Brooklyn Center, city, Hennepin County, southeastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis; settled 1852, incorporated as a city 1967. Manufactures include machine parts and medical supplies. Market gardening was important until the mid-1950s, when rapid residential growth began. The city is named for Brooklyn, Michigan. Population 31,230 (1980); 28,887 (1990); 29,172 (2000).
