or the Internet. The term is not commonly used by people in the industry as they tend to use more descriptive - and sometimes country-specific - terms....
/Producer
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
PBS)
Billy Martin
Billy Martin

Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin, Jr. was an United States second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times....
, New York Yankees Hall of Fame second baseman/Manager lived in Port Crane, a Binghamton suburb, until his death.
Leonard Melfi (poet, screenwriter and playwright, author of "Oh Calcutta" and "Birdbath")
Bridget Moynahan
Bridget Moynahan

Kathryn Bridget Moynahan is an United States model and actor. She is known for her supporting roles in films such as Coyote Ugly , I, Robot and Lord of War ....
(actress, Coyote Ugly, Six Degrees
Six Degrees

'Six Degrees' was a short-lived United States dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
)
Elmar Oliveira
Elmar Oliveira

Elmar Oliveira is a contemporary United States violinist.The son of Portuguese people immigrants, Elmar Oliveira was born on June 28, 1950, in Naugatuck, Connecticut....
resided in Binghamton in his younger years and in 1979 when he became the only American ever to win the Gold Medal for violin at Moscow's Tchaikowsky International Competition.
Marla Olmstead
Marla Olmstead

Marla Olmstead is a artist of abstract art. By 2004 she had attracted international media attention. Abstract pieces painted by her have been as large as five feet square and have sold for tens of thousands of US dollars....
painter whose abstract works attracted worldwide and media attention from the time she was four years old, and whose work is documented in the 2007 documentary My Kid Could Paint That
My Kid Could Paint That

My Kid Could Paint That is a 2007 in film documentary film by director Amir Bar-Lev . The movie follows the early artistic career of Marla Olmstead, a young girl from Binghamton, New York who gains fame first as a child prodigy painter of abstract art, and then becomes the subject of controversy concerning whether she truly completed the...
.
David Sedaris
David Sedaris

David Sedaris is a Grammy Award-nominated United States humorist, writer, comedian, detective, bestselling author, and radio contributor.Sedaris was first publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries"....
(comedian) and sister Amy Sedaris
Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris is an United States actor, author and comedienne. She is perhaps best known for playing the character Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central television series Strangers with Candy....
(actress)
Rod Serling
Rod Serling

Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling was an United States screenwriter, best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his Science fiction on television Anthology series, The Twilight Zone ....
(creator of The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is a science fiction anthology series United States television series created by Rod Serling. The original series ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and remains television syndication to this day....
and Night Gallery
Night Gallery

Night Gallery is Rod Serling's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973. Serling functioned both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he did on Twilight Zone....
)
Jack Sharkey
Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey was an American List of Heavyweight Champions. He was of Lithuanian descent.Born in an era when prizefighters, actors and others in the public spotlight adopted an "American-sounding" pseudonym, Joseph Paul Zukauskas took the family name of a popular retired Ireland boxer and future Hall of Famer, Thomas Sharkey ....
(heavyweight boxing champion) was born in Binghamton.
George Hull
George Hull

George Hull may be:*George C. Hull , American screenwriter*George Hull , Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1836-1843.*George Hull, Perpetrator of the Cardiff Giant hoax in 1869...
Cardiff Giant
Cardiff Giant

The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous hoaxes in American history, was a -tall purported "petrified man" uncovered on October 16, 1869 by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C....
originator, resident and cigar maker in Binghamton.
Steve Perry
Steve Perry (Oregon musician)

Stephen Henry Perry is an United States musician, best known for being the lead singer-songwriter for the Oregon rock music/swing music/ska band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, of which he is the founding member....
, lead vocalist, songwriter and founding member of the rock/ska/swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Cherry Poppin' Daddies

The Cherry Poppin' Daddies are an United States rock music band formed in 1988 in Eugene, Oregon, Oregon by Steve Perry . While the band has gone through numerous personnel changes, only Perry, Dan Schmid and Dana Heitman remain from the original incarnation, with Perry and Heitman being the only two constant members throughout the band's...
, best known for the song "Zoot Suit Riot
Zoot Suit Riot (song)

Zoot Suit Riot is a single by United States rock music/ska/swing revival band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, from their 1997 compilation album Zoot Suit Riot ....
" was raised in Binghamton, NY having graduated from Vestal High School.
Dave Michaels
Dave Michaels (news anchor)

Dave Michaels was a news anchor on CNN & Headline News from 1985 - 1993. He anchored Eyewitness News at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, and Eleven Alive News at WXIA-TV in Atlanta....
Former CNN/KABC-TV Anchorman worked at WENE, WKOP and WINR Radio in the mid-fifties. He hosted WKOP's Moonlight Serenade and WINR's All Night Show using his full name - David Michael Potts.
Bill Hallahan
Bill Hallahan

William Anthony "Wild Bill" Hallahan was an United States lefthanded pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1920s and 1930s. So named because of his lack of control on the mound ? he twice led the National League in bases on balls ? Hallahan nevertheless was one of the pitching stars of the 1931 World Series and pitched his finest in p...
- was an American lefthanded pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1920s and 1930s.
Slam Stewart
Slam Stewart

Leroy Eliot 'Slam' Stewart was an African American jazz double bass player whose trademark style was his ability to bow the bass and simultaneously hum or sing an octave higher....
- Leroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart: jazz bassist.

