The Culver-Winton-Main Neighborhood

If affordability, accessibility, choice, character, community, and beauty are all important to you in a neighborhood, then Culver-Winton-Main and the North Winton Village should be on your short list. From the variety of well-preserved and maintained older homes amidst friendly tree-lined streets… to independent businesses such as Balsam Bagels, Mayer Hardware, the Ravioli Shop, Winfield Grill, and Jim's Diner…to the presence of daily staples such as a grocery store, post office and library…to the eighty truly wild acres of Tryon Park,this Culver-Winton-Main and the North Winton Village really have just about everything to offer.  

The city's only cobblestone house (circa 1840) stand as reminders of an earlier chapter in the neighborhood's history, when farms and nurseries covered the area.   

But what makes this neighborhood so remarkable is that all this convenience adjoins a wonderful wilderness area -- Tryon Park. Perhaps the best kept secret in Rochester, this wooded oasis is tucked away at the east end of the dead end street aptly named Tryon Park. No signs mark its entrance, only a yellow metal gate across the road, but behind this inauspicious barrier are miles of trails up and down the steep hillsides. In autumn, the leaves are a riot of color and in winter the ridge tops offer panoramic views of the reedy wetlands at the southern tip of Irondequoit Bay. Despite its low-key presence, the area has long been a favorite destination spot for hikers and birders from surrounding counties.

The area is fortunate to be served by two community associations. Northeast Area Development (N.E.A.D.) acts as a larger umbrella group for neighborhoods in the area. They offer members a variety of services, including Neighborhood Watch, a quarterly newsletter and an extensive collection of small and large tools in their Tool Library. 

Especially active in the area is the North Winton Village Association, which works to enhance the commercial artery of Winton Road and surrounding residential streets.