Lynnhurst is a neighborhood in the

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community in

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. Its boundaries are 46th Street to the north,

Lyndale Avenue Lyndale Avenue is a major street in the U.S. state of Minnesota that traverses the cities of Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Brooklyn Center, Richfield, Minnesota, Richfield, and Bloomington, Minnesota, Bloomington. A noncontiguous po ...

to the east, 54th Street to the south, and Penn Avenue to the west. It is located along the southeastern shore of

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. Outflows from the lake run through a parkway for several city blocks to reach

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. Lynnhurst is a part of

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ward 13 and state legislative district 61B. Public schools in the neighborhood include Burroughs Community School. The Lynnhurst Recreation Center, part of the Minneapolis parks system, includes a gymnasium, meeting rooms, and other facilities; nearby Lynnhurst Park includes baseball and softball fields, a playground, and tennis courts. Washburn Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library system, stands next to Minnehaha Creek near the southeast corner of the district. Houses of worship include Shir Tikvah and Mount Olivet Lutheran Church. Shops and restaurants are clustered near the eastern edge of the district. Metro Transit provides bus service on neighborhood thoroughfares. The Lynnhurst Neighborhood Association holds meetings each month.

References

External links

Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile - Lynnhurst

Lynnhurst Neighborhood Association
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, Southwest = Armatage , West = Fulton , Northwest =

Linden Hills Linden Hills is a neighborhood in the Southwest community of Minneapolis on a hill overlooking Lake Harriet. It was one of the last areas to be developed in the City of Minneapolis. It is bordered to the north by Bde Maka Ska and West 36th S ...

Neighborhoods in Minneapolis