Binghamton in books

A History of the Binghamton Slovaks, by Imrich Mazar: A chronicle of one of Binghamton's largest ethnic populations.
From Vision to Excellence: A Popular History of Binghamton University, by Karen T. Hammond: Although Hammond's book focuses on the SUNY campus, it also provides interesting information on the city of Binghamton.
Binghamton (Images of America), by Ed Aswad and Suzanne M. Meredith: A photographic history. There are several companion books dealing with IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
, Endicott
Endicott, New York

Endicott is a village in Broome County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 13,038 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton, New York Binghamton metropolitan area....
, Johnson City
Johnson City

Johnson City is the name of several places in the United States:* Johnson City, Tennessee* Johnson City, New York* Johnson City, Kansas* Johnson City, Texas...
, and baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
and hockey
Hockey

Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a Hockey puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick....
in Broome County.
A Mind of Summer, by Erik Grayson: Includes Tales of Three Cities, a short oral history of the greater Binghamton area.
Diary of a Binghamton boy in the 1860s, by Morris Treadwell: Early Binghamton through the eyes of a young boy.

Partners All: A History of Broome County, New York, by Gerald R. Smith.
Working Lives, Broome County, New York, 1800-1930: A Social History of People at Work in Our Region, by Ross McGuire.
Broome County Heritage: An Illustrated History, by Lawrence Bothwell.
Broome County: A Contemporary Portrait, by Karen Hammond, Suzanne M. Meredith, Kirk Van Zandbergen, and Leslie Van Zandbergen.
Actual Conversations With Myself, by Jeff Orlick. Includes many chapters based in and around the city of Binghamton and Binghamton University.
Reflections On My Dirty Dog Days, by Dene Farrell. Discusses childhood adventures in Binghamton and neighboring Johnson City.
A Picture Post-Card History of New York's Broome County Area--Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott, Owego, and Surrounding Communities, published by the Kiwanis Club of Binghamton
"Tastes and Tales of New York's Southern Tier". Profiles of Binghamton area restaurants and other food related businesses by Paul VanSavage, Suzanne M. Meredith and Ed Aswad.
"Drunkard's Refuge: The Lessons of the New York State Inebriate Asylum". Provides a history of the nation's first mental health facility to treat alcoholism as a disease (located on the grounds of the current Binghamton Psychiatric Center). The site of the facility is on the National Endangered Properties List . Written by John W. Crowley and William L. White.
"McIntosh: '...for the love of music...'", by Ken Kessler. Published by McIntosh Laboratory, Inc., 2006. ISBN 0-9787236-0-0. A 315 page history of one of "the longest-established high-end audio-electronics company in America."

Binghamton in film

The 1991 erotic thriller film Liebestraum
Liebestraum (film)

Liebestraum is a 1991 mystery film directed by Mike Figgis, with Kim Novak, Kevin Anderson, Alicia Witt and Taina Elg....
was filmed primarily in downtown Binghamton and surrounding areas during the summer of 1990. A central plot element was a building with a cast iron facade, which Binghamton has one of the last examples standing in the Perry Block downtown.
In the movie Rounders
Rounders (film)

Rounders is a 1998 in film about the underground world of high-stakes poker. Directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, the movie follows two friends who need to quickly earn enough cash playing poker to pay off a huge debt....
, The main characters, played by Matt Damon
Matt Damon

Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor and philanthropist. He won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for his screenwriting in Good Will Hunting, and was nominated for his lead performance in the same film....
and Edward Norton
Edward Norton

Edward Harrison Norton is an United States film actor, screenwriter and Film director. In 1996, his supporting role in the courtroom drama Primal Fear garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role....
, decide to drive up to Binghamton to play in a poker game of Municipal Workers, whom are, in fact, the local Police Department. Their ruse is discovered and they are beaten up, stripped of their winnings, and left in the parking lot.
In the film The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 in film dramatic film written and directed by Noah Baumbach. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in the 1980s....
, the character Bernard Berkman (played by Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels

Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels is an United States actor, musician and playwright....
) travels to SUNY Binghamton to give a reading of a novel he had written.
The film Summer Of Tomorrows (2003) was filmed primarily in and around the Binghamton area by local film producer Christopher Johnson.
The film Shades of Darkness (2000) was filmed primarily in and around the Binghamton area by local film producer Christopher Johnson.
The film Outside of Winters Bend (1995) was filmed primarily in and around the Binghamton area by local film produer Christopher Johnson.

Sister cities

Binghamton has two sister cities, according to :

Borovichi
Borovichi

Borovichi is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, with a population of 57,755 ....
, Novgorod Oblast
Novgorod Oblast

Novgorod Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The administrative center is the city of Veliky Novgorod....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
La Teste-de-Buch
La Teste-de-Buch

La Teste-de-Buch is a Communes of France in the Gironde Departments of France in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is located on the south shore of Arcachon Bay, lying in the southwestern part of Gironde....
, Aquitaine
Aquitaine

Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 26 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....