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Brookfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, situated within the southern foothills of the Berkshire Mountains. The population was 17,528 at the 2020 census. The town is located 55 miles (89 km) northeast of New York City, making it part of the New York metropolitan area. In July 2013, Money magazine ranked Brookfield the 26th-best place to live in the United States, and the best place to live in Connecticut.Brookfield was first settled in 1710 by John Muirwood, as well as other colonial founders including Hawley, Peck and Merwin. They bartered for the land from the Wyantenuck Nation and the Pootatuck Nation who were ruled under the Sachem Waramaug and Pocono. The purchase of the southern portion of town involved the current Municipal Center where Sachem Pocono then had his village and lived in an enormous palisade along the Still River. Eventually, when the town was settled, it was first established as the Parish of Newbury, which incorporated parts of neighboring Newtown and Danbury. The town of Brookfield was established in 1788. It was named after the first minister of the parish's Congregational church, Reverend Thomas Brooks.

The Brookfield Center Historic District in Brookfield, Connecticut is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It is located in the vicinity of the junction of Route 133 and Route 25. The district represents the original settlement of the town of Brookfield and contains 67 residential, religious, and municipal buildings over a 43-acre (17 ha) area representing a wide range of architectural styles from the 18th to 20th centuries including Bungalow/Craftsman, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne style architecture. The district includes the old town hall, the Congregational Church of Brookfield, Saint Joseph Church & Elementary School, Center Elementary School (Public), the former general store (now a real estate agency), St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the surrounding residential neighborhood. The district is architecturally significant as an accurate representation of the historical development of the original settlement of the Town of Brookfield as the buildings are well-preserved from the time they were built with minimal alterations and intrusions, including their spatial relationships to one another.The area that is now Brookfield was settled about 1700, and was given its own parish in 1754, formed out of portions of Danbury, New Milford, and Newtown. It was incorporated in 1788. The road junction was where the first church, town hall, school, and tavern were built. In addition to housing the central religious and political functions, the center area was also home to a number of private schools in the 19th century.Contributing properties in the district include: 150 Whisconier Road, c. 1700, a saltbox 140 Whisconier Road, a vernacular building with selected Federal style details, has semi-elliptical attic windows Congregational Church, an 1854 Greek Revival church designed by Beckwith Nash St. Paul's School (3 Longmeadow Hill Road), a building in the Italianate style 1907 gymnasium building of the Curtis School for Boys, now in use as the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts, a building in the Rustic Style.

St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic church in Brookfield, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.

Brookfield Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It includes the 43-acre (17 ha) Brookfield Center Historic District around the intersection of Connecticut Routes 25 and 133, as well as surrounding residential neighborhoods. Brookfield Center was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Brookfield Craft Center, located in Brookfield, Connecticut, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, founded in 1954 with the mission "to teach and preserve the skills of fine craftsmanship and enable creativity and personal growth through craft education." Subjects taught at the craft center include basketry, beadwork, blacksmithing, bladesmithing, ceramics, glass, jewelry making, metalsmithing, fiber and weaving, woodturning, woodworking, photography, paper and book arts, decorative arts, painting and drawing, and business / marketing for artists. Its 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) campus is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Danbury, Connecticut, on the banks of the Still River, with an historic mill building as its centerpiece. Its six buildings house seven fully equipped studios, an exhibition gallery, a retail craft gallery and gift shop, and housing for visiting faculty.

The Brookfield Theatre for the Arts is a theater located in the historic Curtis School for Boys gymnasium building in Brookfield, Connecticut, located within the Brookfield Center Historic District. The theater has a capacity of 135 people and hosts a variety of entertainment events such as films, plays, and musical performances.Every year five community productions are chosen and each run for months at a time. Additional workshops and special events are added throughout the year, such as the Brookfield Film Festival which is held by the Brookfield Arts Commission. The festival lasts three days, and screens short and foreign films.

Brookfield High School is a public high school serving the town of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The school offers a wide variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, and is frequently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top high schools in Connecticut and the United States. Brookfield is one of the twenty-one school districts in District Reference Group B.In the 2012–2013 school year the school had 918 students. The ethnic makeup of the student body is approximately 97% Caucasian, 0.9% Black, 0.6% Asian, and 1.8% Hispanic.

Brookfield Junction was a station on the main line of the Housatonic Railroad and later the Pittsfield Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Opened in 1869, the station was originally located on Stony Hill Road in the southern part of Brookfield, Connecticut. The station was closed in 1925 and was later demolished in the 1930s. The station site also housed a turntable, of which the foundation is still largely intact.

St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Parish is a Roman Catholic church in Brookfield, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.

Sunset Hill Golf Club is a public golf course located at 13 Sunset Hill Road in Brookfield, Connecticut. The course was designed in 1936 by Gene Sarazen as a practice course for himself, to use while staying at his residence in Brookfield. Sarazen began opening the course to the public in the late 1930s.The course has three ponds and several additional hazards including a sand trap and multiple bunkers. Walking is allowed on the course, and carts are made available as well. The course has a small café serving food and alcoholic beverages, as well as a pro shop. The course pro is Bob Dugan.

WINE (940 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a classic rock format, simulcast from WRKI (95.1 FM). Licensed to Brookfield, Connecticut, it serves the Danbury area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. By day, WINE transmits with 680 watts, but because 940 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear channel frequency, WINE reduces power at night to only four watts to avoid interference. The transmitter is on Carmen Hill Road in Brookfield.

WRKI (95.1 MHz, "I-95") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Brookfield, Connecticut, serving Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut. From its tower at more than 1200 feet above sea level (HAAT:194 m./674 ft.) WRKI's 29,500 watt signal can be heard in such large Connecticut cities as Bridgeport, Danbury, Stamford and New Haven.The station is owned by Townsquare Media and it carries a classic rock radio format. The studios and offices are located on Federal Road (U.S. Route 202) in Brookfield; the transmitter is on Carmen Hill Road, also in Brookfield.