Brookline, Massachusetts, United States Information And Events

Brookline Massachusetts, United States Information And Events
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Location: Massachusetts, United States
Official Website: http://www.brooklinema.gov/
Coordinates: 42.3317° N, 71.1217° W

Brookline Fun Facts

Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and is a part of Greater Boston. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway-Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury. The city of Newton lies to the west of Brookline. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732. Brookline was first settled in 1638 as a hamlet in Boston, but was incorporated as a separate town in 1705.

Once part of Algonquian territory, Brookline was first settled by European colonists in the early 17th century.

Brookline's official website is http://www.brooklinema.gov/

Brookline's geo-coordinates are 42.3317° N, 71.1217° W.

Sample list of newspapers published in Brookline:

  • Brookline TAB
  • The Sagamore

Brookline is about 17.61 square kilometers with a population of 58,732 in the year 2010-04-01.

Brookline is located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Population of Brookline was 58,732 in the year 2010-04-01.

Sample list of famous people who were born in Brookline:

  • John Hodgman ( Actor, Author, Writer, Comedian and Voice Actor )
  • Paul Pender ( Professional Boxer and Actor )
  • Steve Tyler ( Actor and Theatrical producer )
  • Ken Ober ( Actor and Comedian )
  • Louise Andrews Kent ( Author and Writer )
  • Eric Lerner ( Inventor, Physicist and Science writer )
  • Bob Margolin ( Musician and Guitarist )
  • Thomas Aspinwall Davis ( Businessperson and Politician )
  • Barry Gordon ( Actor, Television producer, Presenter, Singer, Voice Actor, Character Actor and Talk show host )
  • William A. Wellman ( Film Director, Fighter pilot, Film Producer, Actor and Screenwriter )
  • Joseph D. Reitman ( Actor, Television Director, Television producer, Film Producer, Film Director and Screenwriter )
  • George S. Boutwell ( Lawyer, Teacher and Politician )
  • Jean Kennedy Smith ( Politician, Diplomat and Actor )
  • Robert F. Kennedy ( Lawyer, Politician and Writer )
  • Patricia Kennedy Lawford ( Writer and Socialite )
  • Conan O'Brien ( Comedian, Talk show host, Actor, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Television producer, Presenter and Voice Actor )
  • Michael Dukakis ( Lawyer, Politician and Teacher )
  • John F. Kennedy ( Politician, Writer, Author and Military Officer )
  • Robert Kraft ( Businessperson and Entrepreneur )
  • Mike Wallace ( Journalist, Game Show Host, Actor and Announcer )
  • Jon Krakauer ( Journalist, Author, Writer and Mountaineer )
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver ( Social Worker and Film Producer )
  • Rosemary Kennedy
  • James Gentle ( Golfer )
  • George Kerr
  • Zabdiel Boylston ( Physician )
  • Jay O'Callahan
  • Ernie Adams
  • Julian Coolidge ( Educator and Mathematician )
  • Charles Kerins
  • John O'Hearn
  • Edward A. Wild ( Physician )
  • Lothrop Stoddard ( Historian, Scientist and Journalist )
  • Charles Sprague Sargent ( Botanist )
  • Karolyn Kirby
  • Joseph A. Conry
  • Jeff Adrien
  • Joe Hoague
  • Kathleen Cavendish ( Journalist )
  • Lester Lefton ( Psychologist )
  • Stanley Cobb ( Physician and Scientist )
  • Ed O'Hearn
  • Susanna Boylston
  • C. C. Little
  • Francis Ouimet ( Golfer )
  • Scott Drevitch
  • Richard Kramer ( Judge )
  • Lauren Weinstein
  • Roger V. Gould
  • Gayle Slossberg

The town of Brookline is protected full-time by the 158 paid, professional firefighters of the Brookline Fire Department (BFD).

Much of Brookline was developed into a streetcar suburb, with large brick apartment buildings sprouting up along the new streetcar lines.

Brookline is served by the MBTA's Green Line trains, with service to downtown Boston.

Brookline is in the Eastern Time Zone.

Brookline is now separated from the remainder of Norfolk County.

Brookline was first settled in 1638 as a hamlet in Boston, but was incorporated as a separate town in 1705.

(The Muddy River was used as the Brookline-Boston border at incorporation.) The brookline is said that the name derives from a farm therein once owned by Judge Samuel Sewall.

Sample list of tourist attractions in Brookline:

  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

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