Enjoy luxury with convenience.
Brookstone Springs, a beautiful, family-friendly neighborhood, features quality, energy-efficient homes. Brookstone offers many outdoor activities, from parks to nature trails. Manhattan offers all the conveniences of shopping, fine dining, and entertainment.
Nature
The neighborhood features protected wetlands with breathtaking views of prairie grasses and ponds.
Features Include:
- Open space
- Wetlands
- Ponds
Play Time
Spend time with your child at the park while getting exercise, building friendships, and having fun with all the convenience and security that comes along with an on-site park. Keep an eye on them while socializing with other neighbors in the community gazebo.
Features Include:
- Kids' play structure
- Gazebo
- Open spaces
Trails
Take a relaxing walk or an invigorating run on the Brookstone Springs walking trails.
Features Include:
- Walking trails
- Park
- Ponds
About the Area
Historic Manhattan is friendly and charming with all the local amenities your family desires. Brookstone Springs is close to 3 major highways including the newly extended I-355. Brookstone Springs is only about an hour drive from Chicago and all that a major city its size has to offer.
Manhattan residents pride themselves on balancing new growth with traditional hometown values. Vital to any community's success is the quality of its schools. At Brookstone Springs your children will attend classes in the highly-acclaimed Lincoln Way School District.
Culture/Entertainment
Culture and entertainment are abundant in the Manhattan area that is known for its yearly Irish Festival. Many families from Chicago and other nearby towns use the festival to kick-off their own St. Patty's day celebrations.
If you're a NASCAR fan, enjoy a day at the Chicago Speedway, just 6 miles from Brookstone Springs. There's also Rte 66 Raceway, a state-of-the-art, 1/4-mile drag strip and 1/2-mile dirt oval track facility.
Manhattan residents also take advantage of the Rialto Square Theater in nearby Joliet. Enjoy a baseball game at Silver Cross Field, also in Joliet.
Medical
Nearby medical facilities include:
• Silver Cross Hospital of Joliet
• Provena St. Joseph Medical Center
• The Saint Joseph Heart Center
Recreation
If you enjoy nature, be sure to visit the Pilcher Park Nature Center. Some available activities include:
• Hiking
• Biking
• Cross-country skiing
• Picnicking
Another scenic gem in the area is the Wauponsee Glacial Trail named after an ancient glacial lake. This trail, currently under construction, will run for 26 miles along abandoned rail lines from Joliet to Kankakee and is ideal for all of the above, including horseback riding.
Other recreational opportunities include:
• Challenge Park Extreme
• Splash Station
• Golf courses
• Movie theaters
• Restaurants
• Shopping
• The Field Museum
• Museum of Science and Industry
• Alder Planetarium
• Shedd Aquarium
• Brookfield Zoo
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• Navy Pier
Schools
Lincoln Way Comm H S Dist 210
- Lincoln-Way Central High Schoo
Manhattan School Dist 114
- Anna Mcdonald Elem School
- Manhattan Jr High School
The highly-rated Lincoln Way and Manhattan School Districts serves Brookstone Springs with quality education.
Transportation
Brookstone Springs is located just 48 miles Southwest of Chicago and a few miles Southwest of Joliet. Manhattan offers unsurpassed access to transportation by land, rail, or air.
I-80, I-55, I-57, and the newly extended I-355 are the major expressways serving Manhattan and Brookstone Springs. Manhattan is part of Metra's SWS line which starts in Downtown Manhattan and ends at Union Station in Chicago.
Please call 866-885-2253 to ask a Sales Associate about available Quick Move-In Homes.
Directions
From North or West:
- Take I-80 to Briggs Rd
- Go South on Briggs Rd 6 miles
- Go South on Rte 52
- Community is on the left
From South or East:
- Go West on Manhattan Monee Rd
- Go North on Rte 52
- Community is on the right
