Driving around the Old Brooklyn Neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio in 4K

Old Brooklyn's most notable landmark, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, was created in 1907 when Cleveland's Park Board relocated the Zoo from University Circle on Cleveland's east side to Brookside Park. The 145-acre park lies entirely within Old Brooklyn and is one of the 16 nature preserve reservations of the Cleveland Metroparks system.

Brookside Park also has a place in sporting lore, having hosted the reputedly largest baseball crowd in Cleveland's history, when the White Autos of Cleveland met Omaha in the World Amateur Baseball Championship. On October 10, 1915, a reported crowd of 115,000 sprawled along and below the park's northern bluff, directly west of today's Fulton Road Bridge, and cheered as the home team seized the day.

The Jeremiah Gates Home, built in 1820 and located at 3506 Memphis Avenue, is believed to be the oldest residence in Old Brooklyn.Other notable landmarks include the Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge, the Estabrook Recreation Center, and the Italian Gothic-style Our Lady of Good Counsel Church (now called Mary Queen of Peace)[9] atop Pearl Road Hill.

[seanc]

It's a bit gritty in some areas, but it has It's charm. I live near St Leos. Great neighborhood.

[candysmith]

Thank you for the video. I lived in this area until I was 5 yrs old (early 70's). Mom took us to the Cleveland Zoo all the time - so close to our house on Gifford Ave near Rhodes HS. I was baptized at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church.