Lyn-Lake

{{Short description|Commercial district in Minneapolis }} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Lyn-Lake | native_name =  | nickname = | settlement_type = Commercial District | motto = | image_skyline = Lyn-Lake Sunrise at Lake Street.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Looking eastward on West Lake Street at Bryant Avenue South, 2016 | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_type3 = City | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_name1 = Minnesota | subdivision_name2 = Hennepin | subdivision_name3 = Minneapolis | parts_type = | parts_style = | parts = | p1 = | p2 = | p3 = | p4 = | established = | established_date = 1999 | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = US | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = | population_total = | population_density_sq_mi = auto | population_footnotes = | timezone = CST | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | coordinates = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 55408 | area_code = 612 | website = | footnotes = | demographics =  }} '''Lyn-Lake''' is a commercial district in Minneapolis centered at the intersection of West Lake Street and Lyndale Avenue from which it takes its name. The street intersection is the boundary for four official neighborhoods: Whittier on the northeast, Lyndale on the southeast, South Uptown on the southwest, and Lowry Hill East on the northwest. The Lyn-Lake Business Association branded the unofficial commercial district as "Lyn-Lake" in 1999.<ref name=":0" />

== Description == thumb|right|Art Car Parade, 2006Most residents who consider themselves part of the "Lyn-Lake neighborhood" originate from the southeast corner of the Lyndale neighborhood.<ref name=":0">Lyn-Lake Business Association. http://www.lyn-lake.org/</ref> Locally, Lyn-Lake is mostly known as being just east of the Uptown district of Minneapolis and previously considered an extension of Uptown. One of the oldest anchors was the It's Greek to Me<ref>It's Greek to me restaurant. http://www.itsgreektomemn.com/</ref> restaurant on the northeast corner.<ref>Johnson, Tim. "It's Greek to Me anchors Lyn-Lake." Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, July 24, 1998. http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/1998/07/27/story8.html</ref> The district contains ethnic restaurants, LGBT establishments, and niche retail. North of Lyn-Lake is the Midtown Greenway bicycle and pedestrian path. Regional access by car is through I-35W from the east and I-94 from the north.

Open Streets Minneapolis and the Lyn Lake Street Festival are the signature events for the area and draw over 20,000 from the local community annually.

The Lyndale Ave and Lake Street intersection has the highest number of pedestrian crashes in Minneapolis over a ten year period.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoffman |first1=Melody |title=Dueling Visions for Lyndale Avenue Before Reconstruction Plan is Announced |url=https://www.southwestvoices.news/posts/dueling-visions-for-lyndale-avenue-before-reconstruction-plan-is-announced |access-date=6 June 2024 |work=www.southwestvoices.news |date=May 28, 2024}}</ref> A large portion of the pedestrian crashes happen at night.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minneapolis/Hennepin County Pedestrian Crossing Study |url=https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/media/content-assets/www2-documents/government/FINAL_11663-Pedestrian-Crossing-Imp-Memo_10-15-2019.pdf |publisher=Minneapolis, Hennepin County, SRF Consulting |access-date=6 June 2024 |date=October 15, 2019}}</ref> The intersection will have stations on the Metro B Line. The stations were originally going to be placed on Lake Street at the near side of Lyndale Ave, but a later change in plans moved the stations to be located far side, at the northwest and southeast corners of the intersection.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro B Line Final Corridor Plan |url=https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/b-line/b-line-final-corridor-plan.pdf |publisher=Metro Transit |access-date=6 June 2024 |date=October 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=B Line Corridor Plan Amendment #1 Lake & Lyndale, Lake & Bloomington, and Lake & Cedar Station Updates |url=https://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetings/Committees/Transportation-Committee/2022/April-11,-2022/0411_2022_78-attachment_B-Line-Corridor-Plan-Amend.aspx |publisher=Metro Transit |access-date=6 June 2024 |date=April 2022}}</ref>

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