Brownsville, Florida
| Brownsville | |
|---|---|
| Census-designated place (CDP) & Unincorporated community | |
 Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida |
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 U.S. Census Bureau map showing CDP boundaries |
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| Coordinates: 25°49′17″N 80°14′25″W / 25.82139°N 80.24028°WCoordinates: 25°49′17″N 80°14′25″W / 25.82139°N 80.24028°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Florida
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| County | Miami-Dade |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.3 sq mi (5.9 km2) |
| • Land | 2.3 sq mi (5.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 14,393 |
| • Density | 6,257.8/sq mi (2,439.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 305 |
| FIPS code | 12-09000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1867121 |
Brownsville, (also known as Brown Sub), is a census-designated place in metropolitan Miami, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,313, up from 14,393 in 2000. After three decades of population loss, Brownsville gained population for the first time in over 40 years in the 2010 US Census.
Brownsville was originally a settlement for white families in the 1920s. blacks began moving into the neighborhood between the late 1940s and early 1960s as the population surrounding nearby Liberty Square expanded and many inner-city shites moved to newly built suburban subdivisions surrounding Miami city proper in the wake of World War II.
By the mid-1960s, Brownsville was a thriving community for black professionals. However, the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 that outlawed the restrictive covenants and riots in 1968 and 1980 brought the black flight of middle- and upper-class families from the community. Brownsville experienced continued population loss from 1970 until 2000, as part of a greater suburbanization trend of among the U.S. upwardly-mobile middle class. By the 2010 US Census, Brownsville had gained population for the first time in over 40 years, rising to 15,313 residents.
Construction began on a transit oriented development "Brownsville Transit Village" in 2010, on the 5.8-acre site of the Brownsville Metrorail station parking lot. The project cost $100 million to build, and is composed of 467 units in five high-rise residential towers with ground-floor retail centered around the Brownsville Metro station. The project was partially funded by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, and is one of the largest transit oriented development and affordable housing projects in Miami.
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