Brown Garden, Gelugor

Brown Garden, Gelugor, Penang (22 January 2019)


Brown Garden is a neighbourhood in Gelugor. It was named after the original landlord of the Brown Estate, David Brown, who was the largest landowner on Penang Island. Brown Garden was developed in the early 1960's to house government servants. Much of the neighbourhood is comprise housing for the civil workforce. The neighbourhood is bordered by Bukit Gelugor to the north, Sungai Gelugor to the east, Minden Heights to the south and Bukit Gambier to the west.

There are three main road names at Brown Garden: Jalan Permai, Jalan Molek and Jalan Endah. They are derived from three adjectives in Malay. Permai means peaceful, molek means adorable and endah is the old spelling for indah meaning beautiful place.

Map of Brown Garden, Gelugor, Penang

Sights in Brown Garden

Streets in Brown Garden, Penang

Public Transport in Brown Garden

Brown Garden is served by Rapid Penang bus 302 that pass through Hilir Pemancar, the main road in the neighbourhood. It is 7.9 km from Komtar, making it of moderate distance from the city centre.

Amenities in Brown Garden

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Datuk Haji Mohd Nor Ahmad is a secondary school in Brown Garden. Other schools in the vicinity includes Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Bukit Gambir, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Gambir, Sekolah Kebangsaan Minden Heights and Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Gelugor. The nearest market from Brown Garden is the Jelutong Market. Lotus's Penang is the nearest hypermarket while Queensbay Mall is the nearest shopping mall. The nearest hospital is Lam Wah Ee Hospital.

Traffic in Brown Garden

Discounting the traffic along Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, the traffic in Brown Garden itself is moderate. The only bottleneck is at the Hilir Pemancar junction with Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, which gets quite congested during rush hour.

Brown Garden, Gelugor (18 May 2013)


Brown Garden, Gelugor, Penang (18 May 2013)

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