Brookhaven, Atlanta, GA

Brookhaven is a country club-golf developed area of Atlanta. It has not strayed from this original intent for the land in this area. Very established older moneyed people, empty nesters and younger parents and their children live in the nieghborhoods that make up Brookhaven. New developments in Brookhaven continue to usher in upper middle class and upper class populations. However, many of the newer apartments that are up for rent are being scooped up by younger working professionals, most curiously between the ages of 27 - 34. This younger crowd mostly chooses to hang at the shops and restaurants located around Brookhaven Station.

Most of the major spots that you find in the Brookhaven area will be all along Peachtree Rd between Ashford Dunwoody and Peachtree Dunwoody. The major spot that comes to mind when you think of Brookhaven is Brookhaven Station. In-fact many have described Brookhaven Station to be one large frat party for those that wish they were still in college. This plaza houses a number of great bars and restaurants that are visited nightly by the locals. Here you will find Hudson Grill, a large sports bar which hundreds of TVs, always showing the major football, baseball, and basketball games. The food here is great and the beer flows like honey. They often have different events so be on the lookout.

Directly across from this place you will find Pub 71, an Irish themed pub and Mellow Mushroom Pizza, a trendy pizza place where you can top your pie with just about anything you can imagine.

Going a little further south on Peachtree, heading towards Buckhead, you will find other goodies such as Terra Grill (now known as Terra Terroir), a tuscan type restaurant and Au Rendez Vous, a cool little bistro. And at Cherokee Plaza, also a little further down, you will find other places like Chin Chin (considered best chinese food in Atlanta), Elwoods Pizza, Canyons Burger Company, and Sushi Mania.

Driving down East on Dresden you will find some of the new space that is currently being re-done and built up. Here you will encounter a hidden little spot called Haven, a great upscale day-time eatery reminiscent of your classic brunch / lunch type place. At night you will find haven turns into Mix Lounge, a fun spot to meet up with your friends and have a relaxing night out with some drinks.

If you desperately need food at 3 in the morning after a long night out, check out Atlanta Diner on North Druid Hills, open 24/7.

Historic Brookhaven is the area's core neighborhood. Homes surrounding the Capital City Club range in price from $800,000 to $4 million. Lots of neighborhoods in the area have teardowns that are replaced with McMansions. A new round of housing developments has reduced the number of affordable houses for the middle and lower classes.

Condos range from $180,000.00 to $250,000.

Post Glen is the closest apartment complex to the heart of Brookhaven. Here you will be able to find a fairly decent sized one bedroom apartment for around 1100. This is about average. Most of the other apartment complexes are considered luxury and gated, thus, expect to pay 1500-1600 to start at any of the other places, especially the closer you get to Buckhead, heading south on Peachtree. You may get lucky at one of the spots on North Druid Hills Rd as well so be sure to check those places as some of the homes may be for rent due to the local Oglethorpe College in the area.

TOWN/Brookhaven is slated to open in spring 2009 and will be a mixed used development with more than 1,500 residential units - apartments, mid rise condos and townhomes - planned to be available. It will be located on Peachtree Road, north of Lenox Mall and Phipps Plaza. Another new development scheduled to open is the Village Place at Brookhaven on Dresden Dr. Visit http://www.villageplacebrookhaven.com/ for more details on the development and possible renting.

Great to say you live in Brookhaven --- if you can afford it. It does provide fantastic access to just about everything though. So if you are working in the city, this may be a great place to think about. Not too far from the highway and major access roads, but far enough to where you feel like you're not directly in the city.

Brookhaven MARTA station located at 4047 Peachtree Road. This MARTA station is located in the heart of Brookhaven. Parking for this station is around the back on Apple Valley.

Ashford Dunwoody Road is the main Brookhaven road north-south access to I-285.

North Druid Hills Road is the main north-south access road to I-85.

Parking in general wont be a problem anywhere you go. Most of these places are plazas so there is plenty of parking. However, when Hudson grill gets crowded, you can usually find some parallel parking on one of the side streets around B-Station.

Lenox-Brookhaven area is a great place to rent an apartment.  Located next to numerous shopping and busines districts. All the best of Atlanta is within driving distance from here.

Studios to three bedroom units range in price from $700 to $1300.

Brookhaven is a walkable neighboorhood and pets are walked in this area often. An abundance of great parks nearby for pet lovers also.

Ashford Park, Dresden Park and Brookhaven park are all available for pets. Check with the local apartment homes if they allow pets.

If you need a vet, Peachtree Animal Hospital is located at 4839 Peachtree Rd, Chamblee, GA, heading north on Peachtree, just past Ashford Dunwoody.

Brookhaven is less than a mile from Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza shopping malls. This area has all your movie theatres such as Buckhead Backlot and AMC theatres at Phipps Plaza, and other fun places to see. You can find FunTime Bowling on Buford, not too far from Brookhaven as well as a rec area off of North Druid Hills and Briarwood. This place has a volleyball league and a baseball field as well as a general purpose field.

TOWN/Brookhaven is a mixed use development slated to open in spring of 2009. It will consist of 600,000 square feet of big box retail, anchor stores, restaurants and boutiques.

Brookhaven has a shopping district along Peachtreee Road, eastbound from Lenox Square Mall and Phipps Plaza. Small retail shops and restaurtants are located here.

Taste of Brookhaven - an annual late spring/early summer wine and food festival.

Brookhaven Arts Festival - an annual fall arts festival.

Ashford Park - three acre park with playground, basketball and tennis courts.

Blackburn Park - forty nine acre park with picnic area, soccer fields, tennis and basketball courts.

Brookhaven Park - nine acre park with trails, playground, and multi use courts.

Keswick Park - park on the edge of Brookhaven.

Murphy Candler Park -park with baseball fields, lake and a pool.

Peachtree Road and Peachtree Dunwoody Roads that border and intersect this area. Two mian roads that lead into the city of Atlanta and to the northern sections of Atlanta. Living a little further away from Buckhead may be somewhat safer due to less car and foot traffic. If you can find a spot off of one of the side streets off North Druid Hills, you'll be in pretty good shape. Many of the homes are under foreclosure now, so you may find a good deal if you look hard enough.

American Boot Camp Company, Big Peach Running Company,

Not too many gyms to speak of in the immediate area. For a gym you may have to go to Crunch Fitness down in Buckhead, a little past Lenox, or take Windsor Pkwy, west, towards Sandy Springs and visit any of the many gyms located up and down Roswell Rd.

Wachovia, Ironstone Bank, SunTrust Bank

Kroger, Publix, Mom & Pops Food Store up and down Peachtree. Rite Aid and Blockbuster can be found in Cherokee Plaza, as can the post office, which is designated as one of the places that you can do your passport documents as well.

If you are into health food, you can find one of the best health food stores around on Peachtree called Nuts & Berries.

A very affluent and well established area that has great scenery, arts, recreational outlets and parental involvement in education. Great quality public and private schools are zoned/located in this area.

Dresden Elementary

Ashford Park Elementary

Woodward Elementary

Chamblee Middle school

Ridgeview Middle School

Cross Keyes High School

Also, if you are looking for some private schools, you may find two, St Martin's Episcopal and Dekalb Path Academy Charter and of course, Marist, a leading college and professional athlete producing private school.