Brentwood Park, or simply Brentwood, is a neighbourhood in
North Burnaby
North Burnaby is a general name for a large neighbourhood in the City of Burnaby, British Columbia, that includes a number of smaller ones. It stretches from Boundary Road in the west to Burnaby Mountain with Simon Fraser University in the east ...
, British Columbia, between Willingdon Avenue to the west and Springer Avenue to the east.
Hastings Street separates it from the
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill, in addition to being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the ...
area to the north, while
Lougheed Highway Lougheed is an Irish variant of a surname of Scottish origins, meaning ''head of the lake''. Lougheed or Loughead may refer to:
Places
* Lougheed, Alberta, a Canadian village
* Lougheed Island, Nunavut, Canada
* Lougheed Highway, part of British Co ...
marks the dividing line between this residential area and an area of commercial and industrial land to the south.
Housing
Housing is mostly single-family but there are a number of high-rise and low-rise rental buildings in its south-east corner, near Springer Avenue. Several condominium towers are planned for the south edge of the area, along Skytrain tracks.
Transport and amenities
The area is served by two stations of the
Millennium Line
The Millennium Line is the second line of the SkyTrain rapid transit system in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. The line is owned and operated by BC Rapid Transit Company, a subsidiary of TransLink, and links the cities ...
–
Brentwood Town Centre station
Brentwood Town Centre (sometimes abbreviated as Brentwood) is an elevated station on the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located above Lougheed Highway east of Willingdon Avenue in Burnaby, Brit ...
and
Holdom station
Holdom is an elevated station on the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Holdom Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Located adjacent to ...
. A bus loop is steps away from Brentwood Town Centre station. Local bus service connects Brentwood with the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...
,
Nanaimo station
Nanaimo is a partially elevated station on the Expo Line (TransLink), Expo Line of Metro Vancouver Regional District, Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain (Vancouver), SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located on Nanaimo Street between Vannes ...
,
Kootenay Loop
Kootenay Loop is a bus loop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the easternmost major transit exchange in the city of Vancouver, with routes serving Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver and the Tri-Cities.
Structure and location
Koote ...
,
Metrotown and other major regional nodes.
Brentwood Mall
The Amazing Brentwood (also referred to as Brentwood Town Centre and Brentwood Mall) is a shopping mall in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the Brentwood area of North Burnaby, at the intersection of Willingdon Avenue and Lough ...
, a shopping centre, is located in the southwest corner of the neighbourhood.
Next to the park is
Brentwood Park Elementary School. There are a number of churches in the area, mainly along Delta Avenue.
Scenic walks and activities
Brentwood has a horseshoe-like grid with a centrally located park of the same name.
Beecher Park Beecher may refer to:__NOTOC__
People
*Beecher (surname)
Places United States
*Beecher, Illinois
*Beecher, Michigan, a census-designated place and unincorporated community near Flint
*Beecher, Wisconsin, a town
*Beecher (community), Wisconsin, an ...
, west of Springer Avenue, is a park with a stream running through it that joins
Still Creek
Still Creek is a long stream flowing across Central Burnaby, British Columbia and into Burnaby Lake (which outflows into the Brunette River). Still Creek's path lies mainly through the industrial area which contributes to its high level of polluti ...
south of Lougheed Highway and eventually flows into
Burnaby Lake
Burnaby Lake is a lake located in Burnaby, British Columbia and is the focal geographic feature and namesake of Burnaby Lake Regional Park. The lake occupies of land, and is home to a large variety of wildlife. At least 70 species of birds make t ...
. It is called Beecher Creek and provides habitat for local
salmon
Salmon () is the common name for several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family (biology), family Salmonidae, which are native to tributary, tributaries of the ...
species.
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