The Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park, where you'll find zip code 55445, is a highly desirable place to live. Nearby is the Mississippi River, sixty seven award-winning parks and forty seven miles of trails. This makes Brooklyn Park a lush, beautiful 'Tree City'.
55445 is not ten miles upstream from downtown Minneapolis. The city has all the amenities that you would need to bring up a family, and more. In fact, Brooklyn Park is the second-largest suburb in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. While quite a lot of residents comute to work in St Paul or Minneapolis, there is a lot to do in Brooklyn Park as well.
The suburb belongs to three school districts, and there are several excellent elementary schools, middle schools and high schools that your children can go to. There are also a few magnet schools for the Brooklyn Park region. Top colleges include the Henepin Technical College, North Hennepin Community College and Rasmussen College.
There is a lot to do for recreation in and around Brooklyn Park. There is the world-famous Edunburgh USA Golf Course, which is one of the country's top golf courses to play at. For those who enjoy skating, there is the Three Rivers Figure Skating Club where members come from all over Minnesota to be active.
For the art-lover, the Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts brings local and cross-border art exhibitions.
Shopping options are plentiful in Brooklyn Park. The Parksquare Shopping Center offers clothing and accessories. Chain stores and branded fashion boutiques will have something for you, no matter what you like.
If living in Brooklyn Park sounds appealing to you, check out the listings at NewHomeSource for zipcode 55445. There are over 2000 homes listed across 305 communities in the area. Prices range from an affordable $239,000 and up to a little over $979,000.