From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brookhaven, Fresno, California
Brookhaven, Fresno, California
Brookvaven is a neighborhood in a small pocket of South- with moderate success, as Police Chief Jerry Dyer’s anti-
west Fresno (the "West Side") located on the very edge gang operation "Dogpound" targeted the area and result-
of the city. It is bordered by Jensen Avenue on the north, ed in the arrest of several Dogg Pound Crip gang mem-
Annadale Avenue on the south, Martin Luther King on bers. On September 18, 2007 the Fresno city council voted
the west and Elm or Ivy on the east. It is a pocket of dense to officially name the neighborhood Brookhaven. [1]
housing and a large apartment complex, surrounded by
vacant lots and fields. The neighborhood has long been
associated with crime and gang activity, and was gener-
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ally referred to as the "Dogg Pound" - in reference to the [1] http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/
Dogg Pound Crip Gang that claims the neighborhood - by local&id=5663747
local residents until recent efforts by the community and Coordinates: 36°42′13″N 119°47′51″W / 36.7037°N
the city government to change the neighborhood’s im- 119.7975°W / 36.7037; -119.7975
age. Efforts to reduce the crime rate in this area have met
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