Rochester gears up for solar eclipse: What's open and closed on April 8, 2024
The city of Rochester expects hundreds of thousands of people to enter the region on Monday, April 8, for the solar eclipse. The following city facilities will be closed to the public in anticipation of the influx.
Rochester City Hall
Neighborhood Service Centers
The Loretta C. Scott Center for Human Services DRHS Administrative Offices
City Branch Libraries and the Central Library Downtown
Rochester Animal Services shelter
Rochester Traffic Violations Agency Office
Parking and Municipal Code Violations Bureau Office
Riverside and Mt. Hope Cemeteries (accommodations will be made for morning internment services for those religions requiring burial or cremation within 24 hours)
These city R-Centers will operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and offer eclipse activities from noon to 5 p.m.
Adams Street, 85 Adams St.
Avenue D, 200 Avenue D
Hope R-Center, 524 Campbell St.
Carter Street, 500 Carter St.
Trenton and Pamela Jackson, 485 N. Clinton Ave.
David F. Gantt, 700 North St.
Edgerton, 41 Backus St.
Willie W. Lightfoot, 271 Flint St.
Frederick Douglass, 999 South Ave.
Thomas P. Ryan, 530 Webster Ave.
Both commercial and residential refuse and recycling collection will proceed as planned. The Public Safety Building will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., while the city's auto impound will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
— Robert Bell is a multimedia journalist and reporter at The Democrat & Chronicle. He was born in Rochester, grew up in Philadelphia and studied film in Los Angeles. Follow him at @byrobbell on X and @byrobbell on IG. Contact him at rlbell@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Solar eclipse 2024: What's open and closed on April 8 in Rochester NY