Irondequoit

The Town of Irondequoit
Location	Northeast of Rochester, in Monroe County, New York	Town of Irondequoit, Monroe County, New York
Google map	Irondequoit
Detailed map (PDF)	Map of Irondequoit - 1MB
Geographical Area	16.8 sq. miles
Population	51,692 as of the 2010 census
Incorporated	1839
Town website	http://www.irondequoit.org
Town Hall	Irondequoit Town Hall
Wikipedia article	Irondequoit, NY

The Town of Irondequoit is bordered by Lake Ontario, the Genesee River, Irondequoit Bay, Durand-Eastman Park, and the City of Rochester. It is sometimes unofficially split into East Irondequoit and West Irondequoit. Titus Avenue is its de facto Main Street.

From town website About page.

• Irondequoit aptly means “where the land and waters meet”
  

• The historic Town Hall complex includes the 1830s-era Pioneer House Museum.
  

• Attractions unique to Irondequoit include Seabreeze Amusement Park, Hot Dog Row, the House of Guitars, and the country’s oldest miniature golf course, recently added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  

• An unusual boundary exists between the town of Irondequoit and the City of Rochester. On the western border of Irondequoit, the city claims a thin strip that extends northward along the banks of the river from Seneca Park to Lake Ontario, at some points less than 50 yards from the shore. In other words, the City of Rochester claims the entire eastern shore of the Genesee, and the border of the Town of Irondequoit never reaches the river.
  

• Similarly, the northern half of Durand Eastman Park (including Durand Beach), lies within the city’s borders, along with a narrow strip running along Culver Road for approximately five miles southward to Norton Street. This leads to much confusion, even among long-term residents, about whether places such as Seneca Park or Durand Eastman Park lie within the Town of Irondequoit or the city of Rochester. In fact, Seneca Park was annexed by the City of Rochester in 1891, and Durand Eastman Park was given to the city in 1908.

Short History of Irondequoit, on the town web site.

• Oklahoma Beach
  

• Summerville
  

• Winona Woods

• Irondequoit is an "inner ring suburb" and thoroughly developed north-eastern suburb of Rochester.
  

• Seabreeze Amusement Park was, oddly enough, built by a railroad, and opened in 1879.
  

• The Irondequoit Public Library consists of two branches and has one of the highest circulation figures in all of Monroe County.
  

• The I-Square is a major mixed-use development off Titus Avenue.

• Irondequoit Overview & Real Estate Listings from Property Source

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2005-08-02 12:05:20   what does "inner ring" mean? —TobinFricke

2005-08-02 12:06:00   Is Irondequoit an incorporated municipality? Why do they use "Rochester" in their mailing addresses? Or is Irondequoit just too hard to spell? —TobinFricke

2005-08-02 12:09:10   An inner ring suburb is one that is adjacent to the city. Typically it would have experienced booming growth in the 1950s and '60s and then stalled out and/or declined in subsequent decades as people sought to flee to more remote communities. As Irondequoit and Brighton became more or less fully developed, people started looking towards Webster, Penfield and western Wayne County in pursuit of suburban happiness.

2005-08-02 12:14:09   Mailing addresses are a quirky thing around here. Same issue for Brighton, Greece and Gates. We're also fairly unusual in that several of our zip codes cross city/town lines. As a Gates resident I'm pretty sure I pay higher insurance premiums than I should because most of the 14606 zip is in Rochester. —JohnMoriello

2006-10-27 16:02:24   It may be that all 146 zip codes are considered "Rochester." —WalterNickeson

2008-08-03 12:02:42   See new Zip Codes page for information about Zip code comment —BradMandell