The most recent charter change proposal appeared on the ballot in the November 2020 election and was overwhelmingly defeated. The Wisconsin State Fair Park is a fairgrounds and exhibition center in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee.It has been the location of the Wisconsin State Fair since 1892. The New York Lottery is the state-operated lottery in the US state of New York that began in 1967. Something went wrong! A mile to the east in East Geneva, just east of a railroad underpass, US20 and NY5 meet the northern terminus of NY96A at a former trumpet interchange that has been converted to an intersection with a traffic signal. Like US20 and NY5, NY21 once continued directly into downtown, in this instance via Bristol Street to the east of the junction, but now follows US20 and NY5 along the eastwest leg of the bypass. [1] The route was assigned in April1935. Just south of the New York State Thruway, I-790 begins as a short expressway, also including NY5, NY8, and NY12. "Saratoga Springs", This page was last edited on 20 October 2022, at 15:47. This is the forum for all of NY State and gets much less visitors. A udiences are encouraged to learn more about the Great New York State Fair online, and follow the fun on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Morris6/3* Clarence Rotary Lobsterfest Clarence 6/3* The Roycroft Campus Art Founders Day East Aurora6/3* Chamberfest Craft Beer Festival Salamanca 6/3* Hamlin Wheel Fest Hamlin 6/3* Steuben County Dairy Festival Bath 6/3* Allegany County Celtic Festival and Magee Family Games Cuba 6/3-6/4* Tree Peony Festival of Flowers III Linwood 6/4* Celebrating the Arts and Mexico Point Park Mexico6/4* Buffalo Pride Festival Buffalo, 6/7-6/10* Celoron Rib Fest and Classic Car Show Celoron6/8-6/11* Thousand Island Bluegrass Festival LaFargeville 6/8-6/11* St. Sophias Greek Cultural Festival Syracuse6/8-6/11* Zoomagination: The Festival of Lanterns and Lights II Buffalo6/9-6/10* Canisteo Crazee DAZE Canisteo6/9-6/10* Seneca River Days Baldwinsville 6/9-6/10* Marilla Fire Companys Annual Picnic Marilla 6/9-6/10* Interlakens Olde Home Day Festival Interlaken6/9-6/10* Albion Strawberry Festival Albion6/9-6/11* St. Anthony Italian Feast Days Endicott6/9-6/11* Merritt Estate Winery Strawberry Festival Forestville6/10* Jamestown Pride Jamestown6/10* Pride Palooza Binghamton6/10* Dryden Dairy Day Dryden6/10* Rochester Real Beer Expo Rochester6/10* Pride Festival Batavia6/10* Dragons and Fairies Fest Jamestown6/10* East Aurora Music Fest East Aurora6/10* Fare and Ware Festival Mount Morris6/10* Trumansburg Porchfest Trumansburg6/10* Bergen Park Festival Bergen6/10* Sunset Bay Country Jamboree Buffalo6/10-6/11* Keuka Arts Festival Penn Yan6/10-6/11* Allentown Art Festival Buffalo 6/10-6/11* Genesee Country Village and Museums Celtic Faire Mumford6/10-6/11* St. Anthonys Festival Cortland 6/11* German Blossom Festival Lima, 6/15-6/17* New York State Rhythm & Blues Festival Syracuse6/15-6/17* Shortsville Firemans Carnival Shortsville 6/15-6/18* Zoomagination: The Festival of Lanterns and Lights III Buffalo6/16* Wine and Artisans Festival Newark6/16*- ZooBrew II Rochester6/16* Taste of Country Buffalo6/16-6/17* Yassou Festival Jamestown 6/16-6/17* Owego Strawberry Festival Owego 6/16-6/17* Ithaca Reggae Festival Ithaca 6/16-6/17* Cuba Dairy Days Cuba6/16-6/17* Syracuse Juneteenth Syracuse6/16-6/18* Estival Festival Fillmore6/16-6/18* Syracuse Polish Festival Syracuse6/16-6/18* Kenmore Days Kenmore6/16-6/18* The Family Hoedown Hannibal6/16-6/18* Rochester International Jazz Festival I Rochester 6/17* Elmira Juneteenth Celebration Elmira6/17* Juneteenth Celebration Ithaca6/17* Oliver Street Pride Fest North Tonawanda6/17* The Strawberry Moon Festival Lewiston6/17* Red, White and Brews Clarence6/17* Manlius Street Festival East Syracuse6/17* Ovid Strawberry Festival and Craft Fair Ovid6/17* Waterfront Festival and Cardboard Boat Regatta Watkins