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Nice Place To Live 3.5 rating By Anonymous ( Nov 18, 2019) After reading the last two reviews posted to this site about Lockport, New York, I must say I find them very harsh. These reviews mention poverty and welfare as the focal points of the city, but that is absolutely not true! Lockport is a lovely city, a good place to live and ra ...Read More ise a family. There is poverty and welfare, no matter where you live. My husband and I recently moved to the city from CNY and we love our new home. Most people work outside of the Lockport area, but so what, they have a job and I am sure they are also very proud to call Lockport their home, just as me and my husband are. Read Less
Not the same place now 2 rating By Greoge ( Sep 13, 2017) Thris used to be a good place to live but not know the jobs,are bad mosty part time so they dont have to pay benfients rent is going up on old outdate house apts that are been around for 100 years nothing morden about thris place the good people are leaving and the,drug acction i ...Read More s getting bad there and if you dont mind sex offer welfare people and drugs and old place no a/c and overpriced place with no jobs,or minumie wage part time to there are crack house at 6254 dorchester rd rigth in the town living off the goverment and sales of drugs to just of trans rd behind the walmart and down from the mobil stion the king and queen of welfare live there and need to but put in jail to but lockport is a nice place if you have money dont have to work outside of the downtown area but if you need to work rasie a family not good unless your like the people im telling you about the pain couple on welfare so i want you to know thris cant make a living unless you own a bussiness and that proply not easy to used to be nice but not a safe place to live unless your like these people,losers so please look elsewere if you need to make a living unless someone gave you a free house then its ok ease go by the crack house and get some from the loser who live there move into another area thank you Read Less
Not worth waste your time 1 rating By Greoge ( Jul 01, 2017) Its not a bad little town if you have money or older and retird person if you have to work for a living not worth it low paying jobs lots of part time if ypu can get hired there everything is very very old and out date town looks like the 1930-1940 small and not morden at all the ...Read More place is chaging getting corption buying up the place and rent is going up to and the welfare rate is very high and drugs are getting really bad there a crack house in the town of lockport at 6254 dorchester rd just off off trans rd selling buying and collet welfare from the goverment and ny dont care or the town of lockport too the place is not even worth going to nothing to offer people but old school and drugs they let people get babys who are on welfare and rasie them the cops needs to bust thris crack house to and get out of the stone age living no jobs bad places to live now place dont move to the ny upstate area getto as hell and lots of welfare case on drugs i give lockport a -1000 for work and places to live want alot to move in lots of places dont have appliles in the house and look like the great depresson is still on plus the king and queen and crack head friends living in the house so if you move up there good luck Read Less
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Not worth waste your time 1 rating By Greoge ( Jul 01, 2017) Its not a bad little town if you have money or older and retird person if you have to work for a living not worth it low paying jobs lots of part time if ypu can get hired there everything is very very old and out date town looks like the 1930-1940 small and not morden at all the ...Read More place is chaging getting corption buying up the place and rent is going up to and the welfare rate is very high and drugs are getting really bad there a crack house in the town of lockport at 6254 dorchester rd just off off trans rd selling buying and collet welfare from the goverment and ny dont care or the town of lockport too the place is not even worth going to nothing to offer people but old school and drugs they let people get babys who are on welfare and rasie them the cops needs to bust thris crack house to and get out of the stone age living no jobs bad places to live now place dont move to the ny upstate area getto as hell and lots of welfare case on drugs i give lockport a -1000 for work and places to live want alot to move in lots of places dont have appliles in the house and look like the great depresson is still on plus the king and queen and crack head friends living in the house so if you move up there good luck Read Less

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      A+ Amenities

      Are there many local amenities in Lockport? Yes, there are lots of amenities close to this location.

      Parks

      Ida Fritz Park
      Upson Park
      Scalzo Park
      Altro Park
      Josephine Carveth Packet Park
      Grossi Memorial Park
      Outwater Memorial Park
      Union St. Park

      Entertainment

      Erie Canal Discovery Center
      New York State Erie Canal Museum at Locks 34 & 35
      Flight of Five
      Col. William Bond-Jesse Hawley House
      Niagara County Historical Society Museum
      Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride
      Lockport Palace Theatre
      Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises

      Food & Drink

      Lake Effect Ice Cream
      Lock 34
      Sub Delicious
      Walnut St. Liquor
      Groff's Tavern
      Pizza Oven
      Reid's Ice Cream Parlor
      Reid's

      F Commute

      Is public transit available in Lockport? Of all people who commute, 0.4% take public transportation in Lockport.
      Drive to Work
      82%

      5% higher than the US average

      Take Public Transit
      0%

      5% lower than the US average

      Walk to Work
      3%

      equal to the US average

      A- Health & Safety

      Is Lockport a healthy and safe place to live? Yes, there are some hospitals, police and fire stations.

      Hospitals

      Eastern Niagara Health System

      Pharmacies

      Rite Aid
      Rite Aid
      Walgreens

      Doctors