Brooklyn Centre
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Brooklyn Centre | |
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| Coordinates: 41°27′12″N 81°41′58″W / 41.453446°N 81.699402°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Cuyahoga County |
| City | Cleveland |
| Population | |
• Total | 9,392 |
| Demographics[1] | |
| • White | 61.1% |
| • Black | 21.1% |
| • Hispanic (of any race) | 37.8% |
| • Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| • Mixed and Other | 16.1% |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 44109 |
| Area code | 216 |
| Median income[1] | $31,613 |
| Source: 2020 U.S. Census, City Planning Commission of Cleveland [2] | |
Brooklyn Centre is a neighborhood on the West Side of Cleveland, Ohio.[3] It borders Old Brooklyn to the south, Stockyards, Clark–Fulton, and Tremont to the north, and the Cuyahoga Valley and the suburb of Cuyahoga Heights to the east.[4]
Brooklyn Centre was founded in 1812 by James Fish and became the first settlement west of the Cuyahoga River.[5] Two years later, around 200 people lived at Brooklyn Centre.[5] By 1812, Brooklyn Centre became a township. In the early 1960s, the neighborhood was changed dramatically with the construction of I-71. Entire streets were lost and new cul-de-sacs and dead ends were created, changing the fabric of the neighborhood. In 1984, the City of Cleveland created the Brooklyn Centre Historic District, recognizing the location's historic and architectural importance.[5]
In November 2004, The Brooklyn Centre Historical Society published Reflections from Brooklyn Centre: Presentations and Oral Histories from The Brooklyn Centre Historical Society. In November 2008, Brooklyn Centre became a National Wildlife Federation registered Community Wildlife Habitat Site,[6] and was among the first city neighborhoods to obtain the designation.
The eastern portion of Brooklyn Centre is known as Barbarowa.[7][8] Brooklyn Centre is bordered on the east by the Cuyahoga River I-176/The Jennings Freeway. The west border is I-71. The border to the south is Big Creek which runs through the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and is the largest tributary that flows into the Cuyahoga. The northern border is a city street named Trowbridge.
