Allegany County Office of Development

Allegany County Office of Development

6087 NYS Route 19 North
Belmont, NY 14813
P: +1 585-268-7472

Transit Programs

Access Allegany is a transit program that allows commuters to travel throughout Allegany, Steuben and Cattaraugus Counties by bus for a small fee. The bus schedule is available at http://www.ardentnetwork.org/access-allegany.html.

A new park and ride facility has been approved with construction to start in summer of 2017 that will include a parking center and electric car charging station in Belmont, NY at the Crossroads Conference & Commerce Center.

For more information please read the following press release: http://www.alleganyco.com/news/business/crossroads-center-park-and-ride-moving-forward/

Daily Commute

The average daily commute is approximately 21 minutes, with a majority of commuters driving alone.

Highway

Allegany County is served by the following major highways:

  • Interstate 86/NYS Route 17 (exits 28 - 33)
  • NYS Route 19
  • NYS Route 21
  • NYS Route 305
  • NYS Route 417

Rail

Freight rail service is operated by Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad on a mainline east to west route with lines running from Hornell through Alfred, Wellsville, Scio, Belmont, Friendship and Cuba, onto Olean in Cattaraugus County.

Port Facilities

The Port of Buffalo is the first major U.S. Port of Call encountered when entering the Great Lakes and is the nearest port to Allegany County. The Port provides numerous benefits to Buffalo Niagara companies:
  • Encompasses Foreign Trade Zone No. 23, which means incentives for area businesses
  • Piers with 27 feet of water (Seaway standard depth)
  • Two hundred acres located on or near deep water set aside for bulk cargo storage
  • Sheltered by the harbor breakwall, self-unloaders and conventional bulk carriers can safely discharge and load
  • Features 230-ton American crawler crane and a heavy-duty front-end loader
  • Provides in-port rail service via the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, interchanging with the CSX, NS, CN, and CP


 

Airports

The Wellsville Municipal Airport allows for easy access to Allegany County by corporate or private jet with a 5,000 foot runway.

Commercial service flights are offered at several airports within an hour and a half drive including Rochester, Buffalo, Elmira-Corning, and Bradford.

View data for:
Data Name Value Percent
Distance to Nearest Major Airport from County Population Centroid
Allegany County, NY
(Bradford Rgnl)		 43 mi
Data Name Value
Railroads
Has Class I rail? Yes
Class II and/or III lines present? Yes
Intermodal transport lines present? No
Double stack lines present? Yes
Rail Operators 4
Name
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
New York Susquehanna and Western Railway Corporation
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad LLC
Major Ports (within area + 100 mile radius)  
No ports
Data Name Value
Major (within area + 100 mile radius)
Bradford Rgnl
Data Name Value
Location ID BFD
Number of passengers 7,578
Freight 0 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 6,307 ft (1,922 m)
Buffalo Niagara Intl
Data Name Value
Location ID BUF
Number of passengers 4,586,497
Freight 75,601,646 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 8,829 ft (2,691 m)
Elmira/Corning Rgnl
Data Name Value
Location ID ELM
Number of passengers 169,753
Freight 379,000 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 8,001 ft (2,439 m)
Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester Intl
Data Name Value
Location ID ROC
Number of passengers 2,647,369
Freight 83,959,546 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 8,001 ft (2,439 m)
Ithaca Tompkins Intl
Data Name Value
Location ID ITH
Number of passengers 119,917
Freight 20,070 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 6,977 ft (2,127 m)
Niagara Falls Intl
Data Name Value
Location ID IAG
Number of passengers 104,910
Freight 4,654,606 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 9,826 ft (2,995 m)
State College Rgnl
Data Name Value
Location ID UNV
Number of passengers 274,567
Freight 2,142,832 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 6,701 ft (2,042 m)
Williamsport Rgnl
Data Name Value
Location ID IPT
Number of passengers 327
Freight 92,151 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 6,825 ft (2,080 m)
Regional (within area + 100 mile radius)
Chautauqua County/Jamestown
Data Name Value
Location ID JHW
Number of passengers 123
Freight 0 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 5,300 ft (1,615 m)
Dubois Rgnl
Data Name Value
Location ID DUJ
Number of passengers 10,621
Freight 0 lbs
Mail 0 lbs
Runway length 5,503 ft (1,677 m)
General Aviation (within area + 50 mile radius)
Arcade Tri-County
Data Name Value
Runway length 3,220 ft (981 m)
Cattaraugus County-Olean
Data Name Value
Runway length 4,800 ft (1,463 m)
Corning-Painted Post
Data Name Value
Runway length 3,269 ft (996 m)
Dansville Muni
Data Name Value
Runway length 3,500 ft (1,067 m)
Geneseo
Data Name Value
Runway length 4,695 ft (1,431 m)
Giermek Exec
Data Name Value
Runway length 3,150 ft (960 m)
Grand Canyon Rgnl
Data Name Value
Runway length 3,597 ft (1,096 m)
Great Valley
Data Name Value
Runway length 3,200 ft (975 m)
Hornell Muni
Data Name Value
Runway length 5,000 ft (1,524 m)
Perry-Warsaw
Data Name Value
Runway length 3,429 ft (1,045 m)
Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Fld
Data Name Value
Runway length 5,300 ft (1,615 m)