Falconer is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.

During the Revolutionary War, the thriving Seneca Nation sided with the losing British.

In 1779, George Washington organized the Sullivan Expedition, a military campaign intended to weaken Loyalist and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) communities.

The Seneca signed the Treaty at Big Tree in 1797, surrendering most of their lands to the United States government.

In 1874 the community received its present name, after either William T. Falconer (1850–1915) or his father Patrick, who was on the board of directors of the Allegheny & Pittsburg Railroad and donated a large tract of land through town to the railroad concern.

The Chadakoin River, the outlet of Chautauqua Lake, flows from Jamestown and passes through the village, meeting Cassadaga Creek to the northeast at Levant.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.8 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi), all land.

Falconer is unusual among villages in the area in that its speed limit is 25 miles per hour, the lowest of any village or town in Chautauqua County; Route 394 has a 35 mile-per-hour posted speed limit.