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The Brook Park handbook

Living in Brook Park, OH: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Brook Park comes from Cleveland Water, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 18% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Brook Park has its own library, Brook Park Branch Library, at 6155 Engle Rd.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Brook Park, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Brook Park.

Electricity

Power comes from The Illuminating Company

The Illuminating Company (Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Brook Park. Its homes paid an average of 16.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $103 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 80% of The Illuminating Company’s home customers do, and The Illuminating Company still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Cleveland Water

Cleveland Water supplies almost all of Brook Park. It draws surface water and serves 1,308,955 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 82% of the 27 systems serving more than 1,000,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. OH1801212.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Brook Park

100% of 7,189 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 58% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
BreezelineCable98%1,000/50
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless98%5,000/5,000
T-MobileFixed wireless79%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless63%300/20
PCs for PeopleFixed wireless4%100/100

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Brook Park’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Brook Park.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Brook Park kids go to
PK–4Brook Park Elementary SchoolBerea City School District
5–9Berea-Midpark Middle Schoolin Middleburg Heights
10–12Berea-Midpark High Schoolin Berea

Most of Brook Park (91%) is in Berea City School District; parts are in Cleveland Municipal School District (9%).

BSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Brook Park is in ZIP code 44142

ZIP codes where Brook Park residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Brook ParkZIP’s residents in Brook Park
44142Brookpark, OH100%100%
Area code216Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Brook Park

Who supplies Brook Park’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Cleveland Water (EPA ID OH1801212). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 82% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Brook Park?

The Illuminating Company (Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Brook Park?

Spectrum, Breezeline, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, PCs for People (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Brook Park?

44142. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Brook Park in?

Berea City School District. Parts of the city are in Cleveland Municipal School District.

How do I register to vote in Brook Park?

In Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Director, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.ohiosos.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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.