Brookefield
Brookefield, Bangalore | |
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Neighbourhood | |
Coordinates: 12°57′57″N 77°43′08″E / 12.9657°N 77.7188°E | |
Country | India |
State | Karnataka |
Metro | Bangalore |
Government | |
• Body | BBMP |
Languages | |
• Official | Kannada |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | KA 53 |
Brookefield is a neighbourhood of Bangalore. Established in the late 19th century as a settlement for the Eurasians of Bangalore. It is a wealthy area, with high real estate prices and relatively new commercial roads such as ITPL road.
IT Companies like IBM, SAP, Accenture have their offices here including International Tech Park Bangalore(ITPB) and Prestige Technostar.
Brookefield comes under BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike).
Areas in Brookefield
[edit]- Aeronautical Engineers Co-Operative Society Layout
- AAI
- BEML Layout
- Brookefield Mall
Surrounding area near Brookefield
[edit]- Pattandur agrahara
- Nellurhalli
- Varthur
- Whitefield, Bangalore
- Vinayakanagara (Previously known as Dhanamandi)
- Hagadur
- Harohalli
- Kadugodi (Location of the Sai Baba ashram and the Whitefield railway Station)
- Kundalahalli
- Belathur
- Segehalli
- Kannamangala
- Ramagondanahalli
- Nagondanahalli
- Siddapura
- Channasandra
- Samethanahalli
- Bodhanahosahally
- Thathanur
- Seetharampalya
- Belathur
- Sadaramangala
- Hoodi
- Vijayanagar
- Gandhipuram
- Marathahalli
Infrastructure
[edit]Brookefield has started seeing a boom in residential construction since the latter half of the 1990s and especially during 2002 and onwards. A major four-lane road (Varthur Road) connects Bangalore city with Brookefield. Brookefield also has extensive city bus and Namma Metro (Kundalahalli Station on Purple line) connectivity with a wide range of services offered by BMTC and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd . A Traffic and Transit Management Centre (TTMC) in EPIP is now functional with schedules connecting it with most areas of the city.
BMTC bus route numbers
[edit]- To Kempegowda Bus Terminus: 333E, 320A, 333K, 333P, 335EP
- To Shivajinagar Bus Stand: 320, 320F, 331, 331C, 331E, 339, 339E
- To K.R.Market: 319A, 320C, 322, 324, 324A, 326C, 326E.
- To Hoskote: 326E, 328B, 328H
Brookefield gets its water supply from CWSS (Cavery Water Supply Scheme 2012) Stage 4 Phase 2. However many new apartments depend upon ground water and rain water harvesting.