Brickell ( ) is a neighborhood in Miami,
Florida
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located directly east of
Interstate 95
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ...
, south of the
historic CBD, and north of
Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove, also known colloquially as The Grove, is the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The neighborhood is roughly bound by North Prospect Drive to the south, LeJeune Road to the west, S ...
. Brickell is known as the financial district in Miami, as well as
South Florida
South Florida is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is one of Florida's three most commonly referred to directional regions; the other two are Central Florida and North Florida. South Florida is the southernmost part of th ...
.
Brickell was founded in the mid-19th century, growing to become Miami's "
Millionaire's Row" in the early 20th century after the construction of lavish mansions along
Brickell Avenue
Brickell Avenue is a north–south road that was formerly part of U.S. Route 1, in Miami, Florida, just south of the Miami River. North of the Brickell Avenue Bridge, U.S. Route 1 is known as Biscayne Boulevard. Brickell Avenue is the main ro ...
by
Mary Brickell
William Brickell (May 22, 1817(?) – January 14, 1908) joined Julia Tuttle as a co-founder of Miami, Florida.
During the Civil War, Brickell and his wife Mary, whom he met and married in Australia, lived in the White House while he worked as an ...
; both the avenue and neighborhood were named for Ms. Brickell and her husband, William Brickell.
[ ] By the 1970s, office towers, hotels and apartments began replacing the historic mansions. Brickell overtook the
city's central business district to the north, as one of the largest
financial district
A financial district is usually a central area in a city where financial services firms such as banks, insurance companies and other related finance corporations have their head offices. In major cities, financial districts are often home to s ...
s in the
United States
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. With a fast-growing residential population, Brickell is Miami's most
dense
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neighborhood, with a 2010 population of about 31,000.
Media
''
Brickell Magazine ''Brickell Magazine'' is a magazine headquartered in Miami, Florida. It is published by TAG Media, Inc. It is distributed to residences and businesses in Miami's financial district, which is often referred to as "The Manhattan of the South" and "T ...
'' is a magazine covering Brickell and
Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida. The city's greater downtown region consists of the Central Business District, Brickell, the Historic District, Government Center, the Arts & Entertainment District, and Park West. It ...
. Launched in 2008, it is published by TAG Media, Inc.
Jorge Arauz
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is the
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
.
Background
Brickell is a dense, high-rise residential neighborhood with many upscale, luxury condominium and apartment towers.
Brickell Avenue
Brickell Avenue is a north–south road that was formerly part of U.S. Route 1, in Miami, Florida, just south of the Miami River. North of the Brickell Avenue Bridge, U.S. Route 1 is known as Biscayne Boulevard. Brickell Avenue is the main ro ...
, Brickell's main north–south avenue and along with
Miami Avenue
Miami Avenue is a main north–south street running through Coconut Grove, Brickell, Downtown, and Midtown in Miami, Florida. It is the meridian road dividing the street grid of Miami and Miami-Dade County into east and west avenues.
Route ...
, is home to many popular Miami restaurants, shops, art galleries, and places of entertainment. A few hundred feet east of the northeastern side of Brickell is
Brickell Key
Brickell Key is a man-made island off the mainland Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Also called Claughton Island, the neighborhood is just east of Downtown Miami and the Miami River.
History
In 1896, Henry Flagler organized a deep chan ...
, an island of high-rise residential and hotel towers, including the Mandarin Oriental. , over 190,000 office employees work in greater Downtown. Today, greater
Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida. The city's greater downtown region consists of the Central Business District, Brickell, the Historic District, Government Center, the Arts & Entertainment District, and Park West. It ...
is one of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in Miami, booming from 40,000 residents in 2000 to 80,000 in 2010. Brickell is served by the
Miami Metrorail
Metrorail is the heavy rail rapid transit system of Miami and Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Metrorail is operated by Miami-Dade Transit (MDT), a departmental agency of Miami-Dade County. Opened in 1984, it is Florida's only ra ...
at the
Brickell station and by 5 stations of the
Metromover
Metromover is a free mass transit automated people mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States. Metromover serves the Downtown Miami, Brickell, Park West and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods. ...
's Brickell Loop.
Banking and consulates
As South Florida's
financial district
A financial district is usually a central area in a city where financial services firms such as banks, insurance companies and other related finance corporations have their head offices. In major cities, financial districts are often home to s ...
