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Rochester, New York This article is about the town/city of Rochester in Monroe County. Rochester, New York (top to bottom, left to right) the Downtown Rochester Skyline, High Falls (Rochester, New York), Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester, Kodak Tower, Times Square Building, Midtown Plaza (top to bottom, left to right) the Downtown Rochester Skyline, High Falls (Rochester, New York), Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester, Kodak Tower, Times Square Building, Midtown Plaza Flag of Rochester, New York Flag Official seal of Rochester, New York Rochester, New York is positioned in the US Rochester, New York - Rochester, New York Rochester (/ r t st r/ or / r t st r/) is a town/city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in the portion of the U.S. The city's populace (210,565) was the state's third biggest after New York City and Buffalo at the time of the 2010 census. Rochester is the center of a larger urbane region that encompasses and extends beyond Monroe County, and comprises Genesee County, Livingston County, Ontario County, Orleans County and Wayne County. Rochester was one of America's first boomtowns, and rose to eminence as the site of many flour mills along the Genesee River, and then as a primary hub of manufacturing. Several of the region's universities (notably the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology) have famous research programs. The Rochester region has been the place of birth to such corporations as Kodak, Bausch & Lomb, Gleason and Xerox that conduct extensive research and manufacturing in the fields of industrialized and consumer products. Until 2010, the Rochester urbane region was the second-largest county-wide economy in New York State, as stated to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, after the New York City urbane area. Rochester's GMP has since ranked just below that of Buffalo, New York, while still exceeding it in per-capita income. The 25th version of the Places Rated Almanac rated Rochester as the "most livable city" in 2007, among 379 U.S. Metropolitan areas. In 2010 Forbes rated Rochester as the third-best place to raise a family. In 2012 Kiplinger rated Rochester as the fifth-best town/city for families, citing low cost of living, top enhance schools, and a low jobless rate. Of the 19 places in the United States titled Rochester at least eight were titled directly after Rochester, New York, having been established or settled by former residents. These include Rochester, Indiana; Rochester, Texas; Rochester, Iowa; Rochester, Kentucky; Rochester, Michigan; Rochester, Minnesota; Rochester, Nevada; and Rochester, Ohio. Main article: History of Rochester, New York Rochester was established shortly after the American Revolution by a wave of English-Puritan descended immigrants from New England who were looking for new agricultural land. (In the early 20th century, after the advent of barns s, the existence of the canal in the center town/city was an obstacle; it was re-routed south of Rochester.) By 1830, Rochester's populace was 9,200 and in 1834, it was re-chartered as a city. By 1838, Rochester was the biggest flour-producing town/city in the United States. Having doubled its populace in only ten years, Rochester became America's first "boomtown". Rochester experienced one of the nation's biggest revivalist movements, led by Charles Finney. In 1847, Frederick Douglass established the abolitionist journal The North Star in Rochester. Anthony, a nationwide prestige of the women's suffrage movement, was from Rochester. At the end of the 19th century, anarchist Emma Goldman lived and worked in Rochester for a several years, where she championed the cause of workforce in Rochester sweatshops. Rochester was also home to momentous unrest in labor, race, and antiwar protests. After the Civil War, Rochester had an expansion of new industries in the late 19th century, established by migrants to the city, such as inventor and entrepreneur George Eastman, who established Eastman Kodak; and German immigrants John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb, who combined technical and financial expertise to launch Bausch & Lomb in 1861. Not only did they problematic new industries and thousands of jobs, but Eastman became a primary philanthropist, developing and endowing the University of Rochester, its Eastman School of Music and other small-town establishments. In the early 20th century, Rochester became a center of the garment industry, especially men's fashions. In 1950, the Enumeration Bureau reported Rochester's populace as 97.6% white and 2.3% black. With industrialized revamping in the later 20th century, and the diminish of trade and jobs in the area, by 2010, the city's populace had declined to 210,565, although the urbane region was considerably larger. Rochester is at 43 9 56 N 77 36 41 W (43.165496, 77.611504). The town/city is about 65 miles (100 km) east-northeast of Buffalo and about 75 miles (120 km) west of Syracuse; it sits on Lake Ontario's southern shore. According to the City of Rochester, the town/city has 537 miles (864 km) of enhance