Directory/Sports & Recreation
ROC Kid City is Rochester's premium indoor soft playground for kids aged 10 and under, with over 7,000 sq ft of play space including multi-level climbing structures, ball pits, slides, tunnels, role play zones, and interactive activities. Offers open play sessions, birthday party packages, and field trips.
ROC Kid City is Rochester's premium indoor soft playground for kids aged 10 and under, with over 7,000 sq ft of play space including multi-level climbing structures, ball pits, slides, tunnels, role play zones, and interactive activities. Offers open play sessions, birthday party packages, and field trips.
Innovative Field is the 10,607-seat stadium that serves as home of the Rochester Red Wings Triple-A league baseball team. It is located on the NorthWest side of downtown near Kodak Headquarters. It was known as Frontier Field until the naming rights were acquired by Innovative Solutions in October 2022. Built in 1996 for $35.3 million, primarily as a baseball stadium, the stadium was also the home of the Rochester Raging Rhinos until the opening of Paetec Park in 2006. The Rochester Rattlers lacrosse team also played home games here for two seasons before moving to Paetec Park. In 2013 they also hosted many local hockey teams for Frozen Frontier Concessions include the usual ballpark fare like hots (Zweigle's, of course), peanuts, burgers, nachos, cotton candy and beer; Not-so-usual fare like pasta, crepes, and pulled-pork nachos (ed. Yes, it was as good as it sounds but is no longer available); and Rochester/WNY favorites like Garbage Plates, Beef on Weck, and Rohrbach's beer. Cheap entertainment tip: The promotions schedule often includes a firework display after Friday and Saturday home games for the Red Wings. If you aren't interested in catching a game, but would like to see the fireworks, take your car up to the top of the nearby High Falls Parking Garage. You'll have a great view, and after the display you will be able to make it out of the garage before the stadium spills over and mobs the streets. Parking is $4, but if you're exceptionally cheap you can park elsewhere and ride the elevator to the top. Also be sure to get a good look at the High Falls while you're in the area. Photographs of Frontier Field
Forks and Skis is a ski event open to the public for those interested in hitting the slopes while helping Foodlink fulfill its mission of a healthy, hunger-free community. 2017 is the fifth year for the charity ski event. For the first two years of the event (2013 and 2014), the event was named the Muxy Ski-Off in honor of the late Gary Muxworthy. Mr. Muxworthy was a sports enthusiast who devoted much of his life to raising money for charities through exciting sporting events. Over the past four years, the event has raised more than $84,000! In addition to a day of skiing, there will be lunch, Après Ski, live entertainment from the WillBillys, a 50/50 raffle, and multiple raffle items Schedule: 12 p.m.: Registration and lunch 1 p.m.: Open ski 2 p.m.: Open timing (NASTAR) *Top 8 qualify 5 p.m.: Apres ski in the lodge. https://www.facebook.com/forksandskis/
The Sports Centre at MCC, formally known as The ESL Sports Centre, is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena. It was built in 1998. It was home to the Rochester Raiders indoor football team in the 2006 season. It is also home to four regulation size sheets of ice for semi-professional and youth hockey teams' use.
Frontier Field is the 10,607-seat stadium that serves as home of the Rochester Red Wings Triple-A league baseball team. It is located on the NorthWest side of downtown near Kodak Headquarters. Built in 1996 for $35.3 million, primarily as a baseball stadium, Frontier was also the home of the Rochester Raging Rhinos until the opening of Paetec Park in 2006. The Rochester Rattlers lacrosse team also played home games at Frontier for two seasons before moving to Paetec Park. In 2013 they also hosted many local hockey teams for Frozen Frontier Concessions include the usual ballpark fare like hots (Zweigle's, of course), peanuts, burgers, nachos, cotton candy and beer; Not-so-usual fare like pasta, crepes, and pulled-pork nachos (ed. Yes, it is as good as it sounds); and Rochester/WNY favorites like Garbage Plates, Beef on Weck, and Rohrbach's beer. Cheap entertainment tip: The promotions schedule often includes a firework display after Friday home games for the Red Wings. If you aren't interested in catching a game, but would like to see the fireworks, take your car up to the top of the nearby High Falls Parking Garage. You'll have a great view, and after the display you will be able to make it out of the garage before the stadium spills over and mobs the streets. Parking is $4, but if you're exceptionally cheap you can park elsewhere and ride the elevator to the top. Also be sure to get a good look at the High Falls while you're in the area. Photographs of Frontier Field
Mill Creek is a semi-private golf complex located on the SouthWest side of Rochester near Churchville. They have both an 18-hole championship course and an executive-length course called the "Short Course". There is also a tavern and restaurant on the site. The restaurant serves only Friday evenings and does catered events.
