Directions

Children’s Institute
205 St. Paul Street 
Rochester, New York 14604
(585) 295-1000 (phone)
(585) 295-1090 (fax)

* Our address is 205 St. Paul Street, however in Maps it refers to this street as the Genesee Riverway Trail. They are one and the same!

Also located with us at 205 St. Paul Street:

 

Rochester-area hotel information
Visitor Parking
Parking Access

 

Building Front
Building Back

 

From the west (Buffalo):  Exit the NYS Thruway (I90) at Exit 47. Follow I-490 eastbound to Exit 13. Continue onto Inner Loop. Take the exit toward Downtown/St Paul St/Clinton Ave. and immediately turn right onto N. Water St. and left onto Cumberland St. Then park in Visitor Parking at the back on the left side of the building.

From the east (Syracuse): Exit the NYS Thruway (I-90) at Exit 45. Follow I-490 westbound to Exit 13. Continue onto Inner Loop. Take the exit toward Downtown/St Paul St/Clinton Ave. and immediately turn right onto N. Water St. and left onto Cumberland St. Then park in Visitor Parking at the back on the left side of the building.

From the south (Corning): Follow I-390 North to Exit 15, I-590 North. Follow I-590 North to Exit 5, I-490 West. Follow I-490 westbound to Exit 13. Continue onto Inner Loop. Take the exit toward Downtown/St Paul St/Clinton Ave. and immediately turn right onto N. Water St. and left onto Cumberland St. Then park in Visitor Parking at the back on the left side of the building.

From St. Paul Street: If you are on St. Paul Street, go west on Andrews Street and then north on N. Water St. Take a right just after the Water Street Music Hall (and before Cumberland St.) to access the Visitor lot; park in Visitor Parking at the back on the left side of the building.

  • Also note there is metered parking directly in front of our building on St. Paul Street if that is preferable for your parking needs.
  • Also on the corner of St. Paul and Andrews Streets, at the end of the block, there is a large parking lot available. 

 

Upon arrival at the back of 205 St. Paul: After you park in the Visitor lot, walk up to the front of the building and take a right (it is a corner building) and then take a right to enter the main glass doors at street level on St. Paul Street.

  • To enter CI, you will enter through the second set of glass doors. These require someone to let you in or buzz you in.
  • To go directly to the CI Training Room (Founders Room), take the elevator on the left to the 2nd floor and enter the training room to your left.
  • To visit ROC the Future Alliance (RTFA), take the elevator to the 4th floor. Their office is directly in front of you as you exit the elevator.