About Brookside
Brookside is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Delaware.
Brookside holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.88 square miles.
📰 Brookside News Today
- Brookside Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 26
- State Police Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Crash in Wilmington Delaware State Police (.gov) · Jun 25
- Several people hospitalized after apartment catches fire in Newark, Delaware NBC10 Philadelphia · Apr 21
- Brookside apartment fire injures six WDEL · Apr 21
- Man charged with sexually abusing child at home day care in Brookside The News Journal · Jul 9
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Brookside Unique
- One of 5 places in the US named Brookside — but the Delaware one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northwestern Delaware, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Brookside
- Applebee's — american
- Bahama Breeze
- Bertucci's — pizza
- Bob Evans — american
- CAVA — mediterranean
- Cheddar's — american
- Chili's — tex-mex
- Crab Du Jour — seafood
- Dragon City — chinese
- Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Brookside
- Cool Run Park reviews ★
- Hann Park reviews ★
- Leathermans Run park reviews ★
- Lewden-Green Park reviews ★
- Rutherford Park reviews ★
- Stafford Park reviews ★
- Weiss Park reviews ★
- Windy Mill Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateDelaware
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area3.88 sq mi
Coordinates39.6662, -75.7066