Moving to Brooklyn-Park
If you are calling Brooklyn Park, MN your new home, you will be delighted with everything that is available to you and your family. Brooklyn Park is situated on the banks of the "Mighty" Mississippi River and is just about 10 miles northwest of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities. We welcome you to Minnesota's sixth largest city and we are confident that you will find your new community a great place to live.
Students in Brooklyn Park are served by three top-notch school districts. Most of the students in the city are served by the Osseo Area Schools ISD 279 which includes more than two dozen educational facilities designed for grades preschool to high school. Some of those schools include Osseo Senior High, Maple Grove Senior High, Fair Oaks Elementary, Palmer Lake Elementary and Rush Lake Elementary, just to name a few. This is the fifth largest school district in Minnesota and the faculty and teachers are dedicated to helping students learn. There is even an adult education center to help you meet your needs. For more information about the district or individual schools, call (763) 391-7084.
The other two school districts that serve Brooklyn Park students are Anoka Hennepin ISD 11 and the Robbinsdale School District ISD 281. The Anoka-Hennepin School District is the largest in the state with more than 40,000 students currently attending. There are 28 elementary schools in the district as well as seven middle schools and five high schools. In addition, there are alternative schools for students in the middle school to high school age range. Some schools in the Brooklyn Park area of the district include the Evergreen Park World Studies IB Elementary School, Monroe Elementary School and several others. You can get more information on Brooklyn Park schools and the Anoka-Hennepin district by calling (763) 506-1000.
Brooklyn Park is home to several parks and recreation facilities where you can go and spend an afternoon with the entire family or with your friends. There are more than 65 city parks throughout the city, including Bass Creek Park, Brookdale Park, College Park, Edgewood Park, Oak Grove Park and many more. In all, there are about 1,900 acres of park areas for you to enjoy. Many of them, like Park Lawn Park, have sport courts, playgrounds, paths and trails for hiking and biking during the warmer months. For more information about individual parks or the entire park system in the area, call the Brooklyn Park Recreation and Parks Department at (763) 493-8333.
Brooklyn Park recently opened its first official off-leash Dog Park located at Brookdale Park at 7650 June Avenue N. This park is open to the public during regular park hours through the fall of 2009. You can bring your dog here to exercise as long as you follow certain rules, such as being in verbal control of your dog at all times, providing water for yourself and your dog and being personally liable for any damage or injury that your dog inflicts. For more information about the park's other rules or if you have any questions about the park, call (763) 493-8333.
