Fast Facts
Minneapolis Northwest Fast Facts
Get to know Minneapolis Northwest:
- Made up of three cities: Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove
- 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
- Maple Grove: 64,448
- 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