Brooklyn | |
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Coordinates: 33°54′37″S18°28′58″E / 33.91028°S 18.48278°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Main Place | Cape Town |
Government | |
• Councillor | Fabian Ah-Sing [1] (DA) |
Area | |
• Total | 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 10,941 |
• Density | 6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 35.6% |
• Coloured | 31.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.2% |
• White | 30.3% |
• Other | 1.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 52.6% |
• Afrikaans | 22.3% |
• Xhosa | 5.1% |
• Other | 20.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 7405 [3] |
Area code | 021 |
Brooklyn is a suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape with a population of 10,941 people. It lies to the north of Maitland, east of the Atlantic Ocean and Paarden Eiland, and west of Air Force Base Ysterplaat. The Black River flows through a section of Brooklyn. [4]
Brooklyn is situated within Ward 55 of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. The incumbent ward councillor is Fabian Ah-Sing of the Democratic Alliance. Ward 55 is also part of Subcouncil 15.
The 2011 census recorded that the population of Brooklyn consists of 10,941. Of these, 50.37% are female and 49.63% are male. 35.60% described themselves as "Black African", 31.46% as "Coloured", 30.28% as "White", 1.17% as "Indian" or "Asian" and 1.49% as other. 52.62% of people spoke English as their first language, 22.25% spoke Afrikaans, 5.05% spoke Xhosa and 20.08 spoke other languages.
Schools in the suburb are:
The M5 goes through Brooklyn. The N1 is situated to the south of Brooklyn. MyCiTi has routes that go through Brooklyn, so busses pass regularly through the suburb. Major roads in the suburb include Section Street and Koeberg Road. [5]
The Northgate Estate is located in Brooklyn. It is situated directly on the intersection between the N1 and M5. The estate has more than 150 tenants including major retail chain stores. [6]
Paarl is a city with 285,574 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington. It is situated about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province and is known for its scenic environment and viticulture and fruit-growing heritage.
Air Force Base Ysterplaat is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is located in Cape Town suburb Ysterplaat, on the southwestern coast of South Africa. The name Ysterplaat is Afrikaans from the Dutch "Ijzerplaats", meaning "Iron Place" or "Place of Iron" in English.
Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is primarily a residential suburb, with shopping and business districts as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.
Sea Point is an affluent and densely populated suburb of Cape Town, situated in the Western Cape, between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres to the west of Cape Town's Central Business District (CBD). Moving from Sea Point to the CBD, one passes first through the small suburb of Three Anchor Bay, then Green Point. Seaward from Green Point is the area known as Mouille Point, where the local lighthouse is situated. It borders to the southwest the suburb of Bantry Bay. It is known for its large Jewish population, synagogues, and kosher food options.
Kraaifontein is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa and is located on the north-eastern outskirts of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality.
Wynberg is a upmarket southern suburb of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape, South Africa.It is situated between Constantia,bishopscourt Plumstead and Kenilworth, and is a main transport hub for the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town.It is divided into wynberg village, wynberg upper(west),Trovato estate and lower wynberg(east).
Vredehoek is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, located at the foot of Table Mountain and Devil's Peak. It is sandwiched between the two neighbouring suburbs of Oranjezicht and Devil's Peak Estate, the latter of which is often considered a sub-suburb of Vredehoek as they both fall under the neighbourhood watch community called DPV - Devil's Peak & Vredehoek.
The M5 is an expressway in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. It connects Milnerton on the Western Seaboard in the north to Muizenberg in the south, and crosses both the N1 and the N2. For part of its length, from the N1 interchange to Plumstead, it is a limited-access freeway (motorway). From Mowbray to Muizenberg it is parallel to the M4 Main Road.
Brackenfell is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated on the N1 about 30 km north-east of Cape Town and 35 km south-west of Paarl.
Milnerton is a seaside town on Table Bay and is located north of Cape Town in South Africa. It is located 11 kilometres to the north of the city's centre.
Gardens is an affluent inner-city suburb of Cape Town located just to the south of the city centre located in the higher elevations of the "City Bowl" and directly beneath Table Mountain and Lion's Head. It is home to several national museums such as Iziko South African National Gallery and the Iziko South African Museum. The University of Cape Town also houses its Fine Arts department in the suburb, at Michaelis School of Fine Art. Company's Garden, South Africa's oldest garden, a public park and heritage site is a focal point of the suburb. The area is also home to the oldest synagogue in Southern Africa, the Old Shul and its successor, the Gardens Shul, "The Mother Synagogue of South Africa."
Kenilworth is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa.
MyCiti is a bus rapid transit service with feeders, which forms part of a greater Integrated Public Transport driven economic development strategy of the City of Cape Town Municipality (CoCT) in South Africa. The service is being rolled out across the Cape Metropole, and provides a significantly enhanced public transport system in about 10% of the City. The service commenced in 2010 with Phase 1, which features buses running north to south along the west coastline of the City.
Rondebosch East is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south-east of the city centre. As the name suggests, it is located to the east of the neighbouring suburb of Rondebosch. As of 2001 it had a population of approximately 4,600 people in an area of just over 1 square kilometre (0.4 sq mi). A large common, similar to but smaller than Rondebosch Common, is located in the center of the suburb.
Lansdowne is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa. situated 10 kilometres southeast of Cape Town City Centre, surrounded by the suburbs of Rondebosch East, Crawford, Wetton, Claremont, Kenwyn and Athlone. Lansdowne is served by a railway station of the same name, on the Cape Flats Line.
Maitland is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
Dunoon is a sprawling township in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The first erf for Dunoon was surveyed in 1996. As formal housing was built, shacks developed rapidly.
Devil's Peak Estate is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa in the area known as the City Bowl. It is sandwiched between Vredehoek and Zonnebloem on the slopes of Devil's Peak. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 1,859 residents in an area of 0.46 square kilometres (0.18 sq mi).
Killarney Gardens is an industrial area of Cape Town with no population or households. It is located about 30 minutes away from the harbour and the airport and situated between the N1, the N7 and Plattekloof roads.
The M6 road is a long metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria West with a rural area east of Pretoria via Pretoria CBD, Brooklyn, Lynnwood and Wapadrand.