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19th Ward.

A southeast Rochester corridor with historic residential streets and local businesses. Park Avenue is a broader local name spanning several smaller City-mapped areas.

Also called: Park Ave

Sources: Rochester 2034 Comprehensive Plan · Rochester Preservation Ordinance and districts · Celebrate City Living neighborhood directory

A neighborhood and commercial-corridor name along Monroe Avenue, east of downtown. It appears in the City’s comprehensive plan and Celebrate City Living directory.

Sources: Rochester 2034 Comprehensive Plan · Celebrate City Living neighborhood directory

A northeast Rochester neighborhood associated with the Rochester Public Market. City GIS divides the area into North and South Marketview Heights.

Sources: Northeast Neighborhood Service Center · Neighborhoods and Towns · Commercial Corridor Study: East Main Arts and Market Initiative overview

A west-side Rochester neighborhood recognized in the Celebrate City Living directory. Local organization and older planning names vary.

Also called: United Neighbors Together, U.N.I.T., UNIT

Sources: Celebrate City Living neighborhood directory · City housing study neighborhood geography

A west-side neighborhood around the meeting of West Main Street, West Avenue, Chili Avenue and Genesee Street. Project-area maps are not the same as a neighborhood boundary.

Also called: Bull's Head, Bulls Head, Bullshead

Sources: Bull's Head projects and plans · Bull's Head street improvements

A neighborhood-association name listed by the City’s Southwest Neighborhood Service Center.

Also called: Changing of The Scenes, COTS

Sources: Southwest Neighborhood Service Center

A southwest Rochester neighborhood-association area recognized by the City. It is not a separate municipality.

Also called: SWAN

Sources: Southwest Neighborhood Service Center

A neighborhood-association name listed by the City’s Southeast Neighborhood Service Center. No separate polygon is supplied in the City neighborhood layer.

Sources: Southeast Neighborhood Service Center

A named northwest Rochester district listed by the City’s Northwest Neighborhood Service Center.

Sources: Northwest Neighborhood Service Center

A historic east-side avenue and surrounding residential district with nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century architecture. The preservation district has its own distinct boundary.

Also called: East Ave

Sources: Rochester Preservation Ordinance and districts · City housing study neighborhood geography

A downtown district identified in the City’s Center City plan and National Register historic-district listings.

Also called: Cascade

Sources: Center City Master Plan · Designated Buildings of Historic Value

A small historic residential district near Rochester’s East End, recognized in City preservation and downtown planning.

Sources: Rochester Preservation Ordinance and districts · Center City pedestrian circulation and wayfinding study

An eastern downtown district with entertainment, cultural venues and housing; the former Inner Loop East once separated it from adjoining streets.

Also called: Upper East End, East End / Upper East End

Sources: Inner Loop East Project · Center City pedestrian circulation and wayfinding study

A downtown district named in the City’s neighborhood planning inventory.

Sources: City housing study neighborhood geography

A downtown district associated with nineteenth-century commercial and industrial buildings adapted for multiple uses.

Also called: St Paul Quarter, Saint Paul Quarter

Sources: Center City pedestrian circulation and wayfinding study

A downtown district around the historic public square, near theater, library and civic destinations.

Sources: Center City pedestrian circulation and wayfinding study

A downtown place name associated with the park now called Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park.

Sources: Center City pedestrian circulation and wayfinding study · East End Garage and district location

A downtown district named in the City’s neighborhood planning inventory.

Sources: City housing study neighborhood geography

A downtown district name used in the City’s neighborhood planning inventory.

Also called: Main & Clinton

Sources: City housing study neighborhood geography

A downtown-edge district name used in the City’s neighborhood planning inventory.

Also called: Monroe-Alexander, Monroe and Alexander

Sources: City housing study neighborhood geography

A downtown district identified with the surviving tower and grounds of the former St. Joseph’s Church.

Also called: St. Joseph's Park, St Joseph’s Square, St. Joseph’s Square

Sources: Center City pedestrian circulation and wayfinding study · City housing study neighborhood geography

A neighborhood name used by the City’s Northeast Neighborhood Service Center for the Fourth Street and Railroad Street area.

Sources: Northeast Neighborhood Service Center

A riverfront downtown district named in the City’s recent streetscape and revitalization work.

Also called: Aqueduct

Sources: 2025 State of the City: Aqueduct District streetscape