The Swedish trail was developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of the Minnesota State Park system. The trail runs through the woods of Brooklyn Park and crosses wetlands, grasslands and forests for about 2 km.

The tree path offers scenic views of the Minnesota State Park System as well as the city of St. Paul and the state of Minnesota.

The Waconia Shared Use Path allows residents to safely reach their parks on foot or by bike. The Twin Lakes Regional Trail offers easy access to commuting between Brooklyn Center and Robbinsdale. This road leads south from Brooklyn Park to Brooklyn Center and connects to the Shingle Creek Regional Trail, which branches off from the Rush Creek Regional Trail on Noble Parkway.

The Mississippi forms the eastern border of the city and separates it from Coon Rapids and Fridley in Anoka County. Nine Mile Creek is not a lake as its name suggests, but an important water source for the Twin Lakes Regional Trail. The city is home to a number of parks and leisure facilities, including Brooklyn Park Community Center and Brooklyn Center Community Park.

The city was divided into the Brooklyn Center and Crystal, which was incorporated in 1860. Over time, the area grew into a southeastern village, later known as Brooklyn Center Crystal and then Brooklyn Park.

Michigan settlers formally founded the community and named it after their hometown of Brooklyn, Michigan. Brooklyn Park was incorporated as a village in 1954 and incorporated into the city in 1969.

Development in the community began to flourish and settlers came from all over the world to take advantage of the amazing opportunity to farm the land. Treaties allowed settlers to use land that once belonged to the indigenous people. That growth led to additional residents looking for more private housing and places like Brooklyn Township becoming residential.

In the winter months, when there was not enough agriculture to do, men from the township found work in the local pine forest, where they felled trees and chopped them into wood. As soon as the river thawed, the logs were shipped to Minneapolis and then the men returned to farming. In addition to the use of the neighboring maple grove, which consisted mainly of forests, the locals were also able to build their own houses. President Lincoln created the Brooklyn Township Homestead Act, where an owner who farmed the land for more than five years was given five acres.

Young boys would then take over the farm, grow up, learn the farms from their father, continue the family practice and take their own jobs. After a report was made about the land, a few settlers came to settle in what would later become Brooklyn Park. It was this community that in 1964 created the association known to this day as Tator Daze. Sometimes the tensions between the Indians and the settlers were close, but Pierre was always able to act as peacemaker.

West Medicine Lake is part of the Interlink Trail that connects Interstate Park to St. Croix Falls. The lake is connected to the Great Northern Trail, which offers scenic views of Lake Superior, the Minnesota River and the Twin Cities. It is closed to all but a few Brooklyn Park residents, except for a small group of residents and visitors from the city of Minneapolis.

The Rush Creek Regional Trail stretches for 9.6 miles and offers scenic views of Lake Superior, the Minnesota River and the Twin Cities, as well as a variety of wildlife.

The Rice Creek West Regional Trail covers 9.5 miles and offers scenic views of Lake Superior, the Minnesota River and the Twin Cities. The city is also known for its natural beauty and scenic nature trails, as well as a variety of hiking and cycling trails.

The Minnehaha Trail connects two popular parks in the Twin Cities by following the Minnesotans Creek along a corridor that is a mix of woodland and open spaces. Brooklyn Park is one of 67 parks listed as a tree city in the United States by the Minnesota Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Brooklyn Park is served by three school districts: Brooklyn Park School District 1, Brooklyn City Schools and Brooklyn Community Schools. Mayor Jeffrey Lunde won a 12-member special election in April 2011 with 31% of the vote. Brooklyn Park serves as the city's only public school district and the only district in the city.

The area, now known as Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was originally owned by the government and was cleared for housing after an agreement with the Dakota Indians. Pierre was one of the first Native Americans to visit the place in the Brooklyn borough. He was a man who traveled to the area from North Dakota and was the leader of a group of men who traveled to this area of North Dakota in the late 19th century.