Glen6/17-6/18* Red Head Days Ellicottville6/17-6/18* Lewiston GardenFest Lewiston6/17-6/18* Juneteenth Festival Buffalo 6/17-6/18* Western New York Pottery Festival Avon6/18* Constable Hall Fathers Day Event Constableville, 6/19* Greece Historical Societys Strawberry and Dessert Tasting Festival Rochester 6/19-6/24* Rochester International Jazz Festival II Rochester 6/19-6/25* Pioneer Oil Days Bolivar6/22* YBPA Street Dance and Car Cruise Youngstown6/22-6/24* West Seneca Community Days West Seneca6/22-6/24* Zoomagination: The Festival of Lanterns and Lights IV Buffalo6/23-6/24* Chil-E Fest Chili6/23-6/25* NY Faerie Fest Harpursville/Ouaquaga6/23-6/25* Thousand Islands River Run Motorcycle Rally Alexandria Bay6/23-6/25* Chaffee-Sardinia Fire Company Carnival Chaffee 6/23-6/25* River Pride Clayton6/23-6/25* Upstate Research Rocketry Festival (URRF) Potter6/24* Elmira College Wine Fest Elmira6/24* Central New York Pride Syracuse6/24* Sacred Heart Ukrainian Festival Johnson City6/24* South Buffalo Porchfest Buffalo6/24* St. Johns Episcopal Strawberry Fest Youngstown6/24* Wild Brews I West Falls6/24* Festival Italia Fredonia6/24* New York State Craft Brewers Festival Buffalo6/24* Drafts with Giraffes Harpursville6/24-6/25* Lockport Arts and Crafts Festival Lockport6/24-6/25* Buffalo Flea Buffalo6/24-6/25* The Roycroft Campus Art and Antique Show East Aurora 6/25* World Refugee Day Buffalo 6/25* Elmwood Summerfest Buffalo6/25* Kenmore Porchfest Kenmore, 6/23-7/2* Zoomagination: The Festival of Lanterns and Lights V Buffalo6/29-7/3* Candor July 4th Celebration Candor, 7/1* Cherry Creeks Independence Day Celebration Cherry Creek7/1* Lavender Festival Angelica7/1* Batavia Ramble Music and Arts Festival Batavia7/1-7/2* NY Lavender Festival I Red Creek7/1-7/2* Sterling Renaissance Festival I Sterling7/1-7/2* Cazenovia Arts and Crafts Show Cazenovia7/1-7/3* The Great Blue Heron Music Festival Sherman7/1-7/3* Seneca Falls Canal Fest Seneca Falls7/2* Cheektowaga Fourth of July Cheektowaga7/2-7/4* Ellicottville Summer Festival Ellicottville7/2-7/4* Lancaster Independence Days Lancaster7/2-7/4* 4th of July Carnival at The Great Pumpkin Farm Clarence7/2-7/4* French and Indian Encampment Youngstown7/2-7/4* Warsaw Fire Department 4th of July Carnival Warsaw7/3-7/4* Irondequoit Fourth of July Festival Irondequoit7/4* Hornells July 4th Celebration Hornell7/4* Lyndonville Fourth of July Celebration Lyndonville7/4* Chautauqua County July 4th Celebration Mayville7/4* Andover 4th of July Celebration Andover 7/4* Waterford Steamboat Meet Waterford, 7/6-7/9* Finger Lakes Wine Festival Watkins Glen7/6-7/9* Zoomagination: The Festival of Lanterns and Lights VI Buffalo7/7* Bonafest Allegany 7/7-7/8* Tuscarora Picnic and Field Days Lewiston7/7-7/8* Geneseo Rotary Summer Festival Geneseo7/7-7/9* July Fest Binghamton 7/7-7/9* Pirates Festival! Museums in the area include the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, and the Saratoga Automobile Museum. The fall brings leaf-peepers (and folk who just like playing in fallen leaves) to the Empire State Ashley Corbin-Teich / Image Source / Getty Images, The best times to visit New York State for seasonal fun. This is a large state park and includes a hotel, 2 pool complexes, mineral baths, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), picnic areas, hiking trails and numerous mineral springs. Once leaving Clarence, NY5 goes through predominantly rural areas until reaching the city of Batavia in Genesee County, closely paralleling the New York State Thruway through much of the county. New York State Route 5 (NY 5) is a state highway that extends for 370.80 miles (596.74 km) across the state of New York in the United States. NY5 also intersects with the terminus of NY840 at this point. [31][32] Visually, the Skyway cuts off the city from the Buffalo inner harbor. Amtrak provides service to Saratoga Springs, operating its Adirondack daily in both directions between Central Station in Montreal and Penn Station in New York City and the Ethan Allen Express daily in both directions between Rutland, Vermont and New York City. NY5 heads west on Goodell for two blocks before turning north onto Main Street, rejoining NY5 westbound at the intersection. In Canandaigua, NY5 originally entered the city on West Avenue and followed South Main Street and Lakeshore Drive through the city limits before rejoining its current routing in Hopewell. [10], Deeper into Hopewell, the area surrounding US20 and NY5 become rural once more. Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Race Course, and Saratoga society are frequently featured on-screen and mentioned in films and television. The concurrency is known locally as "Routes 5 and 20". It became part of a realigned NY5 by 1956. Even though maintenance of the road had been transferred to the town of Canandaigua in 1996,[51][52] the designation remained in NYSDOT documents until 2007. It continues fairly straight on a southeast course into Albany as Central Avenue until it reaches Townsend Park. Three miles from NY414, just west of Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, US20 and NY5 meet NY318 and NY89 at intersections just 0.1 miles (0.16km) apart. NY5 was extended along part of old NY62 to Athol Springs, from where it continued to the Pennsylvania state line by way of US20's old routing to Irving and all of NY20A. In downtown Syracuse, West Genesee Street becomes James Street. With the variable weather conditions, crowds tend to be scant, so its a great time to visit landmarks that usually have long queues. Italian Festival Endicott 8/25-8/26* Lewiston Jazz Festival Lewiston 8/25-8/26* The Big Mean BBQ Trumansburg8/25-8/26* Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival Rochester8/25-8/26* Bravo Italiano Festival Watertown8/25-8/27* Fredonia Farm Festival Fredonia8/25-8/27* Egyptian Festival North Tonawanda 8/26* Audubon Monarch Butterfly Festival Jamestown 8/26* Germanfest in Attica Attica 8/26* Brew York Festival Watertown8/26* Hammondsport Festival of Crafts Hammondsport8/26* South Buffalo Irish Festival Buffalo8/26-8/27* Fiddlers Fair Mumford8/26-8/27* Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts Buffalo 8/27* Binghamton Porchfest Binghamton 8/27* Ukrainian American Day Buffalo8/27* Beau Fleuve Music and Arts Festival Buffalo, 8/31* Irondequoit Oktoberfest Irondequoit, 9/1-9/3* Findley Lake Harvest Festival Findley Lake9/1-9/3* New York State Festival of Balloons Dansville 9/1-9/4* Labor Day Faire Clarence Center 9/1-9/4* Tall Pines Farm Fest Andover9/1-9/4* Labor Day Weekend Street Festival on Old Falls Street Niagara Falls9/2* Buffalo German Fest Cheektowaga9/2-9/3* National Buffalo Wing Fest Buffalo 9/2-9/3* Redfield Old Home Days Redfield9/2-9/3* War of 1812 Grand Encampment Youngstown 9/2-9/4* Rushford Labor Day Festival Rushford 9/2-9/4* Oakfield Labor Daze Oakfield 9/3* St. Roccos Italian Festival Holley 9/3* Oliver Street Labor Day Festival North Tonawanda, 9/7-9/10* Niagara County Peach Festival Lewiston 9/7-9/10* Gas and Steam Rally Alexander 9/8* ZooBrew V Rochester 9/8* Grand Prix Festival Watkins Glen 9/8-9/9* Red, White and Blues Festival Fredonia 9/8-9/9* Luma Festival Binghamton9/8-9/9* Syracuse Irish Festival Syracuse9/9* Newark Rotary Family Fest Newark9/9* Marion Fall Festival Marion 9/9* Sherman Music Festival Sherman9/9* Elmira Irish Festival Elmira 9/9* Hop Harvest Festival Mumford9/9* Winona Creeks Fall Festival and Hometown Chili Cook-Off Lacona9/9* Wild Brews II West Falls9/9* Farm Fest at Coyne Farms Avon9/9* Central New Yorks Tomato Fest Auburn9/9* Autumn in the Village Livonia 9/9* Music is Art Festival Buffalo 9/9* India Day Celebration Vestal9/9* Alex Bay Wine Festival Alexandria Bay9/9-9/10* Music is Art Festival Buffalo9/9-9/10* Colden Festival Colden 9/9-9/10* M&T Bank Clothesline Festival Rochester 9/9-9/10* Merritt Estate Winery Septemberfest