Maintenance of the New York segment of US 62 is handled by several jurisdictions. In
Chautauqua,
Cattaraugus, and
Niagara counties, the route is maintained by the
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT). In
Erie County, US 62 is locally maintained within the cities of
Buffalo and
Lackawanna and county-maintained in
Amherst between
NY 263 (Grover Cleveland Highway) and
NY 324 (Sheridan Drive) as County Route 152 (CR 152). The remainder of the highway in the county is state-maintained.
Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties US 62 crosses the
New York–Pennsylvania border and enters
New York southeast of the city of
Jamestown in
Chautauqua County. The route proceeds northward through the town of
Kiantone, paralleling the course of
Conewango Creek, which lies to the east to the highway. As it approaches the vicinity of the
hamlet of Stillwater, US 62 crosses Stillwater Creek and intersects
NY 60 at a junction east of the community. While NY 60 heads northwestward to serve Stillwater and the city of Jamestown beyond it, US 62 turns east and enters the town of
Carroll upon crossing the Conewango Creek. Just inside the town line, US 62 passes through the large hamlet of
Frewsburg. The route continues on, paralleling Conewango Creek through the towns of Carroll and
Poland to an interchange with the
Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86/NY 17) southeast of the hamlet of
Kennedy. US 62 continues on to Kennedy, where it crosses the creek once more and intersects
NY 394. US 62 curves eastward,
joining NY 394 northeastward out of Kennedy to a junction known as Schermerhorn Corners. Here, NY 394 continues eastward along the banks of the creek while US 62 heads northward through a small valley surrounding Indian Brook and into the town of
Ellington. Upon entering the town of
Leon, US 62 veers slightly northeastward to run along the base of a small valley surrounding Mud Creek. The two entities separate at the hamlet of Leon and US 62 returns northward, descending the eastern side of the Conewango Creek valley and becoming the eastern valley road once again. Just before crossing into the town of
Dayton, US 62 leaves the edge of the valley and heads northward through the gully. Here, it crosses over Conewango Creek once more and intersects
NY 322. US 62 continues north through the largely rural towns of
Collins and
North Collins to the
village of North Collins, located in the extreme northwestern corner of the town. Inside the village, US 62 connects to
NY 249. Past North Collins, US 62 heads through the town of
Eden as well as the large hamlet of the same name contained within. Northeast of the hamlet of Eden, the route crosses over the south branch of 18 Mile Creek and intersects
NY 75, where the routes join and head northward into the
village of Hamburg. Route 62 turns slightly northwest at Southside Parkway. At Abbott Road, US 62 becomes Bailey Avenue. Across the
Buffalo River from Abbott Road is Seneca Street (
NY 16), which provides access to
I-190. The Interstate Highway can also be reached via the intersection with Clinton Street (
NY 354), a few blocks to the north. After passing William Street, Bailey Avenue begins to run along the city's eastern border with
Cheektowaga. North of the expressway, the road becomes less heavily developed. At the
Ellicott Creek crossing, some signs for the former
NY 356 are still visible. A short distance further on, as
Tonawanda Creek starts to run parallel to the highway, all the land to the west becomes part of Amherst. Two miles to the north, after passing White Chapel Memorial Park, US 62 crosses the creek into
Niagara County. Now in
Wheatfield, US 62 begins to turn to the northwest as it intersects
NY 425 outside of
North Tonawanda. The route continues through residential areas of Wheatfield to the town of
Niagara, meeting
NY 429 along the way. In Niagara, the properties along the highway become more industrial as US 62 approaches
Niagara Falls International Airport. Just south of the airport, the route intersects both Williams Road (unsigned
NY 952V) and Porter Road (
NY 182). West of NY 182, US 62 dips southwest and enters the city of
Niagara Falls, where US 62 initially passes by a mixture of commercial and residential developments, then meets
NY 265 (Military Road) in the easternmost part of the city ahead of a junction with
I-190 exit 22, a mile (1.6 km) to the west. Past I-190, US 62 enters a more industrialized section of the city as it approaches the eastern terminus of
US 62 Business, its
business route through the Pine Avenue commercial district. Upon intersecting Packard Road, a local northeast–southwest arterial situated just east of Pine Avenue, US 62 splits into a
one-way couplet to serve the residential portion of downtown Niagara Falls. US 62 travels into the city (northbound) on Walnut Avenue and out (southbound) on Ferry Avenue and both intersect Hyde Park Boulevard (
NY 61) near the eastern end of the couplet, which continues west for roughly to
NY 104 (Main Street), where US 62 terminates northeast of the city's tourism district and the
Rainbow Bridge to
Canada. ==History==