Briargrove, Houston
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. 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.
Briargrove is in Texas's 7th congressional district.
Houston Fire Department operates Station 2 at 5880 Woodway at Chimney Rock, across from Tanglewood Park.
The neighborhood is served by the Houston Police Department's District 18 Patrol Division.
Briargrove's public schools are operated by Houston ISD. The community is within Trustee District VII, represented by Harvin C. Moore as of 2008.
Briargrove is zoned to Briargrove Elementary School and Tanglewood Middle School (formerly Grady Middle School). Briargrove residents are zoned to Margaret Long Wisdom High School (formerly Robert E. Lee High School) and may choose to attend Lamar High School or Westside High School.
Residents of the Briargrove Elementary School attendance zone may apply for the Briarmeadow Charter School.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. 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.
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