Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a suburb of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It is a well-established and wealthy area, lying to the east of the city centre, encompassing high-end residential properties and several upmarket mall developments.

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Type: Suburb
Description: suburb of Pretoria, South Africa
Also known as: “Brooklyn, Pretoria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Magnolia Dell Park and St. Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls, Pretoria.

Magnolia Dell Park

Park

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Magnolia Dell Park is a park in Bailey's Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa. The park lies in the sharp-angled crook between Queen Wilhelmina Avenue and Justice Mahomed Street, otherwise surrounded by the Walkerspruit.

St. Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls, Pretoria

School

St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls is an Anglican private boarding school for girls situated in Hillcrest, Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, St Mary's DSG was founded in 1879 by the Rt Revd Henry Bousfield, the first Bishop of Pretoria.

Brooklyn Mall

Commercial area

Brooklyn Mall is a shopping mall in Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa, owned by development company Growthpoint Properties. Brooklyn is designed around two spaces – the Mall itself, hosting the retail area, and Brooklyn Square, an outside dining area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterkloof and Menlo Park.

Waterkloof

Suburb

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Waterkloof is an affluent suburb of the city of Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, located to the east of the city centre. It is named after the original farm that stood there when Pretoria was founded in the 19th Century.

Menlo Park

Suburb

Menlo Park is an upmarket suburb in the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It borders other upmarket areas Waterkloof, Brooklyn and Lynnwood. When it was first established between the 1950s and 1960s, it was the most eastern suburb of Pretoria, but the city has since considerably expanded eastwards.