Brookhaven is a city in the northeastern suburbs of Atlanta. It is in western DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, directly northeast of Atlanta. On July 31, 2012, Brookhaven was approved in a referendum to become DeKalb County's 11th city. Incorporation officially took place on December 17, 2012, on which date municipal operations commenced. With a population of around 49,000, it is the largest city in DeKalb County.
Population: 49,000
Latitude: 33° 51' 30.38" N
Longitude: -84° 20' 24.72" W
The Smyrna Public Library is the only independent, city-operated library in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located at 100 Village Green Circle in downtown Smyrna, Georgia. It is the only public library in the county which has not joined the Cobb C…
The Peachtree 25th Building is a ten-story high-rise office building, located on the southwest corner of Peachtree Street and 25th Street in northwest Atlanta, Georgia, USA, between Midtown and Buckhead.
The National NuGrape Company Lofts are located in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward on the north side of Ralph McGill Blvd. and the west side of the BeltLine trail. The building was built in 1937 as the national headquarters for the NuGrape Company, a soft …
Mount Wilkinson is a low mountain immediately north-northwest of and directly overlooking downtown Vinings, in southeast Cobb County, Georgia, USA. Although it rises significantly from the surrounding terrain, it is actually at or slightly below the…
Marietta Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-111, NORAD ID: Z-111) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 2.1 miles (3.4 km) northeast of Smyrna, Georgia.
Luxomni (Latin, meaning "light [for] all") was a small community between central and southwestern Gwinnett County, Georgia, on a railroad line just east-northeast of Lilburn. It was founded in 1891 around a rail depot, on the line to Lawrenceville, …
Louvre Atlanta was an art collaboration showing exhibits from the Louvre in Paris at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta from October 2006 to 2009. The High Museum also held related programs including lectures and art-making workshops.
Hardy Ivy (1779–1842) is said to be the first person of European descent to permanently settle in what is now the city of Atlanta, GA.
Glenn Field is the former home field for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets fast pitch softball team located in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Glenn Field was built in 1987 and has a capacity of 500 spectators. Glenn Field is one of the two Tech sports faci…
The GVU Center at Georgia Tech is an interdisciplinary research center located near Technology Square in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology. It was founded by James D. Foley, the Center's first d…
The Gwinnett InterVention Education (G.I.V.E.) Center West is one of two schools in Gwinnett County, Georgia to serve the needs of students with discipline issues that prevent them from attending their neighborhood school, located in Lawrenceville. …
Dr. Ralph L. Buice, Jr. Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Fernbank Science Center. It is located between Decatur and Atlanta, Georgia (USA).
Cobb Virtual Academy is an online education program created and provided by the Cobb County School District. It is a separate entity from the Georgia Virtual School, an initiative by the Georgia Department of Education to provide online learning to …
Decatur Cooperative Ministry (DCM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission it is to prevent and alleviate homelessness while affirming the dignity of each family. Located in downtown [http://www.decaturga.com/ Decatur, Georgia, and Metr…
Congregation B'nai Torah is a Conservative synagogue located in Sandy Springs, Georgia. It was founded in 1981 by young, unaffiliated Jews who had attended the Hillel High holiday services at Emory University since the 1970s.
The Cobb County Public Library System (CCPLS) is the system of 16 public libraries in Cobb County, Georgia, USA — excluding its second-largest city of Smyrna, which runs its own Smyrna Public Library.
The Bradley Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Agnes Scott College. It is located in Decatur, Georgia, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Atlanta, Georgia, (USA). The observatory's largest telescope, the Beck Telescope, is a vint…
Fire station 19 is Atlanta's oldest operating fire station. It is located at 1063 N. Highland Ave. in the heart of the Virginia Highland neighborhood of Atlanta.