Brookefield, Bangalore | |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Bangalore |
Coordinates: | 12.9657°N 77.7188°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type2: | Metro |
Subdivision Name2: | Bangalore |
Governing Body: | BBMP |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 560037 |
Registration Plate: | 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).
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.
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.