Brooklyn Center, Minnesota is a small city located in Hennepin County. Public transportation options within Brooklyn Center are provided by the Metropolitan Council’s Metro Transit system. The primary public transportation option available to residents is the local bus route, which stops at several locations throughout Brooklyn Center and travels to Minneapolis and St. Paul. Additionally, Metro Transit runs one express bus route that serves downtown Minneapolis from Brooklyn Center. This Express Route 488 operates during peak commuting hours and provides direct access to downtown Minneapolis while eliminating the need for transfers between routes. Other public transportation services include park-and-ride lots located at Shingle Creek Parkway & Boone Ave N, 66th Ave N & Fillmore St N, and 64th Ave N & Brookdale Drive N. These lots provide passengers with areas to store their vehicles while they board the bus or use other public transit options available in the area.
The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. The average one-way commute in Brooklyn Center (zip 55429) takes 24.5 minutes. That's shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
How people in Brooklyn Center (zip 55429) get to work:
- 78.5% drive their own car alone
- 9.5% carpool with others
- 2.2% work from home
- 8.0% take mass transit