Hoeltzer and Sullivan Streets are short and narrow one-ways with a mix of modest homes and duplexes, some of which are deteriorated, vacant, and boarded up. Similar to many streets in this northeast section of the city near Joseph and North Clinton Avenues, they’ve become enveloped in a sprawling patchwork of vacant lots that meanders […]
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A North Clinton cleanup focus: heroin sales
The Rochester Police Department documented 179 heroin-related incidents last October – either sales or use – in just one location in the North Clinton area near St. Michael’s Church. Although it was the worst hot spot for heroin activity in the neighborhood, it was just one of nearly three dozen such sites that the RPD […]
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Maplewood and North Clinton in transition
Last in a series on Rochester neighborhoods and the fall city elections. Sam Spoto has lived in the Maplewood neighborhood since the 1940’s, and remains one of its most ardent cheerleaders. “I remember when we had two movie theaters, grocery stores, lots of restaurants, and some major employers within walking distance,” says Spoto, who heads […]
