Brookfield · Cook County · IL
Homes for sale in
Williamsburg.
- Active listings
- 1
- Median list
- $275K
- Avg time on market
- 23 days
- Sold · last year
- 3
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About the community
A small, maintenance-free townhome enclave in the south end of Brookfield.
Williamsburg is a compact group of attached townhomes at the south end of Brookfield, on 44th Place, Forest Avenue, and Plainfield Road in the 8800 block. The homes were built in 1972 and 1973 as two-story rowhouses, commonly five to a building on lots roughly twenty feet wide, with full basements and one-car attached garages. Ownership is fee simple with a homeowners association, so you hold title to your lot while the association handles the exteriors, the lawn, and the snow. Two things define the address. Lincoln Elementary School is two blocks away at 4300 Grove Avenue, and this corner of Brookfield sits on the Lyons Township High School side of a village that is split between two separate high school districts.
At a glance
Two-story attached townhomes
Rowhouse-style units, commonly five to a building on lots about 20 by 65 feet, held fee simple with a homeowners association.
About 1,200 to 1,393 sq ft
Three bedrooms is the standard configuration, typically one full bath plus a main-level half bath.
Full basements and attached garages
Every unit has a full basement, most often unfinished with laundry hookups, plus a one-car attached garage and a driveway apron.
Exterior, lawn, and snow covered
The monthly assessment covers exterior maintenance, lawn care, and snow removal. Confirm how insurance is handled on the specific unit.
Lyons District 103 and LTHS District 204
Lincoln Elementary two blocks away, then Washington Middle in Lyons and Lyons Township High School. Brookfield is split between two high school districts, so confirm by address.
Walk to the BNSF
Brookfield station at 8858 Burlington Avenue is a fare Zone 2 BNSF stop with roughly 198 permit spaces, an easy walk north.
Brookfield Zoo Chicago in the village
The roughly 235-acre zoological park operated by the Chicago Zoological Society sits inside village limits.
A genuinely small community
The Williamsburg tag covers only a handful of addresses, so turnover is measured in a listing or two a year.
What’s close
Williamsburg sits in the 8800 block at the south end of Brookfield, off Plainfield Road, with Lincoln Elementary two blocks away and the BNSF station a walk to the north.
- Train
- Brookfield station at 8858 Burlington Avenue on the Metra BNSF line, fare Zone 2, ADA accessible, with roughly 198 spaces across seven Village-administered permit lots. Congress Park and Hollywood are the village's other two BNSF stops, though Congress Park runs peak-direction weekday service only.
- Highway
- Ogden Avenue (US 34) just north provides the closest interchange with I-294, the Tri-State Tollway. First Avenue (IL 171) runs along Brookfield's eastern edge and connects south to I-55 in Summit, with I-290 reachable to the north.
- Schools
- Lyons Elementary School District 103 for Lincoln Elementary at 4300 Grove Avenue and George Washington Middle School at 8101 Ogden Avenue in Lyons, then Lyons Township High School District 204. Confirm assignment by address, since Brookfield straddles two high school districts.
- Parks and recreation
- Village of Brookfield Parks and Recreation runs Kiwanis Park at the Village Hall campus on Brookfield Avenue and Ehlert Memorial Park at Congress Park and Elm. The Forest Preserves of Cook County Salt Creek Greenway Trail runs roughly 25 miles from Busse Woods to the Brookfield Zoo area.
- Shopping
- Downtown Brookfield around the Metra station and the Eight Corners district handle daily needs. Downtown La Grange, about two miles south on the same BNSF corridor, is the nearest full walkable retail and restaurant district, with big-box retail along the Ogden Avenue corridor and North Riverside Park Mall to the east.
- Hospital
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange at 5101 S. Willow Springs Road is the closest full-service hospital and runs a courtesy van whose service area includes Brookfield. Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn is a second option to the east.
What it’s actually like to live here
Williamsburg is a maintenance-free foothold in a part of the western suburbs where the usual alternative is a much older detached house with a driveway to shovel and a roof to replace on your own dime. The trade is space and privacy for simplicity. You get three bedrooms, a full basement, an attached garage, and a private paver patio, and the association handles the lawn, the snow, and the building exteriors. For a first-time buyer, a downsizer, or a household that wants the Lyons Township High School attendance area without a La Grange or Western Springs price tag, that combination is hard to replicate nearby.
The location does most of the work. Lincoln Elementary is two blocks away, which is the kind of walk that changes what mornings look like with young kids. The Brookfield BNSF station is a modest walk north, which puts a one-seat ride downtown within reach and makes a car-light household realistic for a commuter. Ogden Avenue, First Avenue, and the I-294 and I-55 connections cover everything the train does not. Brookfield Zoo Chicago, the Salt Creek trail system, and the village's parks are close enough to be weekend defaults rather than special occasions, and downtown La Grange fills the restaurant and shopping gaps a village this size cannot.
Be clear-eyed about the tradeoffs, because they are real. These homes are more than fifty years old and were built to one modest spec, so square footage is limited, bath counts are thin by modern standards, and plenty of units still carry original kitchens and finishes. The full basement is often the only path to more usable space. The community itself is very small with no shared amenities, so there is no clubhouse, no pool, and no built-in social calendar; the neighborhood you are joining is Brookfield, not Williamsburg. Association governance is opaque from the outside, with no public website or documents, so reviewing the budget, the reserves, and the minutes is not optional. Parking is one garage space plus a driveway apron, which is tight for a three-bedroom household with multiple drivers. Cook County property taxes are a permanent line item that will not feel small. And Plainfield Road is a working through-street, so units fronting it hear more traffic than the ones tucked onto 44th Place.
