Brightwood is a lower to upper middle income neighbourhood

Neighbourhood

A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition...

 in Dartmouth

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...

, and part of District 9 of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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Brightwood is located between Thistle Street and Woodland Avenue (Highway 118

Nova Scotia Highway 118

Highway 118, in Nova Scotia, is a short suburban freeway connecting Victoria Road via Woodland Ave. in Dartmouth with Highway 102 at Fall River, to the north. The highway crosses the Historic Shubenacadie Canal. Running parallel to the highway from the Waverley Road to exit 14 is a portion of...

), and contains the Brightwood Golf Course. The primary streets of the small neighbourhood are Victoria Road (Route 322

Nova Scotia Route 322

Route 322 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is located in the Halifax Regional Municipality and connects southeastern Dartmouth at Trunk 7 with Cole Harbour at Route 207....

) and Slayter Street. The course also borders on Creighton Park and Thistle Street