streets, 585 miles (941 km) of water mains, 44 vehicular and eight pedestrian bridges, 11 enhance libraries, two police stations (one for the east side, one for the west), and 15 firehouses. The high amount of snow that Rochester receives can be accounted for by the city's adjacency to Lake Ontario (see lake effect). Climate data for Rochester, New York (Greater Rochester Int'l), 1981 2010 normals, extremes 1871 present Over the course of the past 50 years Rochester has turn into a primary center for immigration, especially for arrivals from Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Subsaharan Africa and the Caribbean. Rochester has the highest percentage of Puerto Ricans of any primary city in the United States, one of the four biggest Turkish American communities, one of the biggest Jamaican American communities in any primary U.S town/city and a large concentration of Polish Americans along with close-by Buffalo, New York. In addition, Rochester is ranked number 6 in the country for the biggest Italian populace in the United States. In 1997, Rochester was reported to have the biggest per-capita deaf populace in the United States. This is attributed to the fact that Rochester is home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. By the 1920s and 1930s, Rochester's populace was roughly half Protestant and half Catholic. In 1938, there were 214 theological congregations, two thirds of which had been established after 1880. At that time, the town/city added, on average, 2.6 new congregations per year, many established by immigrants from southern and easterly Europe. During peak immigration from 1900 1920 dozens of churches were established, including four Roman Catholic churches with Italian clergy, three Roman Catholic churches with Slavic clergy, Polish Baptist church, 15 Jewish Jewish churchs, and four small Italian Protestant mission churches: Baptist, Evangelical, Methodist, and Presbyterian. In 2012, Rochester had 2,061 reported violent crimes, compared to a nationwide average rate of 553.5 violent crimes in metros/cities with populations larger than 100,000. That same year, Rochester had 827 personal crime incidents and 11,054 property crime incidents. See also: Rochester, New York urbane region Economy Downtown Rochester and the central company precinct after dark. Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester, the biggest employer in the six-county urbane area. Rochester is home to a number of Fortune 1000 and global businesses, including Eastman Kodak, as well as a several national and county-wide companies, such as Carestream Health. Xerox was established in Rochester in 1906 as The Haloid Company, and retains a momentous existence in Rochester, although its command posts are now in Norwalk, Connecticut. Bausch & Lomb moved to Bridgewater, New Jersey in 2014. The Gannett journal business and Western Union were established in Rochester by Frank Gannett and Hiram Sibley in the order given but have since moved to other cities. The median single-family home price was $135,000 in the second quarter of 2015 in greater Rochester, an increase of 5.4% from a year earlier, as stated to the National Association of Realtors. Tech Valley, the technologically recognized region of easterly New York State, has spawned a offshoot into the Rochester and Finger Lakes areas. Since the 2000s, as the more established companies in Rochester downsized, Rochester and Monroe County's economy has been redirected toward high technology, with new, lesser companies providing the seed capital necessary for company foundation. The Rochester region is meaningful in the field of photographic refining and imaging as well as incubating an increasingly diverse high technology sphere encompassing STEM fields, in part the result of private startup enterprises collaborating with primary academic establishments, including the University of Rochester and Cornell University. Other organizations such as High Tech Rochester furnish small-town startups with mentorship, office space, and other resources. Given the high prevalence of imaging and optical science among the trade and the universities, Rochester is known as the world capital of imaging. The Institute of Optics of the University of Rochester and the Rochester Institute of Technology in close-by Henrietta have imaging programs. In 2006, the University of Rochester became the Rochester area's biggest employer, surpassing the Eastman Kodak Company. One food product that Rochester calls its own is the "white hot", a variant of the hot dog or smoked bratwurst made by the small-town Zweigle's business and other companies. Rochester was home to French's Mustard, whose address was 1 Mustard Street. Genesee Brewing Company, manufacturer of the Genesee family of products, Genesee, Genesee Pilot Batch, Honey Brown, Dundee Ales & Lagers and Labatt Blue Lime also calls Rochester home. For shopping centers in the Greater Rochester Area, see Rochester, New York urbane region Major shopping centers. Main article: List of tallest buildings in Rochester, New York For companies operating in the Greater Rochester Area, see Rochester, New York urbane region Top county-wide employers. Companies