Brooks Explained

Brooks may refer to:

• Brook (small stream)

Places

Antarctica

• Cape Brooks

Canada

• Brooks, Alberta

United Kingdom

• Brooks, Cornwall
• Brooks, Powys, a location

United States

• Brooks, Alabama
• Brooks, Arkansas
• Brooks, California
• Brooks, Georgia
• Brooks, Iowa
• Brooks, Kentucky
• Brooks, Maine
• Brooks Township, Michigan
• Brooks, Minnesota
• Brooks, Montana
• Brooks, Oregon
• Brooks, San Antonio, Texas
• Brooks City-Base, built on former United States Air Force base near San Antonio, Texas
• Brooks, Wisconsin
• Brooks Lake, a lake in Minnesota
• Brooks Glacier, Alaska
  • Mount Brooks

United States and Canada

• Brooks Range, mountain range in Alaska and Yukon

People

• Brooks (given name)
• Brooks (surname)
• Brooks (DJ), Dutch DJ, producer and musician

Fictional characters

• Brooks Hatlen, in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, played by James Whitmore
• Constance "Connie" Brooks (see Our Miss Brooks), fictional English language teacher
• Dustin Brooks, in the TV series Power Rangers Ninja Storm
• Earl Brooks, the title character of Mr. Brooks, a film
• Blade (character), also known as Eric Brooks in the Marvel Universe
  • Blade (New Line Blade franchise character), the New Line Cinema adaptation of Blade, portrayed by Wesley Snipes and Sticky Fingaz, from whom the Eric Brooks name originates

Companies

• Brooks Automation, provider of automation, vacuum and instrumentation solutions
• Brooks Brothers, American men's clothier
• Brooks England, manufacturer of traditional English bicycle saddles
• Brooks Instrument, manufacturer of flow control and measurement equipment
• Brooks Locomotive Works, an early manufacturer of steam locomotives for the US railroads
• Brooks Pharmacy, former pharmacy chain
• Brooks Sports, American athletic shoe manufacturer

Education

• Brooks High School (disambiguation)
• Brooks College, a defunct for-profit college in California
• Brooks College of Health, a college of University of North Florida
• Brooks Institute, a for-profit college in California focusing on visual arts
• Brooks School, North Andover, Massachusetts, United States

Other uses

• Brooks (band), a 1970s UK vocal group
• Comet Brooks (disambiguation), various comets
• Brooks (mango), a late-season mango cultivar originated in Miami, Florida
• An early, minor league name for the Brooklyn Dodgers, former Major League Baseball team, now the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Brooks (crater), a crater on the southwestern part Mercury
• Brooks, a British slave ship

See also

• Brock (disambiguation)
• Brooks Creek (disambiguation)
• Brooks's, a gentlemen's club in St James's Street, London
• Brooksville (disambiguation)
• Brook (disambiguation)