Four Corners

Four Corners refers to an intersection within a neighborhood within downtown Rochester, and a building located at the intersection.

The "Four Corners Intersection" is located where Main, State, and Exchange streets intersect, one block west of the river on Main Street.


• Location: Main & State Streets
  

• History:
  

  The intersection at Main Street where State Street approaches from the north and becomes Exchange Street has been a prominent location through out Rochester's history. It was located where the first two streets in the settlement crossed, then called Buffalo Street. (Main Street) and Carroll Street (State Street) . That intersection is still commonly called by its original name, The Four Corners. ¹

The Four Corners neighborhood sits on the west side of the river between the Inner Loop on the north, I-490 on the south and Plymouth Avenue on the west. It also includes the block bounded by Main St, W. Broad Street, Plymouth Avenue and S Scott Alley.²

The Four Corners Building is located at 1 W Main Street.

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