that moved their command posts from the town/city of Rochester to the suburbs include Wegmans (Gates, New York) and Paychex (Penfield, New York). Further information: List of mayors of Rochester, New York Rochester is governed by a "mayor" serving as chief executive of town/city government and a town/city council consisting of 4 precinct members and 5 at-large members. Mayor Lovely A. The city's police department is the Rochester Police Department, headed by Chief of Police Michael L. Enforcement of property code violations in Rochester had been handled by the Neighborhood Empowerment Team, or NET. Rather than utilizing a centralized code-enforcement office, ten sectors in Rochester were assigned a total of six NET offices by the town/city government. New York's 25th congressional precinct covers the city. Gantt Democratic 1983 Rochester, Monroe County Bronson Democratic 2011 Rochester, Monroe County Rochester is represented districts 3, 4, 14, and 20 29 in the Monroe County legislature. The town/city of Rochester is protected by approximately 500 experienced firefighters in the Rochester Fire Department (RFD). The RFD operates 13 engines, six trucks, one heavy rescue, two hazardous material units, and a salvage unit (Rochester Protectives), as well as many other special and support units. Suburbs of the town/city include: Brighton, Brockport, Chili, Churchville, East Rochester, Fairport, Gates, Greece, Hamlin, Henrietta, Hilton, Honeoye Falls, Irondequoit, Mendon, Ogden, Parma, Penfield, Pittsford, Riga, Rush, Scottsville, Spencerport, Webster, Victor and Wheatland. Main article: Downtown Rochester Rochester has a number of neighborhoods, including the 19th Ward, 14621 Community, Beechwood, Browncroft, Cascade District, Cobbs Hill, Charlotte, Corn Hill, Dewey, Dutchtown, Edgerton, Ellwanger-Barry, German Village, Grove Place, High Falls District, Highland Park, Dutchtown, Maplewood (10th Ward), Marketview Heights, Mt. There are also living spaces in Downtown Rochester. Apartments in Rochester's East End Extending athwart much of the north-central cityscape of Rochester, now including parts of the old Hudson Avenue and North Clinton neighborhoods, is the 14621 community. Today this neighborhood is dominantly Black and Hispanic, this improve suffered being the center of the 1964 riots. The riots did produce some benefits in the long run: the north-central region has been the site of ongoing urban renewal projects since the late 1960s, and, as noted by JULY '64 filmmakers Carvin Eison and Chris Christopher, inspired the evolution of such meaningful Black organizations such as The Urban League of Rochester as well as Rochester's first anti-poverty organization (Action for a Better Community), and black improve activist organization Freedom, Integration, God, Honor, Today (F.I.G.H.T.) established by Rev. The neighborhood is still considered the most dangerous part of Rochester and is blighted by crime, drugs and gang activity. By the early 1820s, however, the region became overshadowed by developments in the north that would later turn into downtown Rochester. Due to a theme bend in the Genesee river, the region was home to skilled boatsmen that assisted boats traveling north to Rochester and the region was consequently known amid this time as "The Rapids". In the 1890s, as Rochester expanded, the region became a prosperous residentiary region that thrived as the town/city grew. In the 1960s, property values declined as the populace of Rochester did, the region experienced white flight accelerated by school busing, blockbusting, and race riots downtown, and crime increased, with violence, drug use, and neglected property further diminishing property values. To respond to these issues, the 19th Ward has had an active improve association since 1965, and is now known for its ethnic, class, and cultural range.[vague] The current "Brooks Landing" evolution along the Genesee River at the former "rapids" is successfully bringing new economic evolution to the improve including an 88-room hotel, 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) office building, 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) of new retail, two restaurants, and Boulder Coffee shop. Residential evolution is also increasing with culmination of a 170-bed University of Rochester student housing fortress at Brooks Landing in 2014, and 29 new market-rate homes nearby. Located in the 19th Ward are the Arvine Heights Historic District, Chili West Historic District, Inglewood and Thurston Historic District, and Sibley Elmdorf Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Charlotte (shar-LOT) is a lake front improve in Rochester bordering Lake Ontario. Corn Hill is one of Rochester's lesser neighborhoods. Situated on the southern edge of downtown, the neighborhood allowed for a short carriage ride or walk to the banks and businesses of New York's third-largest city. The East End is a residentiary neighborhood in Downtown Rochester but also the chief eveninglife district. The Eastman Theatre, the Rochester Philharmonic and the Eastman School of Music are in the East End, along with the Little Theatre, an autonomous film theatre, Harts Local Grocers