The questions buyers actually ask
Williamsburg FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Williamsburg. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What does the HOA actually cover?
- Williamsburg is association-governed attached housing, so a monthly assessment is permanent. Recent listings report dues around $175 a month covering exterior maintenance, lawn care, and snow removal. Insurance treatment is reported inconsistently across listings, and at least one recent listing states plainly that the owner must carry a conventional homeowners policy on the townhome, so confirm in writing how insurance is handled on the specific unit. The association publishes no website and no public documents, which makes the 22.1 disclosure package, the current budget, the reserve balance, and recent minutes non-negotiable before you write an offer.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $5,000 – $9,000 per year, depending on home size and value. Cook County assessor records are the source of truth. Happy to pull a specific bill on any home you're considering.
- What's the typical closing timeline?
- 30 to 60 days from accepted offer to keys. Cash deals can close in two weeks. Conventional financing is usually closer to 60.
- Is Williamsburg townhomes or single-family homes?
- Townhomes. These are attached two-story rowhouse-style units, most commonly five to a building, on lots roughly twenty feet wide by sixty-five feet deep. Ownership is fee simple with a homeowners association, meaning you own your lot and structure rather than holding a condominium interest. Every unit we reviewed has a full basement and a one-car attached garage. No detached single-family homes carry the Williamsburg subdivision tag here.
- Is this really Lyons Township High School and not Riverside Brookfield?
- Yes, Lyons Township, and it is not a data error. Brookfield is split among five school districts and two separate high school districts, and the village publishes both an elementary and a high school boundary map showing Lyons Township 204 and Riverside Brookfield 208 inside village limits. This pocket falls on the Lyons side: Lyons Elementary School District 103 for Lincoln Elementary and George Washington Middle School, then Lyons Township High School District 204, which runs grades 9 and 10 at South Campus in Western Springs and grades 11 and 12 at North Campus in La Grange. Because assignment here is genuinely address-specific, confirm it directly with District 103 and District 204 before you rely on it.
- What does the assessment cover, and are pets allowed?
- Recent listings report dues around $175 a month covering exterior maintenance, lawn care, and snow removal. Insurance is reported inconsistently, and one current listing states that the owner must carry a conventional homeowners policy on the townhome, so get insurance treatment in writing for the specific unit. Pets are allowed, with dogs and cats permitted subject to a count limit and a size restriction noted around 30 pounds in listing remarks. There are no shared amenities, no pool and no clubhouse. Request the current budget, the reserve balance, recent minutes, and the Illinois 22.1 disclosure package before closing.
- How small is this community, really?
- Small enough that it should shape your expectations. The Williamsburg subdivision tag covers only a handful of addresses across 44th Place, Forest Avenue, and Plainfield Road, and turnover runs to about a listing or two a year. That has two consequences. There is very little recent comparable sales data inside the community itself, so pricing leans on nearby attached housing, and when something does come up you may not get a second chance for a while. Treat it as a micro-community inside Brookfield rather than a subdivision with its own identity and amenity package.
- Can I commute without driving to work?
- For a downtown Chicago commute, realistically yes. Brookfield station at 8858 Burlington Avenue is a Metra BNSF stop in fare Zone 2, it is ADA accessible, it has roughly 198 parking spaces across seven Village-administered lots, and it is a walk of well under a mile north of the community. Listing remarks here describe the property as walking distance to the train. Congress Park and Hollywood stations are also in Brookfield, though Congress Park is peak-direction weekday service only. Pace routes 302 and 331 connect at the stations. For driving, Ogden Avenue leads to the I-294 interchange and First Avenue runs south to I-55.
- What do homes here cost?
- Pricing moves with the market and swings quite a bit with condition, because every unit was built to the same spec in 1972 and 1973 and they have been updated very unevenly since. Rather than quote a number that goes stale, check the Market snapshot on this page, which pulls live from the MLS. When you compare units, weigh kitchen and bath condition, roof and mechanical age, whether the basement is finished, and whether the unit sits in an interior or an end position.
- Who is the real estate agent for Williamsburg?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Williamsburg in Brookfield, IL through Subdiview, a neighborhood-first home search for the Chicago suburbs and collar counties. Joe prices and negotiates from the live MRED sold comps for Williamsburg specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
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Joe knows Williamsburg
Most agents will list anything. I focus on the places I actually know, and the things that move value here don't show up in the MLS write-up: which streets and buildings hold demand, what the HOA or assessments really cover, how the comps read once you account for condition and location, and where buyers consistently want to be.
When you're ready to tour or list, you want someone who has read the last 50 closed comps in this specific market, not a national average, and can tell you what they actually mean for your price. That's how I work. Text or call any time, and I'll give you a real take, not a brochure.
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Market snapshot
Williamsburg, by the numbers
Live MRED data, refreshed daily. The numbers below tell you what this market is doing today, not what Zillow's algorithm thinks it might be doing six weeks from now.
Typical list price
$275,000
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$320,000
Homes for sale right now
1
Avg time on market
23 days
Sold in the last year
3
This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period August 16, 2025 through August 16, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
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Where Williamsburg homes go to school
Homes in Williamsburg are most often zoned to Lyons Township HS. Open a school to see its area, the district, and every home for sale that feeds it.
School assignment is derived from the school the MRED listing agent entered and is not a guarantee. Always verify current attendance boundaries with the district before writing an offer.
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