Near North (neighborhood), Minneapolis

Near North is one of six neighborhoods in the Near North community of Minneapolis. It is located in Ward 5, represented by city council member Jeremiah Ellison.

Geography and demographics
The neighborhood is located directly north of the more industrial and historic neighborhoods of Minneapolis, the North Loop. It is one of Minneapolis’s historically Black neighborhoods.

It is bordered by the Hawthorne and Jordan neighborhoods to the north, St. Anthony West to the east, North Loop, Sumner-Glenwood, and Harrison to the south, and Willard-Hay to the west. Official boundaries are the Mississippi River and Emerson Avenue on the east, West Broadway Avenue on the north, a combination of streets from Irving Avenue to Penn Avenue on the west, and Olson Memorial Highway and 11th Avenue North on the south.

Portions of Near North east of Dupont Avenue form the unofficial neighborhood of Lyn Park, home of Minnesota Senate president Bobby Joe Champion.

Historic structures
The neighborhood contains three buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
 * Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch
 * Sumner Community Library
 * John Lohmar House