Forestville 9/9-9/10* Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival Norwich9/9-9/10* Lumberjack Festival Macedon 9/9-9/10* Harvest Bounty Fall Fair Caledonia9/9-9/10* Golden Harvest Festival Baldwinsville9/10* Woofstock Oswego 9/10* Schlachtfest East Aurora, 9/11* Foodlinks Festival of Food Rochester 9/12-9/17* KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival I Rochester 9/14-9/16* Big Flats Community Days Big Flats9/15-9/16* St. Patricks Fall Festival Owego 9/15-9/16* Oktoberfest at Webster Firemans Field Webster9/15-9/16* Niagara Falls Blues Festival Niagara Falls9/15-9/17* Bemus Point Fall Fest Bemus Point9/15-9/17* Market Street Harvest Festival Corning9/15-9/17* The Fall Down Hannibal9/15-9/17* Lily Dale Fall Festival Lily Dale 9/15-9/17* Festival of Grapes Silver Creek9/15-9/17* Jordan Fall Festival Jordan9/15-9/17* Ellicottville Rock N Roll Weekend Ellicottville9/15-9/17* Festa Italiana Syracuse 9/15-9/17* Ithaca Peace Festival Ithaca9/16* Endicott Apple Festival Endicott 9/16* Buffalo Cigar Festival Orchard Park 9/16* Hamburg Oktoberfest Hamburg9/16* Blues on the Bridge Binghamton9/16* Sweden Harvest Festival Brockport 9/16* Festival in the Park Minoa9/16* No BS Brew Company Oktoberfest!! Seasonal averages range from 60.2 inches in Albany to 123.8 inches in Syracuse, compared to a modest 20 to 35 inches in Long Island. Include budget and number of people and approximate ages of any children and where you will be coming from in the city. Past Bristol Street, the bypass widens from two to four lanes and, after meeting two local streets, enters the city of Canandaigua as the limited-access Western Boulevard, albeit with no exits. The Wisconsin State Fair Park is a fairgrounds and exhibition center in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. One early means of marking routes was the establishment of various auto trail associations in the 1910s. There are more than 20 golf courses in the area. Throughout the Fairgrounds. Past the tracks, West Main intersects Rochester Street, a locally important northsouth two-lane arterial that continues north of the village to the Rochester suburb of Brighton as East River Road. [10], Soon after the end of the American Revolution in 1783, a surge of westward migration into Central and Western New York began. [8], In the 19th century, noted doctor Simon Baruch encouraged developing European-style spas[9] in the United States as centers for health. Four Days Post Fair, Friday Finale Recap Highlights Experiences & Memories Through Fun Fair. US20 and NY5, now named AvonLima Road, intersects NY15 two miles (3km) to the east in East Avon, a community based around the intersection and the streets comprising it, and connects to I-390 at exit10 a half-mile from NY15. The arterial runs concurrent with NY38 for 0.2 miles (0.3km). Outside of New York City, hotel prices dip to their lowest in January. [10], From NY174 in Camillus to Fairmount, NY5 is a 5-mile (8km) limited-access highway traversing the western suburbs of Syracuse. NY5 is named Main Street in Buffalo, Erie Boulevard and West Genesee Street in Syracuse, State Street in Schenectady, and Central Avenue in Albany, the state capital. [33] In 2019 a plan to remove part of the Skyway and close the rest to motorized traffic was proposed as part of a competition. [19] Quad/Graphics, offset printers of Time, Newsweek, People, Sports Illustrated and many other magazines, has a plant here. Lewiston7/23* Taste of Olean Olean7/23* Disability Pride Festival Buffalo7/23* Masten Jazz Festival I Buffalo 7/23* Kingdom Bound I Darien Center, 7/24-7/26* Kingdom Bound II Darien Center7/26* Taste of Orchard Park (Quaker Days) Orchard Park7/27-7/29* St. Francis and St. Clare Summer Festival Waterloo7/27-7/30* Brantling Bluegrass Festival Sodus7/27-7/30* Jamboree in the Woods Springville 7/27-7/30* Oswego Harborfest Oswego7/27-7/30* Zoomagination: The Festival of Lanterns and Lights IX