Hot Shots is a volleyball facility in the Neighborhood of the Arts. It is located in a converted industrial warehouse which now holds several large indoor courts, complete with sand as the playing surface. They also have a bar and restaurant serving Tex-Mex cuisine and standard bar fare such as burgers, etc. Hot Shots was originally Raging Burrito, the first Rochester-area manifestation of the California taqueria-style fad.
Great Lake Tai Chi has operated continuously in Rochester since 1982. Classes are held on Monday and Wednesday evenings and are taught by Mark and Jean Westcott. Mark is a senior student of Maggie Newman of New York City and has been studying T'ai chi for over 35 years with Maggie. He has been teaching since 1982 at which time Maggie passed her Rochester school on to him. Mark has also studied extensively with Ben Lo, Liu Hsi Heng and Lenzie Williams. Jean Zimmermann-Westcott has been a student of Maggie Newman since 1998 studying with her in both NYC and Philadelphia. Jean has received additional training from Ben Lo, Lenzie Williams and Herman Kauz with sword fencing from Ken VanSickle. Certified to teach by Maggie Newman in 2004, Jean has been teaching in Rochester since relocating here in 2006.
Parkview Fairways is a public Golf Course with 18 holes, a clubhouse, and a driving range, according to the ad in Golf Week Rochester April 2010. The course is family owned and entirely solar powered. Quotes from the website: the course is bordered by a serene park with two large 35 acre ponds. The course ... is a manicured 175 acres ... in the middle of 350 acres of land Winter 1993: Designer Pete Craig hired...1995 back nine opens...1997 Clubhouse constructed
Lake Shore is a semi-private golf course on the North side of Rochester, near Charlotte. Lake Shore opened in 1932, and in 2001 was purchased by a partnership including PGA Pro golfers Jeff Sluman and Dudley Hart. In recent years the course and clubhouse have been improved. They operate a restaurant on Friday evenings, which is open for catered events at other times. Lake Shore also operates a 9-hole executive course, Shore Acres, across the street.
The ESL Sports Centre is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena. It was built in 1998. It was home to the Rochester Raiders indoor football team in the 2006 season. It is also home to four regulation size sheets of ice for semi-professional and youth hockey teams' use.
The history of Lake Riley Lodge (formerly known as Cobb's Hill Recreation Center) began in December 1908, with George Eastman's offer to donate the costly north side of Cobb's Hill (named for resident Edna Cobb, who previously owned the land) to the City for a new park, which was developed in conjunction with a second reservoir at Cobb's Hill (the first was atop Highland Park). George Eastman's gift came with a caveat??? that the City acquire the adjoining Eastern Widewaters tract, (once a part of the Erie Canal) to assure recreational uses for the park. Under the leadership of then-Mayor James G. Cutler, the City took up Eastman's offer, and many recreational uses were made of the Eastern Widewaters area at the base of the hill, later known as Lake Riley, in the following years. Named for William S. Riley (1858-1928), the City's Dep. Commissioner of Parks (1915-18) and later Commissioner (1918-25), the pond remained a popular venue for such activities as ice-skating, boating and fishing throughout his tenure. Today, the lake is primarily a restful sanctuary for park visitors and wildlife. Now to be known as Lake Riley Lodge, the warm, cozy lodge-like recreation center constructed adjacent to the lake early in the depression era has been a popular venue for generations of Rochesterians visiting the scenic, multi-faceted park. The park continues to offer incredible recreational facilities, including tennis courts, basketball courts, softball fields, a playground, picnic areas and the newly renovated Lake Riley Lodge, to be used for summer youth programs, and also now available for the public to "permit" for conferences and family special occasions. The facility accommodates a maximum of 125 individuals for a $200 per day fee ($325/day holidays).
Former Webster location Former College Town location (city) Breathe Yoga offers yoga classes, nutrition information, acupuncture, massage therapy, and a juice bar. They had locations in Pittsford, Webster, Greece, Victor, Rochester's College Town and East Avenue Historic District (erroneously identified on the website as "downtown"). They discontinued their franchise and sold the other locations only keeling the Pittsford location which also has a boutique selling clothing, accessories, and knicknacks. They also offer catering specific to healthy eating.
Photo Aug 2008 BradMandell Eastside Family YMCA is a branch of the Rochester YMCA located in Penfield, NY, next to Wickham Farms on Route 250. The branch offers a full Aquatics Program as well as: Arts & Humanities, Day Camp, Resident Camp Child Care Programs. Programs for Family Teens, Older Adults Sports Health & Fitness They provide the Stanford School of Medicine Health and Lifestyle Assessment Program an online program using your YMCA member number and zip code.
