Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Brooklyn Park, Minnesota City of Brooklyn Park The Brooklyn Park City Hall in November 2006.
The Brooklyn Park City Hall in November 2006.
Flag of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Flag Official seal of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Brooklyn Parkwithin Hennepin County, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Brooklyn Park Brooklyn Park is the sixth biggest city in the U.S.
Brooklyn Park is a northwest suburb of the Twin Cities Metropolitan region of Minneapolis Saint Paul.
Brooklyn Park is the second biggest suburb of Minneapolis Saint Paul, the sixteenth biggest urbane region in the United States, with about 3.52 million residents.
Brooklyn Park is listed as a "Tree City USA", and is home to 47 miles of trails, and 67 award-winning parks, including the Rush Creek Regional Trail, and the northern section of the Palmer Lake Park.
Brooklyn Park is the home of Edinburgh USA Golf Course, one of the top enhance golf courses in the United States.
Brooklyn Park is a "bedroom community" of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, and is considered both a 2nd and 3rd tier suburb because much of the territory developed north of 85th Avenue was advanced after the year 2000.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 26.57 square miles (68.82 km2), of which 26.07 square miles (67.52 km2) is territory and 0.50 square miles (1.29 km2) is water. Interstates 94 and 694 are positioned in the far southern portion of Brooklyn Park.
State Highway 610 runs east west through the northern portion of Brooklyn Park.
Formerly Brooklyn Township, the township split in 1860, with the southeast village later incorporating into Brooklyn Center and Crystal.
Settlers from Michigan formally established the township and titled it after their hometown of Brooklyn, Michigan. Brooklyn Park incorporated as a village in 1954, and incorporated as a town/city in 1969.
Brooklyn Park is served by three school districts: Osseo Area School District 279, Anoka-Hennepin School District 11, and Robbinsdale School District 281.
High Schools Serving Brooklyn Park: Champlin Park High School (Anoka-Hennepin District) Osseo High School (Osseo District) Park Center High School (Osseo District) Middle schools serving Brooklyn Park: Brooklyn Middle School (Osseo) Elementary Schools serving Brooklyn Park: Magnet Schools optional to Brooklyn Park: Some students attend enhance schools in other school districts chosen by their families under Minnesota's open enrollment statute. Maranatha Christian Academy, a private high school, is also positioned in Brooklyn Park.
The town/city of Brooklyn Park is known for Edinburgh USA Golf Course, designed and created by Robert Trent Jones II.
The Three Rivers Figure Skating Club is positioned in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
The club was formed in 1995, and it was originally titled the Brooklyn Park Figure Skating Club.
The Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center is the host site for the Three Rivers Figure Skating Club.
Brooklyn Park is served by a six-member City Council, two members for each voting precinct within the city.
Brooklyn Park is positioned in Minnesota's 3rd congressional district, and is represented by Erik Paulsen (R). Brooklyn Park is positioned in state senate districts 36 and 40, and state home districts 36 - B, 40 - A, and 40 - B.
In the Minnesota Senate, Brooklyn Park is represented by John Hoffman (DFL) and Chris Eaton (DFL).
In the Minnesota House of Representatives, Brooklyn Park is represented by Mike Nelson (DFL), Debra Hilstrom (DFL), and Melissa Hortman (DFL).
Alumnus of Champlin Park High School in Brooklyn Park Park Center High School alumnus.
Raised in Brooklyn Park, and graduated from Anoka High School. Park Center High School alumnus.
Park Center High School alumnus.
Park Center High School alumnus Early in his career, Puckett lived in Brooklyn Park, with his wife, Tonya, who is from Brooklyn Park Also served as Mayor of Brooklyn Park from 1991 to 1995.
Park Center High School alumna.
"Brooklyn Park History".
City of Brooklyn Park.
"Ice Arenas Recreation and Parks | Brooklyn Park".
City of Brooklyn Park (2011), Special Election Results, retrieved 2011-04-30
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