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James Pace Early College High School is a 5A public high school in Brownsville, Texas, United States. It is home to the Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement magnet program for the Brownsville Independent School District. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Lopez Early College High School serves as the magnet school of the fine arts as well as the agricultural academy at Brownsville Independent School District in Texas. Lopez High School opened in 1993. It is named after the Lopez family of Brownsville who own and operate independent supermarkets in South Texas. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Villa Pancho is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 788 at the 2010 census, up from 386 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (IATA: BRO, ICAO: KBRO, FAA LID: BRO) is 5 miles (4.3 nmi; 8.0 km) east of downtown Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas.The Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport serves three airlines, six air taxis and offers three fixed-base operations (FBOs) for general aviation. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service facility.The National Weather Service forecast office for deep south Texas is on the airport grounds. The airport has scheduled nonstop passenger flights to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH).

The Sabal Palm Sanctuary is a 557-acre (225-hectare) nature reserve and bird sanctuary located in the delta of the Rio Grande Valley in Cameron County near Brownsville, Texas. It is noted for being one of the last locations in the Rio Grande Valley with a profuse grove of sabal palms, an edible-heart-bearing palm much prized by pre-Hispanic inhabitants and noted by early explorers. As a relatively habitat-rich remnant of this Valley, it is a prized birdwatching and butterfly watching location for persons interested in the ecology of the Valley and adjacent states of northern Mexico.The Sabal Palm Sanctuary closely approaches the southernmost point in the state of Texas, and is the southernmost point accessible to the public.

On May 7, 2023, a Range Rover sport utility vehicle rammed into 18 people in Brownsville, Texas, United States. Eight people were killed, and ten were injured. Officials say it is unclear whether the crash was intentional.

The Old Brulay Plantation was a Southern plantation with a historic mansion founded in c. 1870 and located in Brownsville, Texas. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 10, 1975.

Vera's Backyard Bar-B-Que is a restaurant in Brownsville, Texas, United States. In 2020 it was named an America's Classic by the James Beard Foundation. According to Texas Monthly the restaurant was as of 2022 the only commercial entity in Texas serving barbacoa made with the traditional pit-smoking method.

The Brownsville Veterans Port of Entry opened in 1999 with the completion of the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates. The bridge was built primarily to divert commercial freight traffic away from the busy downtown bridges, but about a third of the passenger vehicles also cross at this point. The Veterans Port of Entry is the easternmost US-Mexico border crossing, and is by far the newest of the three crossings between Brownsville and Matamoros.

The Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates is one of three international bridges that span the Mexico–United States border between the cities of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. It is also known as simply as the Veterans Bridge, the Los Tomates Bridge, the Expressway 77/83 Bridge, the Brownsville Expressway Bridge, and on the Mexico side as the Puente Internacional General Ignacio Zaragoza. The bridge is owned and operated by Cameron County. The bridge unites the Matamoros–Brownsville Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 1,136,995, making it the 4th largest metropolitan area on the Mexico-U.S. border.

Gladys Porter Early College High School is a 5A public high school in Brownsville, Texas, United States, and is one of the successors of Brownsville High School. It is one of six high schools operated by the Brownsville Independent School District. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

El Longoreño is a border town in Mexico. It is located in the Matamoros region. Many migrants from Mexico cross into the United States via Texas.