Cool Sweep Program

• Provides residents with opportunities to get relief from the heat with cooling sprays from fire hydrants, extended hours at City pools and spray parks.

The City of Rochester has announced Cool Sweep for June 17th - June 20th as it will be over 85 degrees. School District will implement its early dismissal schedule for grades PreK through 8 and cancel all after-school activities on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Schools are closed Wednesday in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

Students and residents can escape the heat in the City’s air-conditioned R-Centers and libraries or cool off in a spray park with the following schedule:

M 2:00PM-9:00PM, TU-F 9:00AM-9:00PM. 

• Adams, 85 Adams St.
• Avenue D, 200 Avenue D
• Carter, 500 Carter St.
• Frederick Douglass, 999 South Ave.
• Edgerton, 41 Backus St.
• Willie W. Lightfoot, 271 Flint St.
• David F. Gantt, 700 North St.
• Trenton and Pamela Jackson, 485 N. Clinton Ave.
• Thomas P. Ryan, 530 Webster Ave.

Students will be served lunches and snacks Tuesday through Friday, and dinner on Monday.

Spray Parks: M 10:00AM-9:00PM, TU-F 9:00AM-9:00PM.

 
• Carter Street R-Center, 500 Carter St.
• Edgerton R-Center, 41 Backus St.
• David F. Gantt R-Center, 700 North St.
• Thomas P. Ryan R-Center, 530 Webster Ave.
• Roxie Ann Sinkler R-Center, 75 Grover St.
• Tyshaun Cauldwell R-Center for Hope, 524 Campbell St.
• Humboldt R-Center, 1045 Atlantic Ave.
Spray Features: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park, 353 Court St. (at the play area)
• Fourth and Peck Playground, Corner of Fourth and Peck Streets
• Troup Street Park, Troup Street and Van Auker Street (between Reynolds Street and Ford Street)

City Branch Libraries:During this Cool Sweep period, Arnett, Lincoln and Winton Branches will offer extended hours until 9 p.m. However, all libraries will be closed Wednesday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

• Arnett Branch, 310 Arnett Blvd., (585) 428-8214;
• Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, 115 South Ave., (585) 428-7300;
• Charlotte Branch, 3557 Lake Ave., (585) 428-8216;
• Frederick Douglass Community Library, 971 South Ave., (585) 428-8206;
• Lyell Branch, 956 Lyell Ave., (585) 428-8218
• Monroe Branch, 809 Monroe Ave., (585) 428-8202;
• Phillis Wheatley Community Library, 33 Dr, Samuel McCree Way, (585) 428-8212;
• Sully Branch, 530 Webster Ave., (585) 428-8208;
• Winton Branch, 611 N. Winton Rd., (585) 428-8204;

For more information on other location hours, visit: https://roccitylibrary.org/location/