Broad Ripple Village is one of seven areas designated as cultural districts in

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. Located in

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, about north of

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, the title of a poem titled "Broad Ripple" by Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb Riley. The neighborhood has a reputation for being socially, economically, and ethnically diverse.

History

The public school system dates back to at least 1843, when Washington Township School Number Five was built. Washington Township School Number Fourteen was built in 1854. A newer, four-room brick school, "built to accommodate the advanced pupils of the entire township", opened in 1884. (Website transcription)

Broad Ripple High School Broad Ripple Magnet High School for the Arts & Humanities, established in 1886, was a magnet school of the Indianapolis Public Schools. It was closed in 2018. History Originally built in 1886 in the town of Broad Ripple, the school started with s ...

originated as a two-year program in 1886, becoming a three-year program in 1887 and a four-year program sometime between 1893 and 1895. The grade school and high school shared buildings, including the newer 1914 building, until 1926. (Website transcription) Broad Ripple High School became the fourth high school in

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in autumn 1923 after Broad Ripple was annexed to Indianapolis. The high school closed at the end of the 2017–2018 school year. Broad Ripple was annexed to the city of Indianapolis in June 1922, after previous failed attempts in 1906, 1909, and 1913, and several other times.

Culture

Broad Ripple Park is a park bordering the White River and located just to the northeast of the village. It features an outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, baseball diamond, athletic fields, playground, picnic shelters, dog park, wooded preserve, fitness path, and a boat ramp. In 1987, Lillian R. Barcio founded and served as the editor in chief of Broad Ripple's first dedicated monthly newspaper, ''

The Village Sampler The Village Sampler was a monthly newspaper that served the Broad Ripple Village community, a neighborhood located at the bend of the White River (Indiana), White River on the north side of Indianapolis, Indiana. The community was named after a poem ...

''. The first issue was published in June 1987. The paper ceased publication in December 1998. In 2004 a free biweekly newspaper, ''

The Broad Ripple Gazette Media in Indianapolis includes various print media, television, and radio in the Indianapolis, Indiana market. As of 2009, Indianapolis is ranked as the 25th largest media market, with over 1.1 million homes. Radio and television broadcasts are g ...

,'' was created by Broad Ripple native Alan Hague.

Transportation

Broad Ripple Village sign, Indianapolis, Indiana

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launched in the neighborhood on September 5, 2019, with two of the system's 50 docking stations located in Broad Ripple.

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