Editing Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.381|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|8.003|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.378|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> All of Brooklyn Center is in the Upper Mississippi Watershed Basin.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minnesota's watershed basins|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watersheds/map.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020616154731/http://www.dnr.state.mn.us:80/watersheds/map.html |archive-date=June 16, 2002}}</ref> The [[Mississippi River]] is the eastern boundary of the city and is part of the [[Mississippi National River and Recreation Area]] of Minnesota. The North Mississippi Regional Park,<ref>{{Cite web|title=North Mississippi Regional Park|url=https://www.threeriversparks.org/location/north-mississippi-regional-park|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=Three Rivers Park District|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702122312/https://threeriversparks.org/location/north-mississippi-regional-park |archive-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref> at 5700 Lyndale Avenue North, is managed by [[Three Rivers Park District]] Board, on which Brooklyn Center is represented in District 3.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Commissioners|url=https://www.threeriversparks.org/page/board-commissioners|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=Three Rivers Park District|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001095933/https://www.threeriversparks.org/page/board-commissioners |archive-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>

Southwestern Brooklyn Center includes Upper Twin Lake<ref>{{Cite web|title=Upper Twin (27004201)|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=27004201|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203205948/https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=27004201 |archive-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> (117 acres)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minnesota LakeBrowser|url=https://lakes.rs.umn.edu/#27004201|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=University of Minnesota|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803220613/http://lakes.rs.umn.edu:80/ |archive-date=August 3, 2017}}</ref> and connects to a chain of lakes that discharge into Shingle Creek, which discharges into the Mississippi River.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twin and Ryan Lakes - Excess Nutrients: TMDL Project|url=https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/tmdl/twin-and-ryan-lakes-excess-nutrients-tmdl-project|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=Minnesota Pollution Control Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920020321/https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/tmdl/twin-and-ryan-lakes-excess-nutrients-tmdl-project |archive-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref> Shingle Creek also runs through Palmer Lake.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Palmer (27005900)|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=27005900|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203205950/https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=27005900 |archive-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> The city is a member of Shingle Creek and West Mississippi Watershed Management Commission, which manages the lakes, streams, and wetlands in this area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Watershed Management Commissions|url=http://www.shinglecreek.org/|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=Shingle Creek and West Mississippi Watershed Management Commissions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020106111644/http://www.shinglecreek.org:80/ |archive-date=January 6, 2002}}</ref> Palmer Lake Park is a natural environmental preserve of lake and marsh habitat on over 200 acres.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parks and Trails|url=https://www.ci.brooklyn-center.mn.us/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/72/215|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=City of Brooklyn Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203205949/https://www.ci.brooklyn-center.mn.us/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/72/215 |archive-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref>

All of Brooklyn Center is in the state's Deciduous Forest Biome.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biomes of Minnesota|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/biomes/deciduous.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021020132455/http://www.dnr.state.mn.us:80/biomes/deciduous.html |archive-date=October 20, 2002}}</ref> The Plant Hardiness Zone is 4B, with an average minimum extreme temperature of -25 to -20 Fahrenheit.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 17, 2021|title=Find Your Hardiness Zone|url=https://northerngardener.org/find-your-hardiness-zone|url-status=live|access-date=December 2, 2021|website=Minnesota Horticultural Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420101312/https://northerngardener.org/find-your-hardiness-zone/ |archive-date=April 20, 2021}}</ref> The city has developed and maintains 26 parks and a 20-mile trail system.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parks Amenities Finder|url=https://logis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9a76dc311d744e848f067d93fc2a592b|url-status=live|access-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203215902/https://logis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9a76dc311d744e848f067d93fc2a592b |archive-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> The majority of land use is single-family homes.<ref name=":2" /> The historical route, Osseo Road, was renamed Brooklyn Boulevard by both Brooklyn Center and [[Brooklyn Park, Minnesota|Brooklyn Park]] in 1969.<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 10, 1969|title=Road To Be Renamed|work=the Minneapolis Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/189597206/?terms=road%20renamed&match=1|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> Interstates [[Interstate 94 in Minnesota|94]] and [[Interstate 694|694]] and Minnesota State Highways [[Minnesota State Highway 100|100]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 252|252]] are four of the main routes in Brooklyn Center.