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Old Brooklyn Re$tore Cleveland
Initiative
Under development is an all purpose
trail link with the Ohio & Erie Canal Tow Path Trail, the full restoration of
the historic Krather Building and pedestrian/automobile friendly streetscape
amenities. Come visit and enjoy our changing commercial district. History The earliest settlement in Brooklyn Township, outside of the Ohio City area, took place in 1814 on the bluff south of the Big Creek valley at the present intersection of Pearl and Broadview Roads. After incorporating in 1838 as the Village of Brighton (e.g., "Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge"), the area was re-absorbed by the Township one year later and remained in that status until 1889, when the Village of South Brooklyn was incorporated. South Brooklyn lost municipal status in 1905 when it was annexed to Cleveland.
Commercial development in Old Brooklyn
intensified during the 1920's particularly along Pearl, Broadview and State
Roads. Newer shopping plazas were developed more recently in the neighborhood at
the intersections of Memphis and Fulton, Broadview and Brookpark, and Pearl and
Brookpark. Residential development continued at a significant pace from the
early part of the century through the 1960's. During the late 1980's,
residential development experienced a resurgence, particularly in the South
Hills and Jennings Road areas. Today, housing values in Old Brooklyn remain
among the highest in Cleveland. The Restore Old Brooklyn area encompasses Pearl
Road from Henninger Ave. on the North and Memphis Ave. on the South. For additional information including demographics, assets, features and available retail spaces, click here or call Tom Collins at Old Brooklyn Community Development Corp., (216) 459-1000. |
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Old
Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre are the hilltop neighborhoods overlooking the Big
Creek Valley as it flows through Brookside Reservation and the Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo, on its way to the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. The Old
Brooklyn commercial corridor is evolving its image to become the welcome way to
the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and a must visit urban community on the National
Scenic Byway. This community of homes, churches and small businesses grew from
the stagecoach stop known as Brighton Village to become the Cleveland
neighborhood with suburban appeal known as Old Brooklyn. After Cleveland annexed
South Brooklyn in 1905, green houses and truck farms slowly transformed to
homes, parks, schools and churches. The commercial district developed in
response to the home density with three story masonry façade buildings,
storefronts with deep display windows, doors that open to sidewalks and
architectural flourishes crafted by skilled masons. Historic renovation and
adaptive reuse are components of the renovation of a commercial district built
to human scale. Re$tore Old Brooklyn is a community effort to make our visitors
feel at home and our businesses the welcoming agents that make visitors want to
return. 
The
trip between South Brooklyn and Cleveland was shortened in 1905 when the Pearl
Road street-car line was extended south across the Big Creek valley. The area
now known as Brookside Park was purchased in 1894 by Cleveland's Park Board and
became the permanent home of the Cleveland Zoo in 1908, when the Zoo was
relocated from the University Circle area.