The neighborhood provides convenient access to downtown via Interstate 35W, the Hiawatha Corridor, and the airport and Bloomington area via Cedar Avenue.

For residents who like recreation, Bancroft lies just blocks north of Lake Nokomis, the Hiawatha Golf Course and the scenic Minnehaha Creek.

Bancroft is a small but vibrant residential community consisting mostly of single-family dwellings built before 1940 that are owner-occupied.

In the 1920s, Bancroft residents would hop on the Bloomington or Cedar Avenue street cars to go downtown or to work.

You could find a butcher, grocer, drug store, doctor's office and a nursery all within a few blocks.