It then crosses the New Jersey Turnpike, and is dammed to form Brainerd Lake.

As a lake it crosses Route 130 and South Main Street in the town of Cranbury.

It continues flowing west through the Cranbury Preserve and receives the Cedar Brook.

It then crosses George Davison Ave and forms another dammed section known as Plainsboro Pond.

[1] Cranbury Brook is easily accessed by many road crossings and dammed sections such as Brainerd Lake.