Brae Burn Golf Course is New York State's second oldest golf course, as it was established in 1898. The ad in the April 2010 Golf Week Rochester also states it is a 9 hole course, with a practice facility, Pro Shop, driving range, Banquet Facility and a restaurant, Scovill's Grill (restaurant phone is 585-335-2601)
Clover Lanes was a bowling alley on Monroe Avenue that had been in Rochester since 1957. It was voted "Best Bowling Alley" in City Newspaper's 2005 "Best of Rochester" contest and has won several times previously. They had Wi-Fi access and a nice bar staff (but avoid the mixed drinks). The music was typical bowling alley fare, nothing too grating. There's was a mix of teenagers, families, college aged people, adults, and league bowlers; no one group seems to dominate, which keet it fresh and relaxing. Clover was convenient to the Monroe Ave area, Brighton, and Pittsford. It was probably the closest and best bowling alley choice for people living on the south-east side of the city. On March 31, 2016, Clover Lanes closed to make way for a planned strip mall. The owners announced they would be opening a new bowling alley under another name near Artisan Works in the fall of 2016; the more eclectic Radio Social opened in May, 2017. The Monroe Avenue building stood (mostly) empty until mid-2019, when demolition began to make way for Whole Foods Center. Awards Clover Lanes was voted "Best Bowling Alley" in City Newspaper's 'Best Of' Awards in 2008.1
Ravenwood Golf Club (aka Ravenwood) is a private, 18-hole course in Victor. It advertises in Golf Week Rochester that it has a newly expanded clubhouse for special events, and a full service Pro Shop. (April 2010)
Dave Lane's Stereo Shop sells and installs home video and audio, and car audio. Rochester residents will probably recognize their jingle, "Stop at the Shop", which has been part of their TV and radio ads for at least a decade. The CD Exchange is located at the back of the store. Note: Please note this shop is entirely unrelated to the The Stereo Shop chain.
Lewis Street YMCA is a branch of the YMCA of Greater Rochester located in Marketview Heights. Formerly the Lewis Street Child Care Center, it merged with the YMCA and became an official YMCA branch in June 2005. Facilities include eight classrooms and a gymnasium.
Eagle Vale Golf Course is a public golf course located in Fairport, and offering 18 hole golf course, driving range with 33 stalls, large, undulated practice putting green, short game practice areas with sand traps, chipping green, and pitching area. Lighted for night time use. Scorecard Front and Back 9 Book a Tee Time Eagle Vale has two restaurants. The first, Argyle Grill, a bar and grill, that has live music on Saturday nights. There is also a Pro Shop at the Eagle Vale Golf Club and Learning Center that takes trade-ins, and the course advertises in the publication, Golf Week Rochester
Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex formerly known as The Sports Centre at MCC and The ESL Sports Centre, is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena. It was built in 1998. It was home to the Rochester Raiders indoor football team in the 2006 season. It is also home to four regulation size sheets of ice for semi-professional and youth hockey teams' use. In 2013, Bill Gray's signed a 30-year agreement to take over sponsorship of the facility.
Bodhi Tree Yoga offers "small, supportive yoga classes with expert instruction for students of all levels of experience and ability in the Rochester area. ... goal is to help each student nourish their body, mind, and heart through the rich practice of yoga. ... method and style of teaching at Bodhi Tree Yoga is inspired by Anusara Yoga’s therapeutic alignment techniques and its heartful, life-affirming philosophy. Each class will include some meditation, breathwork, active poses to build strength and flexibility, and resting poses to relax and unwind." 1 They offer ongoing classes on a seasonal session basis, and welcome drop in or join a class at any time. 1Website Home Page
Durand Eastman is the crown jewel of the Monroe County golf courses. This golf course is located on the North side of Rochester, near the shores of Lake Ontario in Durand-Eastman Park. Although the course boasts an original design by Robert Trent Jones, many of his design features have been removed since the course was originally built in 1934. Reviews of the course are mixed. A Golf Digest review pointed out many problems with the course, while the user ratings on the Golf Digest site gave Durand Eastman a 3.5 out of 5, the 4th highest of public access golf courses within 25 miles of Downtown, higher than such courses as Brockport Country Club and Wild Wood Country Club. Bearing in mind that greens fees at Durand Eastman are less than half of these courses, it can be said that Durand is probably the best value for golf in Rochester. Durand Eastman has an impressive clubhouse, with pro shop, completed in Summer, 2004. The restaurant, Jack's Place, serves full meals as well as catered events. Affiliated with this public course is the independent Durand Eastman Golf Club or DEGC. It is one of the founding members of the Rochester District Golf Association (RDGA) and gives its members the benefits of being affiliated with the United States Golf Association USGA.