Fast Facts

Minneapolis Northwest Fast Facts

Get to know Minneapolis Northwest:

• Made up of two cities: Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park
• Minneapolis Northwest is home to 24 hotels and 3,000 room nights
• Located just minutes from downtown Minneapolis
• Positioned along the I-94/ I-694 corridor, with quick access to I-494, I-694, Hwy 100, Hwy 169, Hwy 610
• Two premier meeting venues with 50,000 sq-feet of flexible meeting space
• Largest CVB in the Twin Cities metro after Bloomington, Minneapolis and Saint Paul
• Boston Scientific, Caribou Coffee, CLAM Outdoors, the FBI, Medtronic, Real Avid, Target, Upsher Smith and more all call our area home
• Brooklyn Park is an expanding business hub 
• Brooklyn Park is the future home of the Blue Line light rail extension starting in 2020

Population

• Brooklyn Center: 30,712
• Brooklyn Park: 75,781 
• Brooklyn Park is the 4th most populous city in the metro area, 6th most populous city in the state of MN
• Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park are the two most diverse cities in the state of Minnesota