Brook Park, Ohio

Brook Park is a city in Cuyahoga County in the U.S. state of Ohio, immediately southwest of Cleveland. It is 7.5 square miles (19.5 km²) in size and had (2000) a population of 21,218, 94.5% of whom were white.

The city is home to the US automotive industry; Ford is represented with a total of three plants for engines and castings. Furthermore, the Glenn Research Center of NASA is located here, which deals with the development of aerospace technologies.

The city limits are located 9.7 miles (15.6 km) southwest of downtown Cleveland and extend approximately 5.1 miles (8.2 km) east-west and approximately 2.25 miles (3.6 km) north-south. It is bounded on the north by Interstate 480, on the east by West 130th Street (by Cleveland census), and on the south by the Sheldon Boulevard and Sheldon Road corridor. To the west, the Rocky River forms the boundary.

Neighboring cities and towns are, clockwise, Fairview Park and Cleveland to the north, Parma and Parma Heights to the east, Middleburg Heights and Berea to the south, and Olmsted and North Olmsted to the west.

In the western half of the outlined area is Cleveland Hopkins International Airport; this is entirely in Cleveland territory and projects from the northeast deep into the urban area almost to the southern boundary line. Ford's plants are to the east of the airport, and the Glenn Research Center is to the west.

The eastern half of the urban area is characterized by small-scale development typical of middle-aged U.S. suburbs. About halfway up, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) commercial strip runs east-west along Snow Road. There is also a large regional cemetery, Holy Cross Cemetery, to the northeast of the city.

The city area is - besides the airport - intersected by numerous traffic arteries, most of which run towards Cleveland. Interstate 71 runs north-south through the middle of the city. There is also an expressway that leads from the intersection of those highways to the airport. Likewise, a total of three Norfolk Southern and CSX rail lines run northeast-southwest through the city.

The city has a rapid transit connection to Cleveland. The Red Line of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority runs from the airport over one of the railroad tracks into downtown Cleveland. However, the two stations, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Brookpark (sic!), at the level of the northern boundary line are still on Cleveland territory.