Briargrove, Houston

Neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States

Briargrove is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States, near Uptown Houston.

Briargrove was established in the 1950s with one-story ranch homes built in the 1950s and 1960s.^[1] Deed restrictions in the neighborhood were modified in 1986 to allow for 1+1⁄2-story and two-story homes. Afterwards some of the older ranch homes were torn down and replaced with newer 2-story homes.^[1]

Government

The Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated the Valbona Health Center (formerly the People's Health Center) for the ZIP code 77057. The designated public hospital is Ben Taub General Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.^[2]

Federal and state representation

Briargrove is in Texas's 7th congressional district.^[3]

Fire service

Houston Fire Department operates Station 2 at 5880 Woodway at Chimney Rock,^[4] across from Tanglewood Park.

Police service

The neighborhood is served by the Houston Police Department's District 18 Patrol Division.^[5]

Education

Public schools

Briargrove's public schools are operated by Houston ISD. The community is within Trustee District VII, represented by Anne Sung.^[6]

Briargrove is zoned to Briargrove Elementary School^[7] and Tanglewood Middle School (formerly Grady Middle School).^[8] Briargrove residents are zoned to Margaret Long Wisdom High School (formerly Robert E. Lee High School)^[9] and may choose to attend Lamar High School or Westside High School.^[10]

The current 93,500-square-foot (8,690 m²) Briargrove Elementary School, with a capacity for about 850 students and designed by FKP Architects and built by Heering International Inc., had a cost of about $16 million. The campus divides multiple classes into "pods". The driveway and 60 parking spaces are to the rear of the campus.^[11]

Residents of the Briargrove Elementary School attendance zone may apply for the Briarmeadow Charter School.^[12] Mark White Elementary School is scheduled to open in August 2016. Residents of the Briargrove Elementary zone, along with those of the Pilgrim, Piney Point, and Emerson zones, will be allowed to apply to this school.^[13] Even though several wealthier neighborhoods such as Tanglewood and Briargrove are primarily zoned to Wisdom, As of 2010^[update] parents there prefer to send their children to Lamar, Westside, private high schools, or charter high schools.^[14]

The T.H. Rogers School, an alternative K-12 school for gifted and talented students, deaf students, and multiply impaired students, is nearby Briargrove. In 1982 T. H. Rogers, which previously served as a neighborhood middle school, was converted into a magnet school due to low enrollment. Uptown residents were rezoned to Revere Middle School, but there were complaints from neighborhood parents that stated that Revere was too far;^[15] this resulted in the re-opening of Grady as a middle school in 1992.^[16]

Private schools

St. Michael School, a Roman Catholic K-8 school that is a part of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is in the area.^[17]

Al-Hadi School of Accelerative Learning, a private K-12 Islamic school, is in the area.

Awty International School, a K-12 international school, is in Spring Branch; it has a French curriculum accredited by the French government and an IB curriculum accredited by the International Baccalaureate.

Public libraries

The Houston Public Library Jungman Branch is in the area.

Parks

The city of Houston operates the Tanglewood Park at 5801 Woodway^[18] and the Grady Park at 1700 Yorktown.^[19]

Media

The Houston Chronicle is the area regional newspaper.

The Memorial Examiner is a local newspaper distributed in the community.^[20]

The Memorial Buzz, one of four magazines produced by The Buzz Magazines, is a monthly publication about people, products and services in the community. It is mailed free of charge to all residents the first week of each month.

Community information

The closest first-run movie theater is the Edwards Theatres Grand Palace 24 ^[21] and AMC Studio 30.^[22]

The closest YMCA to Briargrove is the Trotter Family YMCA.^[23]

References

^ ^a ^b "Neighborly feel draws families to Briargrove." Houston Chronicle.
^ "Clinic/Emergency/Registration Center Directory By ZIP Code". Harris County Hospital District. 2001-11-19. Archived from the original on 2001-11-19. Retrieved 2021-04-08. - See ZIP code 77057. See this map for relevant ZIP code.
^ "Archived Document". Archived from the original on 2006-04-17. Retrieved 2006-04-17.
^ "Archived Document". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
^ "Beat Map." City of Houston.
^ "Anne Sung, Second Vice President / Meet the Second Vice President". www.houstonisd.org. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ "Briargrove Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District.
^ "Grady Middle Attendance Zone Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District.
^ "Lee High School Attendance Zone Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District.
^ Home Page as of May 9, 2005. Lee High School.
^ Baird, Annette (2005-08-04). "School year brings changes". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
^ "Registration Archived 2008-05-07 at the Wayback Machine." Briarmeadow Charter School.
^ Baird, Annette. "Planned HISD elementary to relieve crowding." Houston Chronicle. June 10, 2014. Retrieved on December 21, 2014.
^ Hauser, Melanie; Richard Spence; Tom Berman (2010-08-29). "Lee High's return to football marks school's turning point". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
^ Markley, Melanie. "Middle school to open in Briargrove area/Building once was Grady Elementary." Houston Chronicle. November 10, 1991.
^ "HISD meets opposition to planned school." Houston Chronicle. October 23, 1993.
^ "Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston / School Page / St. Michael School - Houston". Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
^ "Archived Document". Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2006-06-28.
^ "Archived Document". Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2006-08-11.
^ "Unknown".^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Edwards Greenway Grand Palace Stadium 24 & RPX Movie Theatre". www.regmovies.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ "AMC Studio 30, null". www.amctheatres.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ "TROTTER FAMILY YMCA | YMCA of Greater Houston". www.ymcahouston.org. Retrieved 2018-04-10.