Briargrove, Houston, Texas
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Briargrove is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States, near Uptown Houston.
Briargrove was established in the 1950s with one-story ranch homes built in the 1950s and 1960s.[1] Deed restrictions in the neighborhood were modified in 1986 to allow for one and one half-story and two-story homes.[citation needed] Afterwards some of the older ranch homes were torn down and replaced with newer two story homes.[1]
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[edit] Government
[edit] Federal and state representation
Briargrove is in Texas's 7th congressional district [1].
[edit] Fire service
Houston Fire Department operates Station 2 at 5880 Woodway at Chimney Rock [2], across from Tanglewood Park.
[edit] Police service
The neighborhood is served by the Houston Police Department's District 18 Patrol Division.[2]
[edit] Education
[edit] Public schools
Briargrove's public schools are operated by Houston ISD. Briargrove is zoned to Briargrove Elementary School[3] and Grady Middle School.[4]
Briargrove residents are zoned to Lee High School[5] and may choose to attend Lamar High School or Westside High School.[6]
Residents of the Briargrove Elementary School attendance zone may apply for the Briarmeadow Charter School.[7]
The T.H. Rogers School, an alternative K-12 school for gifted and talented students, deaf students, and multiply impaired students, is nearby Briargrove.
[edit] Public school gallery
[edit] Private schools
St. Michael School, a Roman Catholic K-8 school that is a part of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is in the area [3]. Two Catholic high schools, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and St. Agnes Academy, are located in Sharpstown, south of Uptown.
Al-Hadi School of Accelerative Learning, a private K-12 Islamic school, is in the area.
Other nearby private schools include St. John's School in Houston and The Kinkaid School in Piney Point Village.
[edit] Public libraries
The Houston Public Library Jungman Branch is in the area.
[edit] Parks
The city of Houston operates the Tanglewood Park at 5801 Woodway [4] and the Grady Park at 1700 Yorktown [5].
[edit] Media
The Houston Chronicle is the area regional newspaper.
The Memorial Examiner is a local newspaper distributed in the community [6].
[edit] Community information
The closest first-run movie theater is the Edwards Theatres Grand Palace 24.
The closest YMCA to Briargrove is the Post Oak YMCA.
[edit] External links
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