This article is about the most recent alignment of NY 267, removed in 1980. For the former alignment of NY 267 in Clarence, Erie County, see
New York State Route 268 (1934–1974) § History.
New York State Route 267
Map of the Buffalo area with NY 267 highlighted in red
New York State Route 267 (NY 267) was an east–west
state highway in the
western portion of
New York in the United States. It extended for 7.16 miles (11.52 km) from an intersection with
NY 93 in the
Erie County village of
Akron to a junction with
NY 77 in the
Genesee County hamlet of Basom. Part of NY 267 in Genesee County passed through the
Tonawanda Indian Reservation. The portion of NY 267 within Erie County was assigned c. 1935. NY 267 was extended east to NY 77 in Basom in the late 1930s, replacing New York State Route 77A, a spur leading from NY 77 to the eastern edge of the Tonawanda Reservation. The Erie County segment of the route was transferred from the state of
New York to Erie County in April 1980, leading to the total removal of the NY 267 designation in August of that year.
Route description
NY 267 began at an intersection with
NY 93 in the village of
Akron in eastern
Erie County. The route headed eastward, following John Street through downtown Akron. NY 267 broke from John Street just four blocks later. While the street continued east to serve
Akron Airport, the route turned northeast to follow Bloomingdale Road out of the village. The route continued through gradually less developed areas of the town of
Newstead, intersecting with
County Route 250 (CR 250, named Scotland Road). NY 267 crossed into
Genesee County soon afterward.[5][6]
In the Genesee County town of
Alabama, NY 267 made a slight turn to the north as it entered the
Tonawanda Indian Reservation. Once inside the reservation, the route remained on a north-northeasterly alignment for about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to a junction with Parker Road. At this point, the highway turned to the east, progressing across the reservation. At an intersection with Reuben Road 1.25 miles (2.01 km) later, NY 267 turned to the north for another 0.5 miles (0.8 km) before it exited the reservation. The route continued for roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) to the
hamlet of Basom, where it terminated at an intersection with
NY 77.[5][6]
NY 267 was assigned c. 1935 to a routing extending from
NY 93 in
Akron to the
Erie–
Genesee county line by way of John Street and Bloomingdale Road. Farther east, the portion of Bloomingdale Road between the
Tonawanda Indian Reservation and
NY 77 was designated as NY 77A around the same time.[2][3] NY 77A and the remainder of Bloomingdale Road within Genesee County became an extension of NY 267 in the late 1930s.[7][8] On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of the portion of NY 267 within Erie County—by this point the lone state-maintained portion of the route—was transferred from the state of
New York to Erie County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[9] The NY 267 designation was removed from the entirety of its routing just over four months later on August 14, 1980.[4] The Erie County segment of the route is now CR 573 while the Genesee County section is locally maintained.[5]