and many clubs, bars and high-end restaurants. Located here are the Village Gate, Memorial Art Gallery, School of The Arts, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester Public Market, ARTWalk, George Eastman House, and high-end residentiary streets such as Granger Place, East Boulevard, Douglas Road, Westminster Road, and Berkeley Street. Also home to many University of Rochester students, both grad and undergrad, it has a richly knit improve and an active neighborhood association. The South Wedge neighborhood dates back to 1827, before to the incorporation of Rochester as a city. The region is bordered by Byron Street in the north, South Clinton Avenue and Interstate 490 on its east, Highland Park on its south, and The Genesee River on the west. Construction of the Erie Canal (the old canal bed which went by the neighborhood is now used by Interstate 490) brought workers to the area, who set up camps for the months that it took to complete this section of the canal. This racially integrated neighborhood is one of the neighborhoods in Rochester presently undergoing the process of gentrification, partially due to a recent increase in homeownership in the area. A lot of young citizens live in this area. The Linden-South Historic District in South Wedge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. This neighborhood is a Preservation District on the National Register of Historic Places, known as the Madison Square-West Main Street Historic District. It encompasses a three-and-one-half block region inside walking distance from downtown Rochester, and comprises residentiary, commercial and industrialized buildings. Clinton Avenue on the west, Field St on the south, and Interstate 490 on the east. The neighborhood received its moniker when a 19th-century Rochester pig farmer utilized the region to collect swill for his swine. The City of Rochester is served by the Rochester City School District which encompasses all enhance major and secondary education. Rochester City Schools persistently post below-average results when compared to the rest of New York State, although on-time graduation rates have improved decidedly amid the past three years. However, the high school graduation rate for African American males is lower in Rochester than in any town/city in the United States (9%). Charter schools in the town/city include Rochester Academy Charter School. For a complete list of establishments of higher learning in the urbane area, see Rochester, New York urbane region Colleges and universities. Rochester and the encircling region host a high concentration of universities and universities which drive much of the economic expansion in the five county area. The University of Rochester is the only large research institution positioned entirely inside the town/city limits, although Monroe Community College and SUNY Brockport operate campuses downtown. The highland park neighborhood is home to Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (part of whose facility is leased by Ithaca College's Department of Physical Therapy) and an office maintained by the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Most of the area's universities are positioned in the urban region surrounding the City of Rochester. Rochester was host of the Barleywood Female University, a short-lived women's college from 1852 to 1853. Main article: University of Rochester The University of Rochester is the urbane area's earliest and most prominent institution of higher learning, and one of the country's top research and development offices. It was established and endowed by George Eastman in his years as a philanthropist. He also contributed greatly to the University of Rochester from richness based on the success of Eastman Kodak. The Rochester City School District operates 13 enhance secondary schools, each serving grades 7 12. Nathaniel Rochester Community School Rochester Academy Charter School The town/city of Rochester is home to various cultural establishments. These include the Garth Fagan Dance, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, George Eastman Museum International Museum of Photography and Film, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester Museum & Science Center, the Rochester Broadway Theater League, Strong National Museum of Play, the Strasenburgh Planetarium, Hochstein School of Music & Dance, the Auditorium Theater, and various arts organizations. Rochester's East End district, positioned downtown, is well known as the center of the city's eveninglife. The Eastman Theatre now plays host to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and other musical/drama affairs. Southeast is the heart of Rochester's grow arts scene, especially in and around the Park Avenue neighborhood (which is known for its many coffee shops, cafes, bistros and boutique shops). All of these neighborhoods are home to many artists, musicians, students and Rochester's large LGBT community. The South Wedge district, positioned directly below downtown, has seen momentous gentrification in recent years and now is the site of many trendy cafes and bars that serve the student improve attending the University of Rochester