Bryn-Mawr

The location of Bryn-Mawr is amazing. 3 minutes to Downtown. The first exit West of Downtown. Surrounded by parks, trails, and the Lakes. Theodore Wirth Park is basically in the back yard, and Bryn Mawr Park has a great playground, soccer fields, softball/kickball fields, tennis courts, hockey rinks etc. The people I got to know while living in Bryn Mawr were amazing. Friendly, smart, open minded and down to earth

On Minneapolis’s western edge sits the Bryn-Mawr neighborhood. Bisected by the major thoroughfare of Interstate 394, Byrn-Mawr is also bordered by Theodore Wirth Park, Bassett Creek, the Bryn-Mawr Meadows, and Cedar Lake Park. These picturesque parks that surround this community help to make the suburbs feel less crowded and instead, full of green, serene spaces. Even in the 1800s this neighborhood was described as a garden suburb, in large part because it is so close to area lakes. It is now surrounded by more than 650 acres of parks, trails, and waterways, and to some still feels much like a small town.

Bryn-Mawr gets its roots from the early settlers who came from Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania, where the meaning of the name is also derived from Welsh roots – meaning “big hill”. This modern neighborhood has been called one of the most livable metropolitan places in which to live, partly because it can still provide residents with easy access to the nearby larger and more developed areas of Minneapolis for shopping, dining, and businesses.

Many of the residents who live in the Bryn-Mawr neighborhood are executives and professionals, and many of them even telecommute from their home offices. These homes include all types of architectural styles, from Victorian to colonial to ramblers. There is a low crime rate in Bryn-Mawr and higher than average levels of education and income among the residents. Set within this community are also two elementary schools, the Bryn-Mawr Community and Park View Montessori, and Anwatin, the local junior high school.