, Brickell is the core of Miami's banking, investment, and financial sectors. Additionally, along with
Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida. The city's greater downtown region consists of the Central Business District, Brickell, the Historic District, Government Center, the Arts & Entertainment District, and Park West. It ...
, Brickell has most of the state's
foreign consulates, including the consulates of
Argentina
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,
Brazil
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,
Chile
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,
Dominican Republic
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,
Ecuador
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,
France
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,
Guatemala
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,
Japan
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,
Mexico
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, the
Netherlands
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Peru
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
,
Trinidad and Tobago
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, and the
United Kingdom
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, amongst others.
Geography
![Brickell, Miami, Florida June 2021 - Greens and Orange](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Brickell%2C_Miami%2C_Florida_June_2021_-_Greens_and_Orange.jpg)
Brickell lies immediately east of
Interstate 95
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ...
, including Southwest 3rd Avenue, and extends to the
Biscayne Bay
Biscayne Bay () is a lagoon with characteristics of an estuary located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida. The northern end of the lagoon is surrounded by the densely developed heart of the Miami metropolitan area while the southern end is la ...
. Brickell extends north to the
Miami River and south to SW 26th Road (the
Rickenbacker Causeway
The Rickenbacker Causeway is a causeway that connects Miami, Florida to the barrier islands of Virginia Key and Key Biscayne across Biscayne Bay.
Background
The Causeway is a toll road, owned and operated by Miami-Dade County. Automobiles ...
). The neighborhood comprises mostly financial and residential buildings north of Broadway (Southwest 15th Road), and mostly residential buildings south of Broadway. Brickell is home to 31,759 year-round residents.
Although Brickell was known as a financial district, in recent years, construction of numerous residential and mixed-use towers has reshaped the neighborhood into a residential community. Brickell now offers residents a walkable lifestyle, where work and entertainment converge. Ongoing development has expanded the dense urban core of Brickell from Brickell Avenue west to Interstate I95, making the
Metrorail
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line and new and expanding Underline Park the center of the neighborhood. As of 2010, 80,000 residents live in Brickell, among them, famous celebrities such as
José José
José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer and actor. Born into a family of musicians, José began his musical career in his early teens playing guitar and sin ...
,
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...
,
Clinton Portis
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,
Jennifer Lopez
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and
Marc Anthony
Marco Antonio Muñiz Rivera (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. A three-time Grammy Award and six-time Latin Gra ...
.
Within Brickell is
Mary Brickell Village
The Shops at Mary Brickell Village is a lifestyle center located in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It has become a very popular downtown destination through bringing new stores and eateries to the area.
Mary Brickell Village is serve ...
, which was the center of the neighborhood’s entertainment district when it opened in 2006. It remains to be a popular gathering spot that includes restaurants, boutique retail shops, and a variety of service providers. The project design was inspired by a mediterranean-style village with open squares that facilitate social gatherings and entertainment events. It’s design now contrasts to the steel Manhattan-like skyscrapers that surround it, but offers a welcoming scale more akin to coastal Mediterranean villages in Europe. Plans are in place to redevelop a portion of this space.
To the north of Brickell is
Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
, with most of the area's public elementary schools and
Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College (Miami Dade, MDC or Dade) is a public college in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1959, it has a total of eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers throughout Miami-Dade County. It is the largest college in the Florida College S ...
's
Wolfson Campus
Miami Dade College (Wolfson Campus) is one of Miami Dade College’s eight campuses. The campus was opened in 1970, holding classes in storefronts in Downtown Miami, Florida. As the only comprehensive urban campus in the City of Miami, Wolfson Ca ...
. Downtown is also home to the
Miami Main Library, as well as various parks, theatres, museums, and sporting venues. South of Brickell is
Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove, also known colloquially as The Grove, is the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The neighborhood is roughly bound by North Prospect Drive to the south, LeJeune Road to the west, S ...
, with Mercy Hospital,
CocoWalk
CocoWalk is an open-air shopping mall in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county ...
,
Dinner Key
Dinner Key is a marina complex in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida, along the shore of Biscayne Bay on South Bayshore Drive. It was originally an island, but was connected to the mainland in 1914 by filling in the intervening space. ...
