| Brooklyn Park Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Brooklyn Park | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°55′44″S 138°32′38″E / 34.929°S 138.544°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 5,040 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5032 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 6 km (4 mi) W of Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of West Torrens | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | West Torrens | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hindmarsh | ||||||||||||||
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Brooklyn Park is a western suburb of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is located immediately north-east of Adelaide Airport and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) base on Sir Donald Bradman Drive (the Boulevard of Honour [2]) . It is bound on the north by Henley Beach Road, on the east by Marion Road, and on the west by the Kooyonga Golf Club on May Terrace.[3]
Brooklyn Park is approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Adelaide coast (West Beach and Henley Beach) and 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) from the Adelaide Central Business District. Lockleys Post Office opened on 1 September 1904 and was renamed Brooklyn Park in 1967.[4] Brooklyn Park now includes a subdivision that was originally named Bismarck; it was changed by the Nomenclature Committee to "Weeroopa" in 1918.[3][5]
The intersection of Marion Road and Sir Donald Bradman Drive (in the southeast corner of Brooklyn Park) was allocated 45 million dollars by the Federal and State Governments for upgrades in 2022.[6][7]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brooklyn Park (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "The Boulevard of Honour Brooklyn Park". 22 May 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Placename Details: Weeroopa". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 19 September 2007. SA0032673. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ "Nomenclature Act, 1917. Change of Place Names" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette, p. 37 (PDF page 5), 10 January 1918, retrieved 28 April 2016 – via AustLII
- ^ "Investment Infrastructure" (PDF). Australian Commonwealth Government. 20 June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021.
- ^ "7News Adelaide". 7News Adelaide Instagram. 20 June 2021.