Buffalo7/28-7/29* Pilgrim Family Fest Buffalo7/28-7/29* St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Festival Syracuse7/28-7/29* YWCA Arts and Crafts Festival Westfield7/28-7/29* Newfield Old Home Days Newfield7/28-7/29* Northeast Jazz and Wine Festival Syracuse7/28-7/30* Ellicottville Jazz and Blues Weekend Ellicottville7/28-7/30* Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival Syracuse 7/28-7/30* Buffalo Irish Festival Buffalo7/28-7/30* Cheektowaga Polish-American Arts Festival Cheektowaga7/28-7/30* Wild America Nature Festival Panama7/29* iMatter Festival Horseheads7/29* Original People POPUP III (formerly Indigenous Music and Arts Festival) Victor7/29* Springville Fiddlers Green Country and Bluegrass Festival Springville7/29* Rock Stock and Barrel Music Festival Rock Stream 7/29* Newark Valley Summerfest Newark Valley7/29-7/30* Waterfront Art Festival Webster7/29-7/30* Park Ave Summer Art Fest Rochester 7/29-7/30* Spencerport Canal Days Spencerport7/29-7/30* Saint Stephen Serbfest Lackawanna7/29-7/30* Glen Park Art Festival Williamsville7/29-7/30* Sterling Renaissance Festival V Sterling 7/30* Arts on the Water Festival Derby7/30* Masten Jazz Festival II Buffalo7/30* BanglaFest Williamsville, 7/31* Taste of Clarence and Cruise Night Clarence, 8/2* Sad Summer Festival: Lewiston Lewiston8/2-8/6* SENTIENT Fest Moravia 8/3-8/5* Puerto Rican Festival of Rochester Rochester8/3-8/6* Eden Corn Festival Eden 8/3-8/6* Holy Helpers Summerfest West Seneca8/3-8/6* Lima Crossroads Festival Lima8/3-8/6* Zoomagination: The Festival of Lanterns and Lights X Buffalo8/3-8/6* Phelps Sauerkraut Weekend Phelps8/4-8/5* Block Party (Lucille Ball Comedy Festival) Jamestown8/4-8/5* Watkins Glen Italian American Festival Watkins Glen8/4-8/6* Oinktoberfest Clarence8/4-8/6* Buffalos Country Music Festival Akron8/4-8/6* St. George Macedonian Festival Syracuse 8/4-8/6* Spiediefest and Balloon Rally Expo Binghamton8/4-8/6* Americas Grape Country Wine Festival Dunkirk8/5* DeWitt Canal Day DeWitt8/5* Village Music Fest Youngstown8/5* Fox Fest Syracuse8/5* Howl in the Hills Holland8/5* Oliver Street Art Festival North Tonawanda8/5* Cayuga Waterfront Festival Cayuga8/5* Sherman Day Sherman8/5* Bark Bash East Aurora8/5* Arts Off Main Festival (formerly Arts and Wine Festival) Cortland 8/5* Swedish Hill Winerys Jack Ass Day Romulus8/5* Jack Craft Fair Buffalo8/5* Oswego Dragon Boat Festival Oswego 8/5-8/6* Chalkfest Buffalo -Buffalo8/5-8/6* Fox Run Vineyards Garlic Festival Penn Yan8/5-8/6* Angelica Heritage Days Angelica8/5-8/6* Sterling Renaissance Festival VI Sterling 8/6* Pioneer Picnic Perry8/6* Bill Knowltons Bluegrass Ramble Picnic Preble, 8/9-8/12* Pageant of Steam Canandaigua8/9-8/12* Fulton Jazz Festival Fulton8/9-8/12* Spencer Picnic Spencer8/9-8/12* Whirly Bird Music Festival Jamestown8/11* Syracuse Bacon Festival Syracuse 8/11-8/12* FGAS German Fest Spencerport8/11-8/12*- Ferrario Elmira Jazz Festival Elmira8/11-8/13* Serling Fest Binghamton8/12* German-Polish Celebration East Aurora8/12* August StrOlean Olean8/12* Lincoln Hill Farms BrewFest Canandaigua8/12* Bath Craft, Wine and Brewfest Bath8/12* Rochester Water Lantern Festival Webster8/12* Avon Corn Festival Avon8/12 Dragon Boat Race on Chautauqua Lake Celoron 8/12* Gates Summer Celebration Rochester8/12* Central New York Scottish Games and Celtic Festival Syracuse8/12* Cayuga Ridge Estate Winery Peach Festival Ovid 8/12-8/13* Taste of Ellicottville Ellicottville8/12-8/13* Brockport Arts Festival Brockport8/12-8/13* Buffalo Niagara Scottish Festival Amherst 8/12-8/13* Sterling Renaissance Festival VI Sterling 8/12-8/13* Lewiston Art Festival Lewiston8/13* Outlaw Music Festival Darien Center, 8/17-8/19* Hannibal Fire Companys Field Days Hannibal8/17-8/20* TedFest Albion8/17-8/20* ROCKSTOCK Wyoming8/17-8/20* St. Josaphats Ukrainian Festival Rochester8/18* Flour City Brewers Fest Rochester 8/18* ZooBrew IV Rochester8/18-8/19* BC Celtic Music Fest