Glenbrook, Connecticut

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Glenbrook is a section (or neighborhood) of the city of Stamford, Connecticut. It is located on the eastern side of the city, east of Downtown, north of the East Side and the Cove sections and south of the Springdale section. To the east is Darien.

The area consists of mostly older, relatively modest homes on small lots, although there is a range from more expensive, large old homes and low-cost public housing. There are several retail sections, including a shopping plaza as well as an industrial park. The neighborhood also has schools, such as Stamford High School and several churches, and a a Metro-North train station on the New Canaan line.

The volunteer Glenbrook Fire Department serves the community.

Since 2000, the Glenbrook Neighborhood Association has held an annual block party popular in the neighborhood. The free event features food, games, a raffle and music. The association raised money in 2006 for a small park on Hope Street.

St. Vladimir's Cathedral on Wenzel Terrace is the headquarters for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, a diocese of Ukrainian Rite Roman Catholics that extends across New England and New York state.

AmeriCares, an international charity, has its headquarters in the neighborhood. United House Wrecking is a popular, distinctive store in Glenbrook.

Contents 1 History 2 Notes 3 External links 3.1 In Glenbrook 3.2 In Stamford

[edit] History

Glenbrook was originally called "New Hope" but in the 1870s residents decided they wanted a name more pleasing to the ear and came up with "Glen-Brook."^[1]

Charles Henry Phillips, a British pharmacist who invented and patented hydrate of magnesia ("Phillips Milk of Magnesia") had an estate at 666 Glenbrook Road. His heirs sold the Charles H. Phillips Company to Sterling Drug in 1923, which maintained a plant in Glenbrook until 1976.^[1]

Until the 1940's Stamford's now large neighborhoods, like Glenbrook, were often looked on as individual, unofficial towns, and residents would write their mailing addresses using the name "Glenbrook, Conn." instead of "Stamford, Conn."

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Glenbrook began and remains a community of hope," article (no by-line) in "Profiles in Stamford: Then ... and Now ..." an advertising supplement to The Advocate of Stamford, August 24, 2006, page 18 of the supplement

[edit] External links

[edit] In Glenbrook

• AmeriCares, an international relief organization, is located at 88 Hamilton Ave. in Glenbrook.
• Glenbrook Neighborhood Association
• Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford
• United House Wrecking

[edit] In Stamford

• City of Stamford
• Stamford Historical Society

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