By Public Transit
North/South:18 Nicollet Ave, 11 3rd Ave, 5 Chicago Ave, 14 Bloomington Ave, and 22 Cedar Ave.East/West: Buses 2 Franklin Ave, 21 Lake St, 53 Lake St limited stop - rush hour only, and 23 38th St. All east/west routes in South Minneapolis connect with the Hiawatha light-rail line.
The Streets
Streets run east/west and generally have numbers that increase as you go further south. Nicollet Avenue in Southwest Minneapolis divides the streets. Append the direction at the end of streets such as E 27th Street to indicate east of Nicollet. Avenues are numbered from Nicollet Avenue 18, 19, ... 32 continuing east to the Mississippi River, where you reach Saint Paul. The first part of addresses on the avenues are based on the nearest cross street. For example, 4000 28th Avenue South is at the corner of 28th Avenue and 40th Street.
By bike
The Midtown Greenway (http://www.midtowngreenway.org) is a paved, off road bike path that runs east/west through South Minneapolis paralleling 28th Street connecting the Mississippi River trails to Highway 169 in Hopkins, passing Lake Calhoun along the way. The Greenway intersects with the river trails at its easternmost point, the Hiawatha LRT trail to downtown at Hiawatha Avenue, and bicycle lanes at Park Avenue and Portland Avenue. The trail continues into Southwest Minneapolis, intersecting the Chain of Lakes paths via connector at Lake Calhoun, and the Cedar Lake Bikeway as well as the SW LRT Trail in Hopkins.
Bike racks are provided on the front of all city buses and inside light rail cars. The greenway and river bike paths are plowed in winter allowing year round use.