,
Villa Vizcaya
The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborho ...
, as well as many historic sites and parks. Coconut Grove also has many of Miami's best private schools, such as
Ransom Everglades,
Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart
Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic college preparatory day school for girls, founded in 1961 in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida.
Description
Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart was founded in 1961. Its oldest building, El Jardin ...
, and
Immaculata-Lasalle High School.
West of Brickell is
Little Havana
Little Havana ( es, Pequeña Habana) is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. Home to many Cuban exiles, as well as many immigrants from Central and South America, Little Havana is named after Havana, the capital and largest city i ...
, extending from Interstate I95 westward. East of Brickell is
Biscayne Bay
Biscayne Bay () is a lagoon with characteristics of an estuary located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida. The northern end of the lagoon is surrounded by the densely developed heart of the Miami metropolitan area while the southern end is la ...
, and eastward along the
Rickenbacker Causeway
The Rickenbacker Causeway is a causeway that connects Miami, Florida to the barrier islands of Virginia Key and Key Biscayne across Biscayne Bay.
Background
The Causeway is a toll road, owned and operated by Miami-Dade County. Automobiles ...
, is
Virginia Key
Virginia Key is an barrier island in Miami, Florida. It is located in Biscayne Bay south of Brickell and north of Key Biscayne and is accessible from the mainland via the Rickenbacker Causeway.
The island is mainly occupied by the Virginia Key ...
and
Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne ( es, Cayo Vizcaíno, link=no) is an island located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, located between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. It is the southernmost of the barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of Florida, and lies sou ...
. Both keys have many public beaches, nature preserves, parks, and various other cultural venues. Also east, along the
MacArthur Causeway
The General Douglas MacArthur Causeway is a six-lane causeway that connects Downtown Miami to South Beach via Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County.
The highway is the singular roadway connecting the mainland and beaches to Watson Island and the ...
is
South Beach
South Beach, also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard.
This area was the fi ...
.
Demographics
![Mary Brickell Village westside](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Mary_Brickell_Village_westside.jpg)
As of 2010, the population of Brickell had 27,776 people, with a population density of 37,622 per square mile, making it one of the densest neighborhoods in the United States. In the 2010 US Census, the racial makeup of Brickell was 62.0%
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...
of any race, 33.2%
White (non-Hispanic), 1.6%
Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, and 1.4%
Black
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. The zip codes for Brickell include 33129, 33130, and 33131. The area covers . Many of its daily occupants work in banking, law, and finance.
As of 2000, there were 5,557 males and 5,972 females. The median age for males was 38.4 years old, while the median age for females was 40.6 years old. The average household size had 1.8 people, while the average family size had 2.6 members. The percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 30.3%, while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 8.5%, and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 4.3%. The percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 20.2%, while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 16.0%.
As of 2000, the percentage of people who speak English not well or not at all made up 27.7% of the population. The percentage of residents born in Florida was 17.1%, the percentage of people born in another U.S. state was 13.7%, and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S. was 3.9%, while the percentage of foreign-born residents was 65.3%.
Brickell is a highly educated and affluent neighborhood. As of 2014, an estimated 75% of residents older than 25 hold at least a bachelors level degree with 34% holding an advanced degree. The approximate average household income of $125,500 is more than twice the average for the City of Miami.
Education and institutions
Elementary schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida and the Southeastern United States, and, , the fourth la ...
operates area public schools:
*Southside Elementary School
Private schools:
*First Presbyterian International Christian School (Christian)
*Gordon Day School (Jewish)
*Prima Casa Montessori School
Colleges and universities
*
Florida International University
Florida International University (FIU) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1965, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest uni ...
(
Downtown Campus), a public university
*
University of Miami
The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...
, a private research university in neighboring
Coral Gables
Libraries
*
Miami Main Library
Places of worship
Places of worship in the Brickell neighborhood include:
*First Presbyterian Church of Miami
*Crossbridge Church in Brickell
*
St. Jude Melkite Catholic Church
*The Rok Family Shul: Chabad Downtown Jewish Center
*Beth David Congregation
Transportation
Brickell is served by
Metrobus throughout the area, the
Miami Metrorail
Metrorail is the heavy rail rapid transit system of Miami and Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Metrorail is operated by Miami-Dade Transit (MDT), a departmental agency of Miami-Dade County. Opened in 1984, it is Florida's only ra ...
