Rochester Neighborhoods

Our Rochester Neighborhoods page provides information on the breakdown of the City of Rochester into neighborhoods and the organizations that service and support them.

The City of Rochester divides the city into four quadrants, each with its own Neighborhood Service Center, listed clockwise:

Quadrants	Quadrant Webpage	Service Center	Phone (585)	Area Links
Northeast Quadrant	Northeast (NE)	500 Norton St, 14621	428-7660	NE Map NE Streets
Southeast Quadrant	Southeast (SE)	846 S. Clinton Ave, 14620	428-7640	SE Map SE Streets
Southwest Quadrant	Southwest (SW)	923 Genesee St, 14611	428-7630	SW Map SW Streets
Northwest Quadrant	Northwest (NW)	1099 Jay St, 14611 Bldg D/Suite 200	428-7620	NW Map NW Streets

These quadrants are broken down into a series of neighborhoods, each with their own character. Some have official neighborhood associations that organize events and keep residents aware of changes.

A map showing the boundaries of major neighborhoods may be viewed here as a PDF. Note that many smaller neighborhoods are lumped in with larger ones.

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• Neighborhood list on PropertySourceOnline.com
  

• Neighborhood map for Rochester (PDF download)
  

• Neighborhood map with a focus on downtown neighborhoods
  

• Quadrant and Sector map for Rochester (PDF download)

Collectively referred to as downtown or Center City.

Neighborhood	Association	Area	Notes
Cascade District	Info Needed	SW	and NW, part of City Center Master Plan
Convention District	RDDC	Center
East End	REENA	SE
Four Corners	RDDC	NW and SW
Grove Place	GrovePlace.org	SE	also Grove Place Historic District
High Falls District	http://www.HighFalls.us	NW	see Brown's Race Historic District
Manhattan Square Park	RDDC	SE
Midtown District	RDDC	Center	Formerly called Main and Clinton
Monroe/Alexander	RDDC	SE	Also called the Alexander Neighborhood
St. Joseph's Park	RDDC	NE
St. Paul Quarter	RDDC	NE
Washington Square	RDDC	NE

Neighborhood	Association	Area	Notes
19th Ward	19th WCA	SW
ABC Streets Neighborhood	ABC Streets Neighborhood Association	SE	Often considered part of the overall Park Ave Area.
Azalea Neighborhood	Azalea Neighborhood Association	SE	Part of Upper Mount Hope.
Beechwood	BNC	SE
Bensonhurst	BNA	SE	Part of Homestead Heights.
Brown Square	Info Needed	NW
Browncroft	BNA	SE	See Browncroft Historic District
Bull's Head	B.E.S.T. Neighborhood United	NW and SW	SW portion often called B.E.S.T.; neighborhood sometimes known as "Bull's Head/B.E.S.T." Also called Neighborhoods United.
Changing of the Scenes	SWAN	SW	Formerly known as Mayors Heights.
Charlotte	Charlotte Community Association	NW	Was part of Greece until 1916.
Cobbs Hill Neighborhood	Info Needed	SE	See Cobbs Hill Park; sometimes mistaken for part of Brighton.
College Town	UMHN	SW	A mixed-use development that is part of Upper Mount Hope; sometimes said to include establishments across the street.
Corn Hill	CHNA	SW	See Third Ward Historic District; also considered part of downtown.
Culver-Merchants	CMBA and NEMNU	SE	Part of North Winton Village and also known as The Triangle.
Culver University East	CUENA	SE	a.k.a. CUE; contains part of the East Avenue Historic District and overlaps with the ABC Streets.
Dewey-Bernice	Dewey-Bernice Neighborhood Watch Group	NW	Part of Maplewood.
Dutchtown	Dutchtown Neighborhood Association	NW	a.k.a. People of Dutchtown (POD); once included what is today JOSANA.
EMMA	EMMANA	SE	Name stands for East Main, Mustard & Atlantic Avenue; part of Beechwood.
East Avenue Historic District	SEAC	SE
Edgerton	Info Needed	NW
Genesee-Jefferson	SWAN	SW	Sometimes mistaken for part of the 19th Ward.
Group 14621	Group 14621 Community Association	NE
Highland Park	HPNA	SE	Formerly known as the Ellwanger Barry Neighborhood.
Homestead Heights	Bensonhurst Neighborhood Assoc.	SE	Also the Group 14621 Community Association; Bensonhurst is a sub-neighborhood.
JOSANA	Jay Orchard Street Area Neighborhood Association	NW	Name JOSANA derives from neighborhood association; was once part of Dutchtown.
La Avenida	North Clinton Ave Business Association	NE	Runs through both Upper Falls and Group 14621.
Lilac Neighborhood	Lilac Neighborhood Association	SE	a.k.a. Mt. Hope/Highland
Lock 66	PMMNA and SEAC	SE	Considered part of Pearl-Meigs-Monroe.
Lyell-Otis	LONA	NW
Maplewood	Maplewood.org	NW	Includes Dewey-Bernice.
Marketview Heights	MHNA	NE	Often divided into North and South Marketview Heights. See also: Market District
Monroe/Alexander	RDDC	SE/Downtown	Consists mainly of portions of Monroe Village, the East End, and NOTA. Also called the Alexander Neighborhood.
Monroe Village	MVNA	SE	Usually just included with Pearl-Meigs-Monroe and Wadsworth Square.
Neighborhood of the Arts	NOTA	SE	Formerly called Atlantic-University.
North Winton Village	NWVNA	SE	a.k.a Culver-Winton-Main; includes Culver-Merchants and Pocket.
Northland-Lyceum	Group 14621 Community Association	SE	Formerly/also known as the North Edge Neighborhood.
PACE	NOTA	SE	Part of the Neighborhood of the Arts.
Park Central	Park-Avenue.org and ParkAveCentral.com	SE	See Park Avenue.
Park-Meigs	Info Needed	SE	Encompasses parts of the East End and the Park Ave area. See Park Avenue.
Pearl-Meigs-Monroe	PMMNA	SE	Nicknamed The Garden District.
Plymouth-Exchange	PLEXNA	SW	a.k.a PLEX; frequently mistaken (especially by UR students) for part of the 19th Ward.
Pocket Neighborhood	The Pocket Neighborhood	SW	Part of North Winton Village.
South Wedge	SWPC	SE
Susan B. Anthony	SBANA	NW
Swillburg	SNA	SE
Thurston Village	19th WCA	SW	A half-mile stretch of Thurston Road in the 19th Ward.
Upper Falls	CONEA	NE
Upper Monroe	UMNA	SE
Upper Mount Hope	UMHN	SE	a.k.a the Strong-Mt. Hope Neighborhood and nicknamed the White Coat Neighborhood; includes College Town and Azalea.
Vineyards Area	VNA	NE	Part of Group 14621; formerly called the Lefrois Street Area.
Wadsworth Square	Wadsworth Square Neighborhood Assoc.	SE	Sometimes considered part of Pearl-Meigs-Monroe/Monroe Village.
Westside Neighbors	Info Needed	NW	Formerly known as the U.N.I.T. Neighborhood (United Neighbors Involved Together).

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2012-07-19 09:30:08   Local designers have just released a City of Rochester Neighborhood Map: http://www.younglionrochester.com/neighborhoods-of-rochester-map/ —JeremiahParry-Hill

Good outline, but doesn't include any streets so it's hard to determine borders. They also forgot Swillburg! And who the heck are El Camino and Lincoln Park? — EileenF


As PDub said, it's more decorative than cartographic. Personally, I was surprised that they snipped off Durand Eastman Park. —JeremiahParry-Hill

2012-07-19 15:30:19   I think it's intended for decoration not navigational purposes, try maps.google.com for that Also, Swillburg is right below Monroe Village —PDub

2012-10-17 21:03:17   Now this is way cool! Still not sure what this "Lincoln Park Neighborhood" is, though. —EileenF

2015-04-22 11:21:18   https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z5bvRiGQkzi8.k1OnnlZv7O2o&msa=0

Good map of neighborhood safety. —crovou718

2015-04-22 16:15:23   No, that map is terrible. What planet was the maker living on that Beechwood is a "dangerous neighborhood"? —EileenF

2015-04-26 21:58:47   Strange, people were recently discussing this on the Rochester subreddit on Reddit. They were referring to this map: http://www.crimereports.com/widget/inline?widget_id=502. One person noted that, "[If you look at the crime map], you will see that Beechwood has at least more than average crime. (Look at the last 30 days.) It's possibly being among the higher averages for an area its size.

In fact if you look at the city south of 33 (both sides of the river) and everything East of Portland, (so basically everything except about the Northwest third of the city) a vast majority of the assaults in that part of the city happened in Beechwood. That's 1 neighborhood against about 20 of varying sizes." —badfish

2015-11-03 14:08:44   Okay, so the city website has completely different info than we have here. I'll clean it up later when I don't have so much work to do. —EileenF