a several blocks away from the heart of the neighborhoods. Rochester's parks include Highland, Cobb's Hill, Durand Eastman, Genesee Valley, Maplewood, Edgerton, Seneca, and Ontario Beach; four of these were designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The city's Victorian-era Mt. Parks of Rochester Rochester hosts a number of cultural celebrations every year, including: The festival is held in late June at dozens of clubs, concert halls and no-charge outside stages throughout Downtown Rochester; past performers have encompassed Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, Chick Corea, and Wynton Marsalis. The 360 365 Film Festival (formerly the Rochester High-Falls International Film Festival) held at the George Eastman House's Dryden Theatre and the Little Theatre downtown. The Lilac Festival at Highland Park, which is the earliest and most prominent festival in Rochester and the biggest event of its kind in North America, attended by over 500,000 citizens annually. Established in 1898, it includes multiple attractions aside from the Lilacs themselves These musical acts include the Wailers who attended in 2012 and 2014 There is also a grassroots, democratically run, Independent Media Center called Rochester Indymedia. Media addressing the needs of Rochester's large African American populace include About... Rochester is served by a several AM and FM airways broadcasts including: Charter Communications provides Rochester with cable-fed internet service, digital and standard cable television, and Spectrum News Rochester, a 24-hour small-town news channel. Rochester was served by the Rochester Post Express presented by the Post Express Print Company from 1882 to 1923. In 1923 the paper consolidated with the Rochester News Corporation's Rochester Evening Journal to turn into Rochester Evening Journal and The Post Express and served the region from 1923 through 1937. Rochester's evening paper for many years was the Times-Union, which consolidated operations with the Democrat and Chronicle in 1992, going defunct five years later. Rochester's historic City Hall Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, the nation's first Victorian cemetery Ontario Beach Park and the Port of Rochester at Charlotte Rochester Contemporary Art Center Rochester Riverside Convention Center Joseph's Church and Rectory (Rochester, New York) Strasenburgh Planetarium, part of the Rochester Museum & Science Center University of Rochester University of Rochester Arboretum University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and Eastman Theatre Rochester was titled the top minor league sports market in the nation by Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal in July 2005, the number 10 "best golf city" in America by Golf Magazine in 2007, and the fifth-best "sports town" in the nation by Scarborough Research in September 2008. Frontier Field, including the Rochester skyline. The Rochester Red Wings baseball club, the AAA partner of the Minnesota Twins, are one of the earliest existing franchises in all of experienced sports. They play in the International League and won at least one pennant or championship in each decade of the 20th Century. The Rochester Red Wings are one of only six active franchises in the history of North American experienced sports have played in the same town/city and same league continuously and uninterrupted since the 19th century. The Rochester Rhinos soccer club played for many years in the A-League, which was the second-highest level American soccer league. Rochester was home to the Western New York Flash from 2011-2016. The Rochester Knighthawks play in the National Lacrosse League. From 1920 to 1925, Rochester was home to the Rochester Jeffersons, a charter member of the National Football League. From 1948 to 1957, the Rochester Royals played in the National Basketball Association, winning the NBA championship in 1951. In soccer, the Rochester Lancers played from 1970 to 1980 in the top-level North American Soccer League and became NASL champions in the 1970 season. Numerous golf magazines have praised Rochester for its rich passion for the game and its high level of competition. Rochester is the biggest Metropolitan Travel Destination in the U.S. As of the 2014 2015 academic year, the only college in the Rochester region not officially classified at the Division III level is Roberts Wesleyan College, which instead of its transition from membership in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA); Roberts Wesleyan was granted full membership in NCAA Division II beginning with the 2014 15 year. Rochester is home to two men's rugby teams, the Rochester Aardvarks and the Rochester Colonials. Both rugby clubs are among the several in the nation to own their own pitch: Aardvark Park in Henrietta, New York, while the Colonials play their matches at Marianne Cope Parish in Henrietta, New York. The Aardvarks and the Colonials both have hosted small-town and statewide tournaments and the Rochester Colonials hosted the 2007 USA Rugby National Collegiate All-Star Championships, Rochester's first nationwide tournament, as well as the 2009 NYS Rugby Upstates Tournament and the 2009 