, and the
Metromover
Metromover is a free mass transit automated people mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States. Metromover serves the Downtown Miami, Brickell, Park West and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods. ...
:
Metrorail:
*
Brickell
Brickell ( ) is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida located directly east of Interstate 95, south of the historic CBD, and north of Coconut Grove. Brickell is known as the financial district in Miami, as well as South Florida.
Brickell was found ...
(SW 11th Street and 1st Avenue)
Metromover:
* Brickell Loop
![Aon building Downtown Miami](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Aon_building_Downtown_Miami.jpg)
Public Transportation in the
Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
/Brickell area is used more than in any other part of Miami and is a vital part of Brickell's life.
Metrorail
METRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . METRORail ranks as the second most-traveled light rail system in the Southern United States and the 12th ...
, Miami's
heavy rail
Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas:
Rapid transit
A rapid transit system is an electric railway characterized by high speed (~) and rapid accelerati ...
system, has one station in Brickell at the
Brickell Station. In addition to Metrorail, the
Metromover
Metromover is a free mass transit automated people mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States. Metromover serves the Downtown Miami, Brickell, Park West and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods. ...
train system runs 3 lines throughout Downtown (the Downtown Loop, the Omni Loop, and the Brickell Loop). The Metromover connects with Metrorail and is free. Metromover stations can be found at roughly every two blocks in Brickell.
Metrorail has stops throughout Miami with connections to
Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport , also known as MIA and historically as Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the greater Miami metropolitan area with over 1,000 daily flights to 167 domestic and international destinations, including most co ...
, all Miami-Dade County bus lines,
Tri-Rail
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and
Amtrak
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. The main bus station in Downtown is located next to the Arsht Center at the
Adrienne Arsht Center Station
Adrienne Arsht Center station, formerly Omni station, is a Metromover station in the Arts & Entertainment District neighborhood of Downtown, Miami, Florida, United States. The station is adjacent to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing ...
. Plans are in place to connect the Metrorail to Midtown and South Beach.
As an urban and
pedestrian-friendly
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area with an extensive
public transit
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network, Brickell (along with
Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
, Omni, and
South Beach
South Beach, also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard.
This area was the fi ...
) is one of the areas in Miami where a car-free lifestyle is commonplace. Many Brickellites get around by foot, bicycle, scooter,
Metromover
Metromover is a free mass transit automated people mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States. Metromover serves the Downtown Miami, Brickell, Park West and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods. ...
, taxi, or ride share app. The Metromover is a popular alternative to walking in the area, especially on rainy, hot or cold days, as the Metromover is free, and stations are located roughly every two blocks throughout the area.
Recently, the City of Miami, along with the Downtown Development Authority, has begun bicycle initiatives promoting citywide bike parking and
bike lanes
Bike lanes (US) or cycle lanes (UK) are types of bikeways (cycleways) with lanes on the roadway for cyclists only. In the United Kingdom, an on-road cycle-lane can be firmly restricted to cycles (marked with a solid white line, entry by motor ...
, which have made bicycling much more popular for residents.
Bike lanes
Bike lanes (US) or cycle lanes (UK) are types of bikeways (cycleways) with lanes on the roadway for cyclists only. In the United Kingdom, an on-road cycle-lane can be firmly restricted to cycles (marked with a solid white line, entry by motor ...
and
bike sharrows are currently planned for the majority of Downtown streets to be painted by the end of 2010. Decobike, the popular bike-sharing program in Miami Beach, has announced a launch in Brickell/Downtown Miami in mid-2014. The
Venetian Causeway
The Venetian Causeway crosses Biscayne Bay between Miami on the mainland and Miami Beach on a barrier island in the Miami metropolitan area. The man-made Venetian Islands and non-bridge portions of the causeway were created by materials which ...
is a popular bicycle commuter route that connects
South Beach
South Beach, also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard.
This area was the fi ...
to Downtown. The
Rickenbacker Causeway
The Rickenbacker Causeway is a causeway that connects Miami, Florida to the barrier islands of Virginia Key and Key Biscayne across Biscayne Bay.
