Brooklyn Center is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The city is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River on the northwest border of Minneapolis. The population was 30,104 at the 2010 census.

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The area that would eventually become Brooklyn Center was not opened up to settlement until after the U.S. government signed the Sioux treaties of 1851 and 1852, opening up vast new lands west of the Mississippi River. In the summer of 1852, the first families began moving into this general area to clear land for farming and to build homes. Within three years, there was a considerable population. 

Brooklyn Center was originally located in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn Township and in the northeastern section of Crystal Lake Township. The east-west town line was located on what is now 61st Avenue North. Brooklyn Township was created in 1858, the year of statehood, when most other Hennepin County townships were formed. Crystal Lake Township was formed in 1860 by taking two tiers of sections from Brooklyn and another two from Minneapolis Township. Both Brooklyn and Crystal Lake Townships were essentially agricultural settlements. The land in the entire area was rich and easily tillable. The proximity of the area to the rapidly growing City of Minneapolis led to the development of market gardening as the chief type of agriculture. Local life remained basically rural in nature until after World War II.

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