38th Street is a major east-west roadway in the U.S. city of Minneapolis and an officially designated cultural district in the Powderhorn community.

After several decades of economic stagnation, the historic character of the 38th Street neighborhood changed in the 2000s with an influx of Latino residents, as the Black and White populations declined.

[3] In the 2010s, concerns about gentrification resulted in residents and city leaders seeking to preserve the historic cultural characteristics of the 38th Street corridor.

[4] In 2020, the murder of George Floyd took place outside the Cup Foods grocery store, which brought worldwide recognition of the 38th and Chicago street intersection.

West 38th Street runs from Excelsior Boulevard to Nicollet Avenue, but is interrupted by Bde Mka Ska and Lakewood Cemetery.

East 38th Street intersects with Chicago Avenue, a major north-south thoroughfare, in the city's Powderhorn community.

The 38th and Chicago street intersection is a border for several city neighborhoods: Bancroft, Bryant, Central, and Powderhorn Park.

[6][7] The four neighborhoods have a distinct history in Minneapolis due to the racial and ethnic residential population and development matters over the past century.

[11] The historic Black business district was affected by construction of Interstate 35W highway in Minneapolis in 1959, which razed fifty square blocks and created a large gulf that cut across 38th Street and split the broader neighborhood in half.

[22][23] In 2015, residents and Minneapolis city counselors had begun planning for how to preserve African American history and culture in the area,[12] and in 2019 local officials began the 38th Street Thrive!