Braeswood Place, Houston, Texas
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Braeswood Place is a group of subdivisions in Houston, Texas.
Braeswood Place is a mainly single-family neighborhood inside the 610 Loop, east of the city of Bellaire, south of the cities of Southside Place and West University Place, west of the Texas Medical Center and the neighborhood of Old Braeswood, and north of the Brays Bayou and the neighborhoods of Linkwood and Knollwood Village. Braeswood Place was built during the 1950s.[1]
Braeswood Place once had the Link Valley Apartments, which was seen as a haven of crime. In the 1990s the Stella Link Redevelopment Association organized and attempted to tear down the apartments and rebuild the community [2]. The Apartments were demolished, and a community center was built in its place. The community center consists of the McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library, the Weekley Family YMCA, a field for the West University Little League, and an Alzheimer's treatment center.
The neighborhood was devastated by Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 [3]. Before Allison, the neighborhood mostly consisted of 1950's style ranch homes. After the flood, many of the ranch homes were demolished and replaced with two-story Colonial, Tudor, and Stucco houses with high foundations. Many upper middle class families moved into the newly-built houses.
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[edit] Politics
[edit] Local government
Braeswood Place is in the Houston City Council District C [4].
[edit] Federal and state representation
Braeswood Place is in Texas's 7th congressional district [5].
[edit] Subdivisions
Subdivisions that are covered by the Braeswood Place Homeowners Association include Ayrshire, Braes Heights, Braes Manor, Braes Oaks, Braes Terrace, and Southern Oaks.
[edit] Fire service
Houston Fire Department Fire Station 37 Braes Heights [6] is located in Braeswood Place at 3828 Aberdeen Way. The squad is nicknamed the "Braes Heights Hellfighters."
[edit] Police service
The neighborhood is within the Houston Police Department's Southwest Patrol Division [7].
[edit] Parks
Karl Young Park, a park operated by the City of Houston, is located at 7800 Stella Link [8].
[edit] Education
Next door to the community center are two Houston Independent School District schools, Mark Twain Elementary School and Pershing Middle School (any student zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School's (of the city of Bellaire) regular program). The original Mark Twain campus, which was built in the 1950s, was demolished to make way for a brand new campus scheduled to open in 2006. The original Pershing Middle School campus was also recently demolished, replaced with a new campus that opened in January, 2007. The Rice School, a magnet public school, is located in the eastern part of Braeswood Place.
Parts of Braeswood north of the Brays Bayou (including Braes Heights, Braes Oaks, and Ayrshire) are zoned to Twain Elementary. Parts south of the bayou (including Braes Terrace) are zoned to Longfellow Elementary. All parts of Braeswood Place are zoned to Pershing Middle. Pupils east of Stella Link (including Braes Heights, Braes Oaks) are zoned to Lamar High School in the Upper Kirby district of Houston while students west of Stella Link or south of Brays Bayou (including Ayrshire and Braes Terrace) are zoned to Bellaire High School in the city of Bellaire.
The neighborhood is served by the McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library.
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[edit] Community information
Members of the community place their children in the West University Little League [9] (of the city of West University Place). Originally the community had its own little league team called the "Braes Bayou Little League." The team was merged into the West University Little League in 2005 [10]; players of the Braes Bayou Little League living in the ZIP codes of 77035 and 77096 were redirected to the Westbury Little League.
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