Coconut Grove, FL

2820 McFarlane Rd, Miami, FL

Last updated 8/27/2026

Coconut Grove is widely regarded as the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood in Miami-Dade County, with roots as a settlement predating the city of Miami itself by more than a decade, and that long history has given "the Grove," as it's known locally, a genuinely bohemian, artistic identity distinct from much of the rest of South Florida's newer suburban development. The neighborhood's tree-canopied streets and historic bungalows, many dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, have made it one of the more architecturally varied and lushly landscaped residential areas in the entire Miami metro area, a contrast to the more uniform Mediterranean Revival style found in neighboring Coral Gables. Peacock Park and the adjacent Dinner Key Marina anchor the neighborