Brookview is named for the Moordener Kill that runs through the hamlet.

Brookview Road runs from East Greenbush through Brookview and then to Castleton-on-Hudson, New York.

A section of Brookview Road is part of New York State Route 150.

A New York Central Railroad train station was located in the hamlet until it was taken down in the mid 20th century.

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