5 WNY Neighborhoods for The Best Trick-or-Treating [List]

Halloween will be here before you know it, so it's time to put your plan of attack in place.  It's hard enough getting the kids costumes together, right? That's why I put together this list of the best neighborhoods in Buffalo and Western New York to go trick-or-treating in. It's one less thing you have to worry about now.

When picking a neighborhood, of course, you want to make sure it's a safe place for you and the kids, but also, you want to get the good candy!  That's important.  These neighborhoods are in no particular order.

Surprisingly, many WNYers who weighed in on the topics warned against Elmwood Villiage,

@CourtsideRecovery said the adults ruined it,

I live in the Elmwood Village and don't pass candy out anymore. I used to, but then trashy adults kept coming to our door to "trick-or-treat" and it completely ruined it for me. And we're talking a lot of adults too, it was creepy.

@gfro9191 suggests that the fact that renters live in Elmwood Village may be why it isn't as good as it used to be,

I just moved to the Elmwood Village and a friend told me that we shouldn't expect many houses passing out candy because the area is mostly renters. Is this true?

@jellogoodbye says,

Depends what part of EV. When we trick-or-treated pre-covid we'd get ~1 house per long block (including both sides).

While you are deciding where to trick-or-treat with the kids, you may want to take a look at these areas, so you can be aware of where the most sex offenders live.