Facility Details

Welcome to Penn Yan Community Health. We have two convenient locations for our patients – Our medical center for primary care located at 112 Kimball Avenue and our dental center located at 160 Main Street. We provide personal, individualized care with an emphasis on wellness and prevention. Our providers believe that listening is the best medicine. Penn Yan Community Health is a nationally recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home, which means we deliver the highest standard of primary care to you and your family.

Why work at Finger Lakes Community Health? 

• Staff of compassionate professionals dedicated to serving a diverse patient population
• Culture of friendliness, enthusiasm, and collaboration
• Strong emphasis on spending time with patients
• Latest technology including EMR and Telehealth
• Bilingual support staff – champions for the patient
• Access to subspecialists from regional hospitals
• Team-based approach to care.
• Innovative approach to reaching the underserved by providing mobile services in hard-to-reach rural areas.
• Mission-focused organization
• Dedicated to providing high-quality care to diverse populations
• Recognized as highest Level 3 PCMH in Geneva, Sodus, Ovid, and Penn Yan
• Full support services including care coordinators
• One of the largest dental providers in our region
• Opportunity to treat people of all backgrounds, ages and income levels
• Ability to spend more time with patients at a comfortable pace
• Emphasis on prevention, wellness and family health --two staff members certified as master trainers in the evidence-based Chronic Disease Self Management Program
• Mid-levels have more professional autonomy and freedom than in most practices yet the support of a Medical and Dental Director
• Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) 501C3 which qualifies our providers for loan reimbursement

Community Details

Penn Yan, NY

Additional Community Information

The village of Penn Yan surrounds the northern tip of the east branch of Keuka Lake. The early settlement was unofficially called Union, but the residents were not happy with that name. The settlers from Pennsylvania wanted a name that reminded them of their native state and those from New England wanted a Yankee-sounding name. A compromise was made—Penn for the Pennsylvanians and Yan for the Yankees. Penn Yan has been the county seat of Yates County since 1824 when the county was chartered.

The opening of the Crooked Lake Canal in 1833 spurred the economy of the region. Many mills sprang up along the canal, including paper mills, plaster mills, potash mills, and tanneries. The first railroads came to the area in 1850 with the construction of the Canandaigua and Corning Railroad.

Penn Yan became a grape-growing center to rival Hammondsport, but her neighbor to the south continued to be the winemaking center. Late in the 1800s as many as ten train-loads of grapes steamed out of Penn Yan on the Northern Central and Fall Brook railroads, carrying the label "Keuka." The "Keuka" brand was known for quality.

Keuka College, an independent four-year, coeducational college at a scenic lakefront location, is situated in nearby Keuka Park. Penn Yan is also the home of Birkett Mills, one of the largest producers of buckwheat products in the world.

Indian Pines Park is located west of the village and Red Jacket Park is south of the village. The Keuka Lake Outlet Trail, a Yates County linear park, extends for six miles from Penn Yan to Dresden. Keuka Lake State Park is six miles west of Penn Yan.