Binghamton 8/18-8/19* Pendleton Farm and Homes Days Lockport8/18-8/19* Chenango Blues Festival Norwich 8/18-8/19* Rock the Barn Clarence8/18-8/20* Big G Jam Hannibal8/18-8/20* Mount Morris Rotary Italian Festival Mount Morris8/19* Rock Autism Music Festival Buffalo8/19* Festival Latinoamericano Syracuse8/19* Hornell Irish Festival Hornell8/19* Mayville Bluegrass Festival Mayville8/19* Puerto Rican and Hispanic Day Parade Festival of WNY Buffalo8/19* Sunset Bay Experience Irving8/19* Taste of Diversity Buffalo8/19* Multi-Ethnic Garlic Festival Binghamton8/19-8/20* Hammondsport Festival of Crafts Hammondsport 8/20* Griffis Sculpture Park Summer Festival East Otto8/20* Wild Wing Festival Delevan8/20* Asian Food and Cultural Festival Buffalo, 8/24-8/26* Groton Olde Home Days Groton 8/24-8/27* Pickin in the Pasture Lodi8/25* GUSTO! But by the months end, the whole state is chock-full of holiday spirit.Key events: Adirondack Stampede Rodeo (Glens Falls), Holiday Valley Beer and Wine Festival Weekend (Ellicottville), LuminoCity Festival (Manhasset), Shimmering Solstice at Old Westbury Gardens (Old Westbury), Break out the hats and scarfs and let the holiday season fill you with warm and fuzzy feelings. [16], On March22, 1794, the New York State Legislature passed a law calling for the laying out and improvement of a public road from old Fort Schuyler on the Mohawk River to the settlement of Canawaugus on the Genesee River, in as straight a line as the topography of the land would allow. Here's a quick guide to the visa requirements for Canada. [14], NY5 and NY92 remain concurrent up to Highbridge Road, where NY92 splits from NY5 and heads southeast to Manlius. [21] The Seneca Road Company dissolved in 1852. Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 9:00am. New York City hogs all the attention, but youll find outstanding dining and drinking destinations all across the Empire State. At the entrance to the second plaza, US20 and NY5 intersect Lakeshore Drive, the former routing of US20 and NY5 to the south of the bypass. Sampling the fair's Italian sausages is a New York rite of passage, even upheld by former presidents. A few hundred feet to the north of the Thruway, NY5 turns eastward again to continue down Herkimer Road. The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association is the states largest and nations oldest firearms advocacy organization. [citation needed]. Try the format XXX-XXX-XXXX for your phone number. The 2023 Great New York State Fair. Key events: Hampton Classic Horse Show (Bridgehampton), Hudson Valley Hot Air Balloon Festival (Union Vale), Niagara County Peach Festival (Lewiston), National Buffalo Wing Festival (Buffalo), Naples Grape Festival (Naples), Fun in the great outdoors is the name of the game in fall, whether that means frolicking in the fallen leaves, hiking along colorful forest trails or even throwing pumpkins around at the Punkin Chunkin Festival in Clayton.Key events: Hudson Valley Garlic Festival (Saugerties), Great Jack OLantern Blaze (Croton-on-Hudson), Montauk Fall Festival (Montauk), Punkin Chunkin (Clayton), As the final autumn leaves fall and trees bare their branches, upstate regions see their first snowfall, while Long Island and areas closer to New York City just feel a chill. The springs occur on a line where the north-south Saratoga Fault allows water trapped in subsurface shale layers to reach the surface. East of NY173, the freeway connects to NY695 at a directional T interchange and passes over NY297 without access. Its principal community was incorporated as a village in 1826, and the entire region became a city in 1915. [10], At Main Street, Church Street splits into a pair of one-way streets and becomes North and South Division Street. Winter is for days out on the ski slopes and fireside chats in log cabins, while spring brings its own gentle charm with blooming gardens and perfect temperatures for exploring historical sites.