There is a blue plaque erected by the Ulster History Circle to commemorate poet Louis MacNeice (1907-1963) at no. 1, Brookhill Avenue.
"Resolved that the following names of streets submitted by the Surveyor be approved of: … Two new streets extending from Cliftonville Road to Brookvale Avenue — western, Cliftonville Avenue; eastern, Brookhill Street". (15th April 1874).
The minutes from the Town Improvement Committee of Belfast Corporation 1st January 1881 states: “3 houses in Brookhill Avenue for Edward Allworthy”.