Brooklyn Park is a western suburb of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It is immediately northeast of Adelaide Airport. It is bounded on the north by Henley Beach Road, on the east by Marion Road and on the west by May Terrace. Brooklyn Park is located between the coast and Adelaide. Lockleys Post Office opened on 1 September 1904 and was renamed Brooklyn Park in 1967. Brooklyn Park now includes a subdivision that was originally named Bismarck and changed by the nomenclature committee to Weeroopa in 1918. Brooklyn Park held from 1925 the site of the transmitting station for radio 5CL, which became an ABC station in 1929, then was joined by facilities for the second ABC station, 5AN ten years later. In 1961, with the commissioning of the new Pimpala transmitters, the facility was closed down, then demolished, and is now medium-density housing. Reasons for the shift include proximity to Adelaide Airport, encroaching suburbia, and the perceived need to upgrade to more powerful transmitters and a taller, more efficient antenna. An area with horse racing heritage, Brooklyn Park was home to the stables of Jack McGowan. Jack was South Australia's leading cross-country jockey in the late 1800s, early 1900s winning the Grand National Hurdle at Victoria Park as well as the Harry D Young Hurdle at the Oakbank Racecourse. Jack also won the Adelaide Grand National on "All Fours" and "Jack Spratt" as well as running close seconds in the Great Eastern Steeple Chase on "Edinol" and the Oakbank hurdle on "Culluleraine". Jack's Brother, Paddy McGowan, rode the winner of the 1890 Caulfield Cup on Vengeance. One of Jack's daughters, Mary McGowan, was a pioneer female jockey in the 1920s winning 16 trophies in 16 races. She married Malcolm Allan who was one of South Australia's leading horsemen, winning the Gawler Cup, The Candy Cup and the famous Goshen Cup at Wayville from the Goshen Club in New York. Malcolm also lived and kept horses in Brooklyn Park and was a pioneer in the sport of Trotting/Harness Racing in South Australia riding and driving horses such as "Red Satin" Red Love" "Western Queen" and "Claridge" at Jubilee Oval, Thebarton Oval, Wayville and Globe Derby Malcolm later trained and drove horses that were owned by South Australian Parliamentarian, the Hon. Leslie "Larry" Heath. Brooklyn Park is the site of the Adelaide College of Divinity. The College moved to the site of the former Salesian College in late 1997. The Salesian College had opened as a Catholic boys school in 1954, opened to girls as well in 1978 and closed in 1996. Part of the site is now the campus of Emmaus Christian College. The St John BoscoPrimary School is also in Brooklyn Park. The German Club of South Australia now resides in Brooklyn Park
