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If you plan on driving directly to the Festival Site and would like to use your GPS, enter 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620-3025 This is the address for Cornell Cooperative Extension on Highland Ave. PLEASE NOTE - during the festival Highland Avenue is one - way so you will not be able to turn on it from Goodman St. The parking areas are noted in the map below. More parking is available at MCC (on SAT and SUN only) and then you can take the shuttle to the festival site. There will also be an Indoor Bicycle Valet at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building Fridays 4:30PM - 8:30PM and Saturdays & Sundays 7:00AM - 8:30PM during the Festival ($2 per bike or $5 per family).
DIRECTIONS TO THE FESTIVAL SITE
From East & Thruway Exit 45:
... Take Rt. 490 West, Exit Goodman St.
... Turn left and proceed south on Goodman St.
... Follow S. Goodman along side of Highland Park to our parking area
From South & Thruway Exit 46:
... Take Rt. 390 North (airport)
... Proceed to Exit 16. Turn right onto Rt. 15A to Elmwood Avenue
... Turn Right onto Elmwood Avenue
... Proceed to our parking area on the left.
From West & Thruway Exit 47:
... Take Rt. 490 east
... Exit at South Avenue
... Proceed straight on South Avenue to Elmwood Avenue
... Turn left onto Elmwood Ave. and proceed to our parking area on the left.
Parking at the Festival -
IMPORTANT! We urge you NOT to park on the side streets surrounding the Festival. Vehicles parked illegally WILL be ticketed and/or towed.
Monday - Friday
Limited parking is available at two locations: (a $5 fee will apply after 5:00PM)
Off Goodman St., just south of Highland Avenue and off Elmwood Ave. east of South Avenue. Handicapped visitors can park in those lots anytime, but they are encouraged to use the shuttles on weekends.
Parking on side streets surrounding the Festival is highly discouraged. Your car may be ticketed and/or towed.
Motor coaches and other group tour vehicles must stop at the motor coach check-in booth at the corner of Highland and South Avenues before discharging their passengers: vehicles will be directed to free parking.
Weekends:
- Park free at Monroe Community College (3 miles south of the Festival at 1000 East Henrietta Rd, Brighton) and ride the First Student shuttle busses (small fee - Adults - $1.00, Children ages 6 and under - FREE)
From 10:30am to 8:30pm. (Shuttles available at 8:30AM on Parade Day, 5/14) A limited amount of paid parking and handicapped parking will be available in the two on-site parking lots listed above.
HIGHLAND PARK LILAC FESTIVAL TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN:
These changes will apply from May 13 - May 222, 2011
Pinetum Drive, One Way Westbound, from South Goodman St. to Doctors Dr.
Reservoir Ave, One Way Westbound, from Pinetum Dr/Doctors Dr. to Mt. Hope Ave.
Doctors Drive Closed to Through Traffic
Highland Ave, One Way Eastbound, from South Ave to South Goodman St.
Robinson Dr, One Way Eastbound, from Mt. Hope Ave to South Ave.
The following road will be closed (Local Traffic Only) from May 13-22, 2011:
Meadowbrook Rd. between Elmwood Ave and Highland Ave.
Azalea Rd between Elmwood Ave and Highland Ave
Laney Rd. between Elwmoowd Ave and Highland Ave
Gregory Hill Dr. between Meigs St and S. Goodman St.
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