Lenox Park, Brookhaven, Georgia
Lenox Park is a neighborhood lying mostly in the North Atlanta CDP in DeKalb County, Georgia, just east of the city of Atlanta border. It lies within the city limits of the proposed city of Brookhaven. Most of the office space in Lenox Park is used by AT&T Mobility and other departments of AT&T. Public transportation is provided through a frequent BUC (Buckhead Uptown Connection) shuttle to the Lenox MARTA station during business hours. The actual park for which the neighborhood is named is a 22 acre greenspace known as Central Park.[1] In 2000, population of Lenox Park, excluding the small portion in Fulton County, was 1,727.[2]
Lenox Park is located in the "Y" formed by Roxboro Road on the west and North Druid Hills Road on the east. The westernmost portion is located in the Pine Hills neighborhood of Atlanta's Buckhead district. The Brookhaven Heights neighborhood borders Lenox Park on the north.
History
The Standard Club, a Jewish country club, opened on what is now Lenox Park in 1940[3] and was located there until 1983.
References
- ^ Lenox Park HOA
- ^ US Census data for Block 3000 through 3006, Block Group 3, Census Tract 214.01, DeKalb County, Georgia
- ^ Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1940s-1970s By Harold H. Martin