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About the East Market Neighborhood
The East Market Neighborhood is located off Railroad Street on the east side of the Rochester Public Market.
The neighborhood’s rich history is tied directly to the Market: Most of the homes in the neighborhood were built over a 15-year period beginning in 1905, after the Market moved from its original location on the Genesee River to its current site. Many of the neighborhood’s early homeowners worked at the Market or at nearby businesses on Railroad Street. Until the late 1930s light rail service ran through the neighborhood, carrying customers and workers from the city’s east-side neighborhoods to the Market.
Today the East Market Neighborhood is enjoying a resurgence, driven by young homebuyers seeking affordable real estate prices, a welcoming and diverse neighborhood, and homes that are a short walk to restaurants and other amenities.
Veronica Wilson, chair of the East Market Neighborhood Association (center) with Corean Finn (seated), who previously chaired the neighborhood association for four decades.
The East Market Neighborhood Association
For several decades the neighborhood was known as the GP4H Neighborhood, for Garson Avenue, Peck Street, Fourth Street, and Hayward Avenue, the four residential streets on the east side of the Public Market. Led by a committed group of homeowners, the neighborhood has had an active neighborhood association for more than 50 years. The association’s steering committee recently voted to officially re-name the neighborhood the East Market Neighborhood to highlight our historic ties to the Market.
Our mission is to:
Foster a sense of community and connection among neighbors
Undertake projects that beautify the neighborhood and improve livability
Foster homeownership
The neighborhood association meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm, and all neighbors are welcome. For more information, contact us at hello@eastmarketneighborhood.org.
Amenities
The Rochester Public Market – ranked among the top farmers markets in the nation – offers the neighborhood convenient access to an amazing range of food-related businesses and other amenities.
The neighborhood has two dedicated, pedestrian-only entrances to the Market, shown on the map above. Several restaurants, a craft brewery, and coffee businesses are situated around the Market and on Railroad Street.
From May through October the Market is one of Rochester’s busiest venues for outdoor events including Food Truck Rodeos, outdoor concerts, the Flour City Brewers Fest, the Artists Row art show, and Oktoberfest.
The Yards Collective, a 3,000 square foot community art space located at 50 Public Market (on the second floor, above Cure restaurant) offers studio space for artists as well as exhibits, art classes, and popular “First Friday” events that have made it a hub for Rochester artists and makers.