Southwest High School is located at the southern edge of the neighborhood on West 47th Street between Abbott and Chowen Avenues.

The majority of Linden Hills is in Ward 13,[3] currently represented by Minneapolis City Council member Linea Palmisano.

The main platform and carbarn of the Como-Harriet Streetcar Line are also located in the neighborhood, near West 42nd Street and Queen Avenue.

The neighborhood's commercial corridor, centering on Upton Avenue and 43rd Street, was constructed along the Como-Harriet streetcar line in the 1920s and is today home to many shops and dining establishments.

It was the home of the second location of what became the Famous Dave's restaurant chain in 1995 and was designed like an old-fashioned BBQ shack; it was closed in 2014 after the property was sold for redevelopment into a denser mixed-use project of condominiums and retail.