New York State High School Rugby Championships. Rochester also has a Women's Rugby club, the Rochester Renegades, who jubilated their 20th anniversary in 2008. There is marine freight service at the Port of Rochester on Lake Ontario, which is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway. A short-lived, high-speed passenger/vehicle ferry Spirit of Ontario I assembled in Australia, nicknamed The Breeze or The Fast Ferry, linked Rochester to Toronto athwart Lake Ontario. The Spirit of Ontario I had a delayed arrival on April 29, 2004 as a result of hitting a pier in New York City on April 5, 2004 and was finally officially christened on June 16, 2004 at the Port of Rochester. The Fast Ferry was bought by the City of Rochester in an attempt to save the project. Rochester is served by the Greater Rochester International Airport (GRIA). In 2010, the GRIA was ranked the 14th-least expensive airport in the United States by Cheapflights. This was considered a primary achievement for the county and the airport authority; as recently as 2003, Rochester's ticket prices were among the highest in the country, ranking as high as fourth in 1999. See also: Rochester station (New York) Prior to the Amtrak Station, Rochester had a lesser version of New York City's "Grand Central Terminal." It was among Claude Fayette Bragdon's best works in Rochester, New York. It was served by the New York Central Railroad which served Chicago and Buffalo to the west and Albany and New York City to the east and southeast. A rail route to Salamanca in southern New York State afforded connections in Salamanca to southwestern and southeastern New York State. The last long-distance train in a southern direction was the Northern Express/Southern Express that went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania via Canandaigua, Elmira and Williamsport; service ended in 1971. Rochester has intercity and transcontinental bus service via Greyhound and Trailways. Local bus service in Rochester and its county suburbs is provided by the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) via its Regional Transit Service (RTS) subsidiary. RTS also provides suburban service outside the immediate Rochester region and runs lesser transportation systems in outlying counties, such as WATS (Wayne Area Transportation System). From 1927 to 1957, Rochester had a light rail underground transit fitness called the Rochester Subway. One includes converting the Broad Street bridge tunnel the former canal waterway into an enhanced pedestrian corridor, which would also include a Rochester Transportation Museum, and a tram system. Public support continues to expanded for re-watering the initial Erie Canal through downtown Rochester. In support of the re-watering accomplishments, the town/city released a master plan in 2009 calling for the creation of Rochester's Historic Canal District. There are three exits off the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) that serve Rochester. Rochester has an extensive fitness of limited-access highways (called 'expressways' or just 'highways', never 'freeways') which joins all parts of the town/city and the Thruway. During the Thruway's construction, a disagreement between the governor of New York and mayor of Rochester resulted in a bypass of downtown Rochester, leaving the town/city struggling for growth. Rochester's expressway system, conceived in the 1950s, was designed as two concentric circles with feeder expressways from the west, south and east. In 2016, the City of Rochester launched the Pace Car Program. The proposed route extended north from the I-390 and I-590 interchange in Brighton, cutting through Rochester's Swillburg neighborhood. Three Interstate Highways run through the City of Rochester: I-390 runs south north, crossing I-90 (exit 46) and routing north through Rochester's suburbs. I-490 runs west east through Rochester, starting at Le Roy, New York and ending in Victor, New York. It interchanges with the two other Interstates in Rochester: I-390 at the town/city limit and I-590 at the easterly limit, as well as connecting at both ends with the Thruway, I-90 (exits 47 and 45). I-590 runs south north through Rochester's easterly suburbs. In decreasing usage is the term "Can of Worms", referring to the previously dangerous at-grade intersection of Interstate 490 and expressway NY-590 on the easterly edge of the Rochester town/city limits, bordering the suburb of Brighton. The Inner Loop encircles the downtown Rochester area. This expressway is generally used to define the borders of downtown Rochester. The easterly end is at Lake Avenue in the town/city of Rochester in Monroe County. See List of citizens from Rochester, New York Notable individuals who were born in and/or lived in Rochester include actress Kristen Wiig, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, and NHL ice hockey players Ryan Callahan, and Brian Gionta. Rochester has twelve sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International. Official records for Rochester kept January 1871 to September 1940 at downtown and at Greater Rochester Int'l since October 1940. 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