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List of neighborhoods in Miami

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Map of the City of Miami.
Neighborhood Enhancement Team map of the neighborhoods of the City of Miami.

This is a list of neighboorhoods of the City of Miami in the U.S. state of Florida . They are used by the city of Miami, usually for planning purposes. Each of the Neighboorhoods has an office to help improve the neighboorhoods. These offices are managed by the NET (neighboorhood enhancment team).

Downtown

Downtown is located in East central Miami and includes all the islands of Miami. It includes the Central Business District of Miami and the Brickell Financial District with their various landmarks, financial institutions and government centers.

Midtown

Midtown is located to the north of downtown, along Biscayne Bay. Its boundaries are Interstate-395 to the south, NW 1st Avenue to the West, Biscayne Bay to the East, and NE/NW 36th Street to the North.

Overtown

Overtown is located in the central part of the city of Miami. Overtown is bounded by NW 5th Street to the South, NW 20th Street to the North, the FEC Corridor and NW 1st Avenue to the East, and NW 10th Avenue to the West. It was the original home of the city's African-American community.

Coral Way

The Coral Way district is in Southern Miami.

Coconut Grove

The Coconut Grove neighborhood is located in the Southeastern tip of Miami. It is split into two sections, North-East and South-West Coconut Grove. The Miami city hall is located in this district. This is also where Bahamian migrants settled during and after the "contract" years. This period entailed the importation of Bahamian migrants for work to help with the building up of the Miami infrustucture in the mid 20th century.

Allapattah

Allapattah is located in the west central part of Miami.

Little Haiti

Little Haiti is located in the north-central area of Miami. Little Haiti is bounded to the north, 85th Street, to the west, Miami Avenue, to the east, Biscayne Boulevard (U.S. Route 1), and to the south, Northeast 36th Street (US 27).

Liberty City

Liberty City is located in North-Western corner of Miami. It is the home of Miami's African-American community, many of whom were relocated from Overtown after the freeway construction.

Upper Eastside

The Upper Eastside is located in the North-Eastern corner of Miami.

Wynwood

Wynwood is a subdivision of Miami north of downtown. It is roughly divided by NW/NE 20th Street to the south, I-195 to the north, I-95 to the west and Biscayne Boulevard (US 1) to the east.

Edgewater

Edgewater is a subdivision of Miami north of downtown. It is roughly divided by NW/NE 20th Street to the south, I-195 to the north, Biscayne Boulevard (US 1) to the west and Biscayne Bay to the east.

Little Havana

Little Havana is located in west central Miami. It is settled mostly by Cuban refugees, and is a vibrant Latin American cultural center.

Flagami

The Flagami neighborhood is located on the western edge of Miami. It is commonly defined as the area between Flagler Street and the Tamiami Trail between 57th Avenue (Red Road) and 77th Avenue.