Meadowbrook is a

Syracuse, New York Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States. With a population of 148,620 and a Syracuse metropolitan area, metropolitan area of 662,057, it is the fifth-most populated city and 13 ...

neighborhood, located in the southeastern corner of the city. It corresponds to

Onondaga County Onondaga County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 476,516. The county seat is Syracuse. The county is part of the Central New York region of the state. Onondaga County is the core of the ...

Census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

Tract 46. It is named after Meadow Brook, which runs through it and into Butternut Creek.

Borders

Its northern border runs along Salt Springs and Springfield Roads to the north, where it borders the

Salt Springs A brine spring or salt spring is a saltwater spring. Brine springs are not necessarily associated with halite deposits in the immediate vicinity. They may occur at valley bottoms made of clay and gravel which became soggy with brine seeped down ...

neighborhood. To the west, its borders are Westmoreland Avenue, Cumberland Avenue, and Nottingham Road, where it borders the Westcott and

University A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

neighborhoods. To the south and east the neighborhood borders the Town of DeWitt.

Streets

Meadowbrook is bisected by

New York State Route 92 New York State Route 92 (NY 92) is a state highway located in central New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with U.S. Route 11 in New York, U.S. Route 11 (US 11, named State St ...

, East Genesee Street. Other major roads in the neighborhood include Meadowbrook Drive, Euclid Avenue, and Hillsboro Parkway. Most streets do not have sidewalks, although there are plans to install some.

Education

Le Moyne College Le Moyne College is a private Jesuit college mostly in DeWitt, New York. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946, and named after Jesuit missionary Simon Le Moyne. Le Moyne was the first co-educational Jesuit college in the United Sta ...

, Syracuse's second-largest college, is located in Meadowbrook's northeast corner.

Nottingham High School Nottingham High School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private fee-charging day school for boys and girls in Nottingham, England, with an infant and junior school (ages 4–11) and senior school (ages 11–18). There were 1177 stu ...

is located on East Genesee Street, near the center of the neighborhood. There are two primary schools: H.W. Smith School, and Solace Elementary School. The

Manlius Pebble Hill School The Manlius Pebble Hill School (MPH) is a secular, coeducational, independent, pre-kindergarten, pre-K through 12 school in DeWitt, New York. The school is the result of a merger in 1970 between The Manlius School, founded in 1869, and the Pebble ...

, an independent pre-K to 12 school is located near the neighborhood, in DeWitt.

Retail

There is not much retail located in Meadowbrook. Nottingham Plaza (with about 10 small stores) and P&C Plaza are in its southwest corner near/on the border with DeWitt.

Characteristics

Meadowbrook is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Syracuse, with suburban-style housing, as a result of which it is sometimes referred to as "the suburb in the city." 80.7 percent of housing in the neighborhood is owner-occupied, about twice the citywide average. As of 2010-2014 Census information, 5,202 people lived in Meadowbrook. From that same period, the median household income for the neighborhood was $73,000. Registered voters are 54% Democrat, 19% Republican, 21% non-enrolled, and 5% percent other. The Ashton House, Harry N. Burhans House, Fuller House, Hoeffer House, Poehlman House, Sanderson House at 112 Scottholm Terrace, Sanderson House at 301 Scottholm Boulevard,

Scottholm Tract Historic District Scottholm is an historic housing development in the Meadowbrook, Syracuse, New York, Meadowbrook neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. It has been registered as a National Register of Historic Places, National H ...

, and

Louis and Celia Skoler Residence The Louis and Celia Skoler Residence, at 213 Scottholm Terrace in Syracuse, New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 2010. The property was listed by the Common Council of the City of Syracuse as a Syra ...

are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

References

External links

Official Syracuse Neighborhood Information, Including Meadowbrook
{{coord, 43.046, -76.095, type:adm3rd_globe:earth_region:US-NY, display=title Neighborhoods in Syracuse, New York