Directions & Parking

Parking & Shuttle Service

Visitors may park in the main school parking lot. Parking is restricted to permitted vehicles during the school day. For school events, parking is available in the main school parking lot and may also be available in the Nicollet Island Pavilion lot. Please follow all posted signs and directions from parking attendants.

On-street parking is available on the Island, but there may be restrictions on where or for how long you can park. Please follow all posted signs. Thank you also for being respectful and courteous to our island neighbors by not blocking their driveway or access to their home.

DeLaSalle provides free shuttle service for major events. Parking attendants will direct visitors to where they can park and pick up the shuttle. Please check with the shuttle driver and/or look for signs stating the exact pickup location of the return shuttle.

Public Transportation

In addition, four Metro Transit public bus routes stop in front of our school. The #4, #6, #11, and #61 routes all drop off and pick up passengers at the bus stop on Hennepin Avenue in front of DeLaSalle. The METRO Blue Line and METRO Green Line connect with buses at the Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue Station on 5th Street.

For more information contact Metro Transit:
612.373.3333
Metro Transit website

School Busing

School bus transportation is provided at no cost to those students living within the Minneapolis city limits, taking students from designated stops to DeLaSalle’s front door. School busing in St. Paul and many suburbs is also offered for a reasonable rate through DeLaSalle Transportation.

DeLaSalle’s Information

DeLaSalle High School
One DeLaSalle Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55401-1500

612.676.7600
612.362.9641 (School fax)
612.676.7699 (Admissions & Development fax)
612.676.7692 (Activities Office Fax)

Office hours during the school year: 7:30 a.m – 4 p.m.

Directions

From the South / 35W Heading North:

Follow 35W to the downtown exits. Take 5th Avenue exit. Go through the stoplight, heading north on 5th Avenue. Follow 5th Avenue to Washington. Take a left onto Washington, proceed to Hennepin Avenue. Take a right onto Hennepin. Go through three stoplights and you will be on the Hennepin suspension bridge. Go two-thirds of the way across the bridge, where you will see DeLaSalle on your left, and take the first right onto Wilder St. At the next stop sign, turn left onto Merriam St. Then, turn left onto East Island Avenue. Follow under the Hennepin Avenue bridge and take the first left onto DeLaSalle Drive. Take the first slight right onto Tom Keane Way.

From St. Paul / 94 Heading West:

Take the 7th Street exit. Turn right onto 11th Avenue. Cross railroad tracks and continue to Washington. Take a left onto Washington and proceed to Hennepin Avenue. Take a right onto Hennepin. Go through three stoplights and you will be on the Hennepin suspension bridge. Go two-thirds of the way across the bridge, where you will see DeLaSalle on your left, and take the first right onto Wilder St. At the next stop sign, turn left onto Merriam St. Then, turn left onto East Island Avenue. Follow under the Hennepin Avenue bridge and take the first left onto DeLaSalle Drive. Take the first slight right onto Tom Keane Way.

From North Suburbs / 94 Heading East:

Take the Downtown/4th Street North exit to Hennepin Avenue. Go left on Hennepin through the downtown area. Follow Hennepin onto the suspension bridge. Go two-thirds of the way across the bridge, where you will see DeLaSalle on your left, and take the first right onto Wilder St. At the next stop sign, turn left onto Merriam St. Then, turn left onto East Island Avenue. Follow under the Hennepin Avenue bridge and take the first left onto DeLaSalle Drive. Take the first slight right onto Tom Keane Way.

From West Suburbs / 394 Heading East:

Take Washington Avenue exit, turn right onto Washington. Go three blocks to Hennepin, turn left. Follow Hennepin to suspension bridge. Go two-thirds of the way across the bridge, where you will see DeLaSalle on your left, and take the first right onto Wilder St. At the next stop sign, turn left onto Merriam St. Then, turn left onto East Island Avenue. Follow under the Hennepin Avenue bridge and take the first left onto DeLaSalle Drive. Take the first slight right onto Tom Keane Way.

From the North / 35W Heading South:

Take the University Avenue–4th Street exit. Turn right onto 4th Street. Caution: There is no turn allowed on red light here. Proceed on 4th Street (it is a one way street) until it “Ts” into 1st Avenue. Turn left onto 1st Avenue, continue three blocks onto the Hennepin Avenue suspension bridge. Once on the bridge, take the first, immediate right onto Nicollet Island and the DLS campus.

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