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 . . .