Rochester has its fair share of fun abandoned buildings and public works. Most famous is the several miles of intact underground tunnel which is the Abandoned Subway. On Elmwood Avenue there is a partially Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital, the largest building being 17 stories tall. 690 St Paul St. (3/4 abandoned) 1630 Dewey Avenue Abandoned Church in Mt.
Hope Cemetery Abandoned Delco Plant Abandoned Manchester Yard Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital Abandoned Penfield Rinky Dink mini golf course Abandoned Subway Air Force Plant 51 Beebe Station (RG&E) Abandoned Eastman Dental Dispensary Incinerator Plant Seneca Army Depot Abandoned Hotel External Links The Monroe County Page of the National Register of Historical Places is an excellent reference tool for finding abandoned buildings and discovering their legal owners. IndustrialNewYork.com Urban Exploration Location listings This site is incredible, many listings of little known locations in the Rochester area.
The group responsible is also locally based. As of April 2010 link does not work, see some of it on the Internet Archive ForsakenPlaces.com Cool site with lots of photos of Rochester-area abandoned places. As of April 2010 link does not work (parked page,) see some of it on the Internet Archive