IKEA U.S. announced plans for its third New York location at Destiny USA in Syracuse on the company's website on July 7. From Elmira, the drive to the new Syracuse store will take about 1 hour, 50 ...

From Corning, the drive to the new Syracuse store will take about 2 hours. The closest existing IKEA to Corning is in Paramus, NJ, which is about 3 hours, 45 minutes away.