Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Brooklyn, IN: what to set up and who to call
Brooklyn runs its own electric utility, Town of Brooklyn. Tap water in most of Brooklyn comes from Brooklyn Water Works, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.7 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Brooklyn, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Brooklyn.
Power comes from Town of Brooklyn
Town of Brooklyn (Town of Brooklyn), a municipal utility, serves all of Brooklyn.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Brooklyn Water Works
Brooklyn Water Works supplies Brooklyn: about 82% of residents live in its service area. Hill Water Corporation serves another 11%. Morgan County Rural Water Company serves another 7%. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 1,600 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.2 ppb. That’s lower than 56% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IN5255002.
6 home internet providers serve Brooklyn
100% of 1,036 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Fiber, Cable | 100% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 63% | 100/20 |
| South Central Indiana Rural Electric Membership | Fiber | 52% | 1,000/1,000 |
| PDS Connect | Fixed wireless | 41% | 25/5 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 32% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 20% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Brooklyn’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Brooklyn.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Brooklyn (82%) is in Martinsville Schools Metropolitan School District; parts are in Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation (18%).
C+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Brooklyn spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Brooklyn residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Brooklyn | ZIP’s residents in Brooklyn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46158 | Mooresville, IN | 79% | 8% |
| 46111 | Brooklyn, IN | 21% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 46151.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Brooklyn
Who supplies Brooklyn’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Brooklyn Water Works (EPA ID IN5255002). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Brooklyn?
Town of Brooklyn (Town of Brooklyn), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Brooklyn?
Xfinity, AT&T, South Central Indiana Rural Electric Membership, PDS Connect, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Brooklyn?
46158 (79%), 46111 (21%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Brooklyn in?
Martinsville Schools Metropolitan School District. Parts of the city are in Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation.
How do I register to vote in Brooklyn?
In Indiana you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Morgan County Circuit Court Clerk. Check your registration at indianavoters.in.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.