Background
The Causeway is a toll road, owned and operated by Miami-Dade County. Automobiles ...
is very popular on weekends for recreational bicyclists, and often, bicycles can outnumber cars on the causeway.
Taxis and Ride Share Services
Taxis and ride share services, like Uber and Alto, are popular in Brickell, especially from Brickell to
South Beach
South Beach, also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard.
This area was the fi ...
,
Design District or to
Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove, also known colloquially as The Grove, is the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The neighborhood is roughly bound by North Prospect Drive to the south, LeJeune Road to the west, S ...
. Since many Brickell residents choose to not have cars, taxis and ride share services are also popular for rides within Downtown neighborhoods, especially after midnight when the
Metromover
Metromover is a free mass transit automated people mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States. Metromover serves the Downtown Miami, Brickell, Park West and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods. ...
stops running. Taxis can be hailed on the street or telephoned, and ride sharing services can be ordered using mobile apps.
Brickell skyscrapers
Office towers
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Brickell World Plaza
*Colonnade Plaza
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Four Seasons Hotel Miami
The Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, also known as the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, is a 70-story, skyscraper in Miami, Florida. Located in downtown Miami's Brickell Financial District, it is the second tallest building in Miami as well as in F ...
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1450 Brickell
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Brickell Arch
Brickell Arch is an office skyscraper in Brickell in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It was designed by the architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC (KPF). The , 36-story building is located on the southern end of Brickell A ...
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Sabadell Financial Center
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Brickell Financial Centre
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701 Brickell Avenue
701 Brickell Avenue, is an office skyscraper in the Brickell district of Miami, Florida, United States. It is located on Brickell Avenue in the northern Miami Financial District, Brickell Financial District, just three blocks from Biscayne Bay. T ...
*Colonnade Plaza
* Brickell Bay Office Tower
*Latitude One International Business Center
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Brickell Bayview Center
*Brickell City Tower
*830 Brickell
Residential towers
* Brickell Ten
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500 Brickell West Tower
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500 Brickell East Tower
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Brickell House
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Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
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Jade at Brickell Bay
The United States, U.S. city of Miami, Florida has the List of tallest buildings in the United States, country's third-tallest skyline (after New York City and List of tallest buildings in Chicago, Chicago) with 439 high-rises, over 100 of ...
*Emerald at Brickell
*Costa Bella
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The Courts
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The Mark on Brickell
*The Four Ambassadors
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Santa Maria
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Plaza on Brickell North Tower
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Plaza on Brickell South Tower
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Axis at Brickell North Tower
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Axis at Brickell South Tower
*The Fortune House Hotel - Hotel and condos
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Four Seasons - Hotel and condos
*Skyline
*Brickell Mar
*Brickell Place Phase I
*Brickell Place Phase II
*Brickell View West
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Brickell on the River North Tower
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Brickell on the River South Tower
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Avenue on Brickell East Tower
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Avenue on Brickell West Tower
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Latitude on the River
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The Palace
''The Palace'' is a British drama television series that aired on ITV in 2008. Produced by Company Pictures for the ITV network, it was created by Tom Grieves and follows a fictional British Royal Family in the aftermath of the death of King ...
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Atlantis Condominium
The Atlantis Condominium is a landmark 20-story luxury condominium building in Miami, Florida. It was built between 1980–1982, and was designed by the architectural firm Arquitectonica. The building is known for its glass facade and primary col ...
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Solitair Brickell
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Panorama
A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ...
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Rise
Rise or RISE may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* '' Rise: The Vieneo Province'', an internet-based virtual world
* Rise FM, a fictional radio station in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto 3''
* Rise Kujikawa, a vide ...
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Reach
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One Broadway
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One Tequesta Point
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Carbonell Condominium
Carbonell Condominium is a residential high-rise building located in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The tower is one of the tallest buildings located on Brickell Key, a small island located due east of Brickell at the mouth of the ...
