Brush Park is located just a 1/4 mile north of Downtown Detroit’s Central Business District and along the east side of Woodward Avenue, Detroit's major regional transportation Corridor and business spine. Brush Park’s Downtown/Midtown location is home to a host of regional institutions such as Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center as well as downtown major corporate headquarters and stadiums such as General Motors Corporation, Quicken Loans, Comerica Park (Tigers), and Ford Field (Lions). The Little Caesars Arena (Red Wings/Pistons) opened in 2017 directly across Woodward Avenue and just west of Brush Park. Eastern Market is located to the east of the site across I-75. The site has major freeway access to all parts of southeastern Michigan and sits a few blocks east of the Q-Line light rail system. Other development projects in the vicinity include Bedrock’s City Modern and MHT Housing’s Brush Park Apartments. The 22-acre Douglass site owned by Bedrock is to the east.
This historic neighborhood has its roots dating back to the mid 1860s. At one time over 400 historic buildings were located in Brush Park which was one of Detroit's Premier neighborhoods and at the turn of the 19th century was known as the “Little Paris of the Midwest”. The 1960s saw the Brush Park neighborhood substantially deteriorate with a high incidence of vacancy, crime and abandonment with subsequent demolition. Since the mid 1990s however the City of Detroit has initiated an aggressive campaign to save the remaining historic properties and invest in neighborhood-wide infrastructure improvements. Recent years have seen accelerated investment in new housing and businesses, with the introduction of more contemporary architectural styles to complement the historic context.
