[1] Lafayette Avenue runs east to west and links the neighborhood to the Elmwood Village.
It features many unique stores such as the West Side Bazaar, a small business incubator with a diverse array of international food and vendors.
Often associated with Sicilian immigrants who came to Buffalo in great numbers starting around the turn of the twentieth century, today the area has large Somali, Sudanese, Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Mexican and Central American, Puerto Rican, and Southeast Asian enclaves.
Its southern boundary includes D'Youville College, along Porter Avenue and Connecticut Street.
Many of the students at these and other area colleges and universities choose to live in the Upper West Side.