Mountain Brook is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, and a suburb of Birmingham.

[8] It featured the then novel concepts of ample free parking and low-profile office buildings surrounded by waterspouts and landscaped grounds.

A new city hall, including a fire and police station, was completed in 2013.

[9] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it has a total area of 12.82 square miles (33.2 km2), all land.

According to a list compiled in 2008 by Stephen Higley, it is the ninth wealthiest community in the United States.

[13] It is often referred to as "The Tiny Kingdom" due to its high concentration of the region's business and professional leaders,[14] and the disparity of wealth between it and Birmingham where according to census data nearly a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line.

[15] The city manager is Sam Gaston, appointed by the council and mayor in January 2008.

[16] Schools are part of the Mountain Brook School System and include: In South and West: From a Notebook, Joan Didion writes, "It is said that the dead center of Birmingham society is the southeast corner of the locker room at the Mountain Brook country club."