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Brooklyn, Pretoria — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Brooklyn is a Pretoria suburb east of the city centre, holding the Van Wouw Museum, Pretoria Boys High School and the Brooklyn Mall.
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Where to stay in Brooklyn
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
PretoriaSouth Africathe suburb over Brooklyn's southern boundary, away from the mall trafficGroenkloof
Groenkloof adjoins Brooklyn on the southern side, so a bed there keeps the Brooklyn Mall within an easy drive without sitting on the mall's own streets.Groenkloof →About Brooklyn
What are the main landmarks in Brooklyn?
The Van Wouw Museum is the suburb's one listed collection, a single entry against Brooklyn on the Pretoria register. Other names are not museums. Pretoria Boys High School stands in the suburb, the Brooklyn Mall opened in 1989, and the University of Pretoria runs along the northern border, which together give the district more built landmarks than its museum list suggests.
Groenkloof and Waterkloof mark the southern edge.
What is the history of Brooklyn?
One date anchors the record. The Brooklyn Mall opened in 1989, the single year the entry fixes for a suburb otherwise described only as well-established and wealthy, east of the Pretoria city centre. Pretoria Boys High School and the Van Wouw Museum are the other fixtures the entry credits to Brooklyn.
No founding year appears; what the record supplies in its place is a boundary list, the University of Pretoria on one side and Groenkloof with Waterkloof on the other.
Where is Brooklyn?
Brooklyn lies east of the Pretoria city centre, bounded by the University of Pretoria to its north and by Groenkloof and Waterkloof to its south.
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What is the best area to stay in Brooklyn?
Groenkloof: the suburb over Brooklyn's southern boundary, away from the mall traffic.
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Updated September 2026