Overbrook is an urban neighborhood that's an excellent illustration of the diversity of architecture in the east end of Ottawa. The area features numerous pre-World War II houses and townhouses. There are also a many structures erected after World War II but before the opening of the St. Laurent Shopping Centre in 1956.
The neighbourhood has an alternate entrance from Montreal Road because of its former status as an independent village from Gloucester Township before being adjoined by Ottawa in 1950.