Payne-Phalen, Saint Paul

Payne-Phalen is a neighborhood and city planning district in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the United States.

[2] The neighborhood is part of the larger area known as the East Side of Saint Paul.

[3] Payne Avenue has been a major commercial corridor for the east side of Saint Paul since the 1930s.

For a time, the neighborhood struggled to retain businesses,[3] and in the 2010s had a reputation for crime and gang activity.

[1][7] Since the 2020s the neighborhood has focused on arts and received increased levels of government and non-profit guided investment.