It is located in Ward 5, represented by city council member Jeremiah Ellison.

[3] The neighborhood is located directly north of the more industrial and historic neighborhoods of Minneapolis, the North Loop.

[4] It is bordered by the Hawthorne and Jordan neighborhoods to the north, St. Anthony West to the east, North Loop, Sumner-Glenwood, and Harrison to the south, and Willard-Hay to the west.

[5] Portions of Near North east of Dupont Avenue form the unofficial neighborhood of Lyn Park,[6] home of Minnesota Senate president Bobby Joe Champion.

[7] The neighborhood contains three buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places: