Rochester, New York

East of Buffalo,_New_York and northwest of

Syracuse,_New_York on the southern shore of

Lake Ontario in western New York State, Rochester

straddles the Genessee River as is flows northward,

draining into Lake Ontario.

The city is sometimes known as the Flour City, based on its

early industrial history as a site for grain mills, located

along waterfalls on the Genesee in what is now the Brown's Race

area of downtown Rochester.

Rochester is home to a number of colleges and universities,

including the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Rochester, and

Saint John Fisher College. The city is also host to a number

of international businesses, including Eastman Kodak, which

makes Rochester its world headquarters, as well as Xerox and

Bausch_&_Lomb.

South of Rochester sits New York's Southern Tier, including the

scenic Letchworth Park with it's spectacular riverine canyon,

and the glacially-formed Finger Lakes.

Irondequoit Bay bounds, roughly, the eastern edge of

Rochester.

Surrounding communities include Irondequoit, Webster, Penfield,

Henrietta, Gates, Chili, East Rochester . . .