Blasdell, New York

Blasdell, New York
Village
Lake Avenue in Blasdell
Nickname:  "The Gateway to the Southtowns"
Location in Erie County and the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°47′42″N 78°49′41″W / 42.79500°N 78.82806°W / 42.79500; -78.82806
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Erie
Town	Hamburg
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Mayor	Robert Hefner Jr. (C)
Area [1]
• Total	1.12 sq mi (2.91 km2)
• Land	1.12 sq mi (2.91 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	610 ft (186 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,539
• Density	2,258.90/sq mi (872.47/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	14219
Area code	716
FIPS code	36-06849
GNIS feature ID	0944230
Website	www.blasdell.org

Blasdell is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 2,553 according to the 2010 Census. The name is derived from Herman Blasdell, the first station master of the Erie and Pennsylvania railroad depot. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Blasdell is in the northern part of the town of Hamburg and is bordered to the north by the city of Lackawanna, directly south of Buffalo. The village calls itself the "Gateway to the Southtowns" of Erie County.