Youngstown

Not to be confused with Youngstown, a historic village in New York state.

Youngstown is a city of 60,000 people (2020) in Northeast Ohio and is the county seat of Mahoning County. For Youngstown, it was all about coal and steel, until deindustrialization occurred in the second half of the 20th century.

Understand

• Youngstown Live (Mahoning County Convention & Visitors Bureau), 21 W Boardman St, ☏ +1-330-740-2130, toll-free: +1-800-447-8201. (updated Dec 2019)

Get in

By plane

• 1 Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG  ^IATA) (off Routes 11 and 82 in Vienna, OH.), ☏ +1 330 856-1537. This airport is rather small and has had trouble attracting more than a handful of flights or giving any staying power to flights. There are charter flights to Atlantic City, too.  

By car

Youngstown is served by the following interstate highways:

• I-76 serving Akron and Youngstown and connecting to beyond Pennsylvania to the east.
• I-80 is the Ohio Turnpike (a toll road) that runs across the northern part of the state, serving Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown (where I-80 and I-76 criss cross).
• I-680 provides access to downtown areas and outer suburbs.

By bus

• 2 Greyhound, 340 W Federal St, ☏ +1 330 743-4141. Stops at local transit station. (updated Mar 2019)

Get around

• 3 WRTA (Western Reserve Transit Authority). provides the inner city and suburbs with bus transportation. (updated Mar 2019)

There is also a taxi station next door to the Greyhound / WRTA station in West Federal Street.

See

The Butler Institute of American Art

An ornate iron bridge in Mill Creek Park

• 1 Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, 151 W Wood St, ☏ +1 330 941-1314. W-F 10AM-4PM, Sa noon-4PM. Museum chronicling the rise and fall of steel in Youngstown. $7 adults, $6 seniors, $3 students, children under 6 free. (updated May 2016)
• 2 Arms Family Museum of Local History, 648 Wick Ave., ☏ +1 330 743-2589. 
• 3 Stambaugh Auditorium, ☏ +1 330 259-0555. Former home of The Youngstown Symphony, it now serves as a more general event venue.  
• 4 Youngstown State University (YSU), ☏ +1 330 941-3000. A university that is known for its musical talents, hosting one of the oldest non conservatory music schools in the US. Most of the students here are commuters. The campus is generally safer than the rest of the city, and is a good place to dip into if you feel unsafe. (updated Mar 2019)
  • 5 Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave, ☏ +1 330 743-1107. Tu-Sa 11AM-4PM, Su noon-4PM. First museum of American Art. Free. (updated Mar 2019)
  • 6 McDonough Museum of Art, 525 Wick Ave, ☏ +1 330 941-1400. Tu-Sa 11AM-4PM. Contemporary art museum for Youngstown State University, it features both student/faculty works and traveling shows. Free. (updated Mar 2019)
• 7 Tyler History Center (Mahoning Valley Historical Society), 648 Wick Ave. (updated Dec 2019)

Do

The Youngstown Skyline

• 1 Covelli Centre, 299 E. Front St, ☏ +1 330 746-5600. Home of the Phantoms and site of many major concerts. (updated Oct 2022)
• 2 Powers Auditorium, 260 W. Federal Plaza. Built in 1931 by the Warner Brothers. Home to The Youngstown Symphony.  
• 3 Youngstown Playhouse, 600 Playhouse Lane, ☏ +1 330 788-8739. America's Oldest ongoing community theater  

• 4 Oakland Center for the Arts (The Oakland), 4749 South Ave (From Downtown Youngstown, head east on Federal St. turn right on South Ave and travel 3.5 mi. and will see Trinity Fellowship Church, in which the Oakkland Center resides.), ☏ +1 330-406-0606, oaklandcenter@gmail.com. Su-F 10AM-5PM, Sa 10AM-3PM. The Oakland Center for the Arts (or the Oakland, as it is usually called) is an interdisciplinary arts center based in Youngstown, Ohio. The center was established in 1986 by Youngstown native Alexandra Vansuch and a group of local performers and civic-minded individuals, as a community venue for theater, film, music, literature, dance, and the visual arts.[1] The center specializes in performing locally written plays, as well as offbeat, obscure plays and musicals such as Bat Boy: The Musical, Baby, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Assassins. Their award-winning work has gained them local and regional acclaim. Reopened in 2016 for a new start with Kids First Theatre Initiative, a premier children's theatre company in Youngstown, and have 6-7 productions per year since reopening. $5 and up. (updated Jul 2019)

Sports

Stambaugh Stadium

• 5 Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Minor A League Baseball (updated Mar 2019)
• 6 Youngstown Phantoms. USHL (updated Mar 2019)
• 7 Youngstown State Penguins. College Division NCAA I-AA: Gateway Football Conference (updated Mar 2019)
• Little Steel Derby Girls. (updated Mar 2019)

Outdoors

• 8 Mill Creek Metroparks. Located in the heart of Youngstown, OH. Mill Creek Park encompasses approximately 2,600 acres, 20 miles of drives, and 15 miles of foot trails, and a rare collection of gardens, streams, lakes, woodlands, meadows and wildlife for all to enjoy. Visitors will find a wide range of recreational opportunities such as hiking, biking, picnicking, boating, Par-3, or championship golf, tennis, sand volleyball and more. Many of the facilities can be found at the James L. Wick, Jr. Recreation Area. Universally accessible trails, fishing pier, playground and picnic areas are located throughout the Park. Cabins and pavilions for group events are available for rental year-round. Mill Creek Park is the largest metropolitan park in the country, more than three times larger than Central Park in New York City! (updated Dec 2018)
• 9 Boardman Township Park. Has an outdoor theater and trails. (updated Mar 2019)

Buy

• 1 Southern Park Mall. Boardman  

Eat

• 1 Avalon Downtown, 17 W Federal St, ☏ +1 330-740-0000. Downtown pizzeria 
• 2 Handel's Ice Cream, 3931 Handel's Court, ☏ +1 330-788-0356. Ice cream chain based out of Youngstown (updated Dec 2019)
• Springfield Grille, 7413 Tiffany S, Boardman, ☏ +1 330-726-0895. Steakhouse 
• Scarsella's Italian Restaurant, 4151 Market St, ☏ +1 330-788-0806. 
• Cassie's MVR, 410 N Walnut St, ☏ +1 330-746-7067. M-Sa 11AM-11PM. 

Drink

• 1 B & O Boxcar Lounge, 534 Mahoning Ave, ☏ +1 330-707-4474. Great beer selection. Located next to B & O Station (updated Dec 2019)
• 2 Imbibe Martini Bar, 124 W Federal Plaza. 
• 3 Downtown Draught House (West Federal Plaza - Downtown). Tons of beer selections. Houses the Spacekat BBQ. (updated Dec 2018)
• Irish Bob's (South Ave). (updated Dec 2018)
• 4 Penguin City Brewing Company, 460 E Federal St, ☏ +1-330-755-0709. (updated Dec 2019)

Sleep

• 1 Quality Inn Austintown-Youngstown West, 870 N Canfield Niles Rd, ☏ +1 330 544-2378, fax: +1 330 544-7926. $63 (Feb 2022). 
• 2 Fairfield Inn & Suites Youngstown Austintown, 801 N Canfield Niles Rd, ☏ +1 330 505-2173, fax: +1 330 505-3629. 

Connect

• 1 The Public Library (The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County), 305 Wick Avenue, ☏ +1 330 744-8636. Beyond books, the public library has public computers, as well as a makerspace with 3D printers, laser cutters, and other tools. (updated Nov 2018)

Go next

Golf

• The Youngstown Region was ranked #4 in the country for golf by Golf Digest.
• Mill Creek Golf Course - West Golf Drive - Youngstown
• Pine Lakes Golf Club - 6233 Liberty Street - Hubbard
• Reserve Run Golf Course - 625 E. Western Reserve Rd. - Youngstown
• Kennsington Golf Club - 4171 Westford Place - Youngstown

Routes through Youngstown

Akron ← Ravenna ←	W  E	→ Big Beaver → Pittsburgh
Cleveland via ← Streetsboro ←	W  E	→ Grove City → State College
Cleveland via ← Streetsboro ←	W  E	→ Big Beaver → Pittsburgh
Canton ← Salem ←	W  E	→ Jct N S → Franklin → Warren, PA
Cleveland ← Warren, OH ←	W  E	→ Butler → Ebensburg
END ← Conneaut ←	N  S	→ Columbiana → East Liverpool