NY 14 bypasses Dresden to the west, meeting the northern terminus of NY 54 at a junction west of the village center. Past Dresden, the route descends into the lake valley, closely following the rail line for another to the Ontario County line. Ontario and Wayne counties The road and the railroad run alongside the lakeshore to the city of Geneva, which NY 14 enters on South Main Street near the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, which are known collectively as The Colleges of the Seneca. There is an interchange with US 20 and NY 5, locally referred to as Routes 5 and 20, near the northeastern corner of the campus. At this point, the Corning Secondary turns northeast to follow US 20 and NY 5 around the eastern edge of the city while NY 14 continues north through densely populated neighborhoods to downtown Geneva. Here, NY 14 turns east, following Castle Street across four blocks of the city's central business district before continuing to the northeast on Exchange Street. At North Street, the last major east–west street that NY 14 meets in the city, Exchange Street turns due north, setting the alignment that most of the route follows from this point north. Outside of Geneva, the Corning Secondary rejoins NY 14, which closely follows the route for much of the next . There are few curves north of Geneva, as the terrain is much flatter north of the Finger Lakes than it is in the southern portions of the highway. As such, it follows a linear north–south alignment to the town of Phelps, where it connects to NY 96 by way of an interchange and NY 318 at a junction just north of NY 96. The latter intersection also provides access to the New York State Thruway (I-90) at exit 42. North of the Thruway, NY 14 loosely follows the outlet of Canandaigua Lake through rural, isolated areas as it proceeds toward the Wayne County line. About south of the county line, the rail line veers to the northeast to follow the nearby Erie Canal into Lyons. NY 14, however, continues on a northerly track as it enters Wayne County and Lyons, becoming Geneva Street upon crossing into the latter. Here, it passes over the Rochester Subdivision, CSX Transportation's main line across western New York, just south of a junction with NY 31 in a commercial area