It was established in the late 19th century as a settlement for the Eurasians of Bangalore.

IT companies like IBM, SAP and Accenture have their offices here including International Tech Park Bangalore (ITPB) and Prestige Technostar.

Brookefield has started seeing a boom in residential construction since the latter half of the 1990s and especially during 2002 and onwards.

Brookefield also has extensive city bus and Namma Metro (Kundalahalli Station on Purple line) connectivity with a wide range of services offered by BMTC and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd .

A Traffic and Transit Management Centre (TTMC) in EPIP is now functional with schedules connecting it with most areas of the city.