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The Club at Brickell Bay
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Infinity at Brickell
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Icon Brickell North Tower
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Icon Brickell South Tower
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Viceroy Tower
*The Sail
*Neo Vertika
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Two Tequesta Point
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Three Tequesta Point
*Villa Regina
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Vue at Brickell
*The Yacht Club
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Brickell Heights - West Tower
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Brickell Heights - East Tower
* SLS Lux
* 1100 Millecento
* 1060 Brickell (previously Avenue on Brickell East Tower)
* 1050 Brickell (previously Avenue on Brickell West Tower)
* The Bond on Brickell
Parks
![Simpson Park Hammock Downtown Miami](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Simpson_Park_Hammock_Downtown_Miami.jpg)
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Simpson Park Hammock
Simpson Park, officially Simpson Park Hammock, is a urban park and nature preserve located between Brickell and The Roads neighborhoods of Miami, Florida. The park was originally known as Jungle Park, as were set aside in 1913 by a group of indi ...
- (nature preserve) S. Miami Ave and Broadway
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Alice Wainwright Park- (nature preserve) Brickell Ave and the Rickenbacker Causeway
*Southside Park- SW 1st Ave and SW 11th St
*Allen Morris Brickell Park- SE 10th St and SE 1st Ave
*Brickell Park- Brickell Ave and SE 5th St
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Miami Circle
The Miami Circle, also known as The Miami River Circle, Brickell Point, or The Miami Circle at Brickell Point Site, is an archaeological site in Downtown Miami, Florida. It consists of a perfect circle measuring 38 feet (11.5m) of 600 postmolds th ...
- Brickell Avenue Bridge (next to Icon Brickell towers)
*Brickell Key Park- 805 Claughton Island Dr
Historic Brickell
With rapid urbanization over the decades, very little remains of the original character of Brickell. Brickell was originally platted for
mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...
s and large homes by
Mary Brickell
William Brickell (May 22, 1817(?) – January 14, 1908) joined Julia Tuttle as a co-founder of Miami, Florida.
During the Civil War, Brickell and his wife Mary, whom he met and married in Australia, lived in the White House while he worked as an ...
, which thus led to the name "Millionaire's Row." With the growth of the city, especially in the 1970s onwards, Brickell's character began to change with the construction of
high-rise office towers along
Brickell Avenue
Brickell Avenue is a north–south road that was formerly part of U.S. Route 1, in Miami, Florida, just south of the Miami River. North of the Brickell Avenue Bridge, U.S. Route 1 is known as Biscayne Boulevard. Brickell Avenue is the main ro ...
, and high-rise residential towers in lower Brickell, south of SE 15th Road (Broadway). A commercial boom in the 1980s brought mass construction of office towers to Brickell, and subsequent construction, would further change the neighborhood into the dense, urban, residential and commercial neighborhood it is today. Some of the historic buildings remaining in Brickell can be seen in the photos below. While not a
registered historic landmark, Brickell is home to
Tobacco Road, which claimed to be Miami's oldest bar, in business since 1912,
with a now-demolished building built in 1915.
File:Brickell Mausoleum, Miami, Florida - IMG 7996.JPG, Brickell Mausoleum
The Brickell Mausoleum is a historic mausoleum located in Miami, Florida at 501 Brickell Avenue. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Unite ...
at Brickell Park, built in 1921
File:Miami Circle 20110307.jpg, Miami Circle
The Miami Circle, also known as The Miami River Circle, Brickell Point, or The Miami Circle at Brickell Point Site, is an archaeological site in Downtown Miami, Florida. It consists of a perfect circle measuring 38 feet (11.5m) of 600 postmolds th ...
, Tequesta
The Tequesta (also Tekesta, Tegesta, Chequesta, Vizcaynos) were a Native American tribe. At the time of first European contact they occupied an area along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida. They had infrequent contact with Europeans a ...
Indian burial grounds, circa 310-10 AD
File:Dr.JamesM.JacksonOffice.jpg, Dr. James M. Jackson Office, first physician's office in Miami, 1905
File:Miami FL Southside School01.jpg, Southside School, 1900-1924
File:Stjudechurch.jpg, St. Jude Catholic Church, 1946
File:Miami FL Fire Station 4-01.jpg, Fire Station No. 4, 1922
File:229 SW 9 Street Miami FL 33130 historic apartment 1925.jpg, One of few remaining original Brickell buildings, in west Brickell, 1925
Gallery
File:Miami River Brickell Avenue Bridge statue.jpg, American Indian monument on bridge over the Miami River connecting Brickell with Downtown
File:Miami Avenue 20100211.jpg, Miami Avenue
Miami Avenue is a main north–south street running through Coconut Grove, Brickell, Downtown, and Midtown in Miami, Florida. It is the meridian road dividing the street grid of Miami and Miami-Dade County into east and west avenues.
Route ...
File:Infinity at Brickell north.jpg, View of Brickell
File:Club 50 Viceroy Downtown Miami.jpg, Club 50 on the 50th floor of Viceroy
A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning "k ...
in Brickell
File:Downtown highrise Miami FL USA 1601.jpg, Four Seasons Hotel Miami
The Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, also known as the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, is a 70-story, skyscraper in Miami, Florida. Located in downtown Miami's Brickell Financial District, it is the second tallest building in Miami as well as in F ...
File:Asia tower.jpg, Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
on Brickell Key
Brickell Key is a man-made island off the mainland Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Also called Claughton Island, the neighborhood is just east of Downtown Miami and the Miami River.
History
In 1896, Henry Flagler organized a deep chan ...
File:Espirito Santo Plaza Downtown Miami 20100206.jpg, Brickell Arch
Brickell Arch is an office skyscraper in Brickell in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It was designed by the architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC (KPF). The , 36-story building is located on the southern end of Brickell A ...
File:Axis at Brickell Village Towers.jpg, Axis at Brickell Village
File:701 Brickell Avenue.jpg, 701 Brickell Avenue
701 Brickell Avenue, is an office skyscraper in the Brickell district of Miami, Florida, United States. It is located on Brickell Avenue in the northern Miami Financial District, Brickell Financial District, just three blocks from Biscayne Bay. T ...
File:Washington Mutual Building; Miami, Florida.jpg, Brickell City Tower
File:Plaza on Brickell.jpg, Plaza on Brickell towers
File:Atlantiscondominium.jpg, Atlantis Condominium
The Atlantis Condominium is a landmark 20-story luxury condominium building in Miami, Florida. It was built between 1980–1982, and was designed by the architectural firm Arquitectonica. The building is known for its glass facade and primary col ...
File:Brickellavenue.jpg, Brickell Avenue
Brickell Avenue is a north–south road that was formerly part of U.S. Route 1, in Miami, Florida, just south of the Miami River. North of the Brickell Avenue Bridge, U.S. Route 1 is known as Biscayne Boulevard. Brickell Avenue is the main ro ...
File:Brickell 01.jpg, Upper Brickell before recent construction boom
File:DaySouth.jpg, Lower Brickell before recent construction boom
File:Northern Brickell skyline at night 20081203.jpg, The northern Brickell skyline at night as seen from the Mandarin Oriental
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International Limited (MOHG) is a Hong Kong hotel investment and management group focusing on luxury hotels, resorts, and residences, with a total of 33 properties worldwide, 20 of which are fully or partially ow ...
on Brickell Key
Brickell Key is a man-made island off the mainland Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Also called Claughton Island, the neighborhood is just east of Downtown Miami and the Miami River.
History
In 1896, Henry Flagler organized a deep chan ...
File:Miami Underconstruction.jpg, Brickell skyscrapers under construction in 2006
File:Brickell Cloudy Day.jpg, Cloudy day in Brickell, Summer of 2016.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Miami
The U.S. city of Miami, Florida has the country's third-tallest skyline (after New York City and Chicago) with 439 high-rises, over 100 of which stand taller than and 65 which are taller than . The tallest building in the city is the 85 ...
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Brickell Avenue
Brickell Avenue is a north–south road that was formerly part of U.S. Route 1, in Miami, Florida, just south of the Miami River. North of the Brickell Avenue Bridge, U.S. Route 1 is known as Biscayne Boulevard. Brickell Avenue is the main ro ...
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Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida. The city's greater downtown region consists of the Central Business District, Brickell, the Historic District, Government Center, the Arts & Entertainment District, and Park West. It ...
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Miami Circle
The Miami Circle, also known as The Miami River Circle, Brickell Point, or The Miami Circle at Brickell Point Site, is an archaeological site in Downtown Miami, Florida. It consists of a perfect circle measuring 38 feet (11.5m) of 600 postmolds th ...
References
External links
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Economy of Miami
Financial districts in the United States
Neighborhoods in Miami
Populated places on the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida