Essentials Most shopping needs for Tyre residents can be met in the nearby towns of Seneca Falls (7 miles south) and in Waterloo (12 miles southwest). Seneca Falls has a vibrant assortment of retail shopping options, with smaller stores like Dollar Tree, a Nice n Easy Convenience Store, a Rite Aid pharmacy, Country Max, Seneca Farm and Home Supply, tailors and photography shops and more. For major retailers, there’s a Walmart on historic and scenic Routes 5 & 20. For more grocery shopping, Waterloo has a Top’s Friendly Markets store. The closest Wegmans supermarket is 17 miles east in Auburn (Cayuga County). Another Wegmans is 19 miles southwest in Geneva. Waterloo also is home to the enormous Waterloo Premium Outlet Mall, which has dozens of factory outlet stores that attract shoppers from all over. Students in Tyre are part of the Seneca Falls Central School District, which also covers the towns of Seneca Falls and Fayette. The district has two elementary schools, a middle school and a high school (which is called Mynderse Academy). Seneca Falls also is home to the Finger Lakes Christian School, which serves kids in grades K-12. The closest library is Seneca Falls Public Library on Cayuga Street. The closest hospitals are Auburn Memorial to the east and Geneva General (in Ontario County) to the west. |