Discreet 24/7 Biohazard Remediation in Binghamton, NY

Binghamton is a city in New York's Southern Tier near the Pennsylvania border and the county seat of Broome County, sitting in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers.

Binghamton had a population of 47,969 at the 2020 census, and it is the principal city of a metropolitan area of about 247,000 people historically known as the Triple Cities, together with Endicott and Johnson City.

Binghamton's nicknames include 'The Parlor City,' 'Valley of Opportunity,' and 'Carousel Capital of the World.'

Binghamton is known as the Carousel Capital of the World because the area preserves six of the nation's remaining antique carousels, two of them within the city limits at Recreation Park and at the Ross Park Zoo.

The Ross Park Zoo in Binghamton opened in 1875 on 90 acres donated by businessman Erastus Ross, making it the fifth-oldest zoo in the United States still in operation.

Binghamton is the birthplace of the spiedie, skewers of marinated meat grilled over charcoal that were introduced by Italian immigrants in the early 20th century and are celebrated each August at the Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally in Otsiningo Park, an event that draws about 100,000 people.

Television writer Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, grew up in Binghamton, and the city honors him with an annual Rod Serling Video Fest.

Binghamton University, part of the State University of New York, has its main campus in neighboring Vestal and opened a downtown Binghamton campus in 2007 that helped spur the city's riverfront revival.

Binghamton has about 21,400 households, and only about 44% of its homes are owner-occupied, with a median owner-occupied home value of about $124,800 according to Census Bureau survey data.

Binghamton's population peaked at 80,674 in 1950 during its mid-century industrial heyday, and the city grew slightly between 2010 and 2020, its first census-to-census increase in decades.