Some notable landmarks in the area, including the St. Paul's Schools are technically within Brooklandville, as noted by their mailing addresses.

The most notable company with facilities at Green Spring Station is Johns Hopkins Hospital, which has a satellite branch that takes up a large portion of the grounds, and has been operating at this location since 1994.

It was used as a filming location for the 1997 Clint Eastwood movie Absolute Power, as the Washington, D.C. mansion of Walter Sullivan.

The Green Spring Station complex on weekdays is served by the Maryland Transit Administration's Bus Route 60 every 40–60 minutes.

From 1830 until 1955, Brooklandville was served by the Green Spring Valley Branch of the old Northern Central Railway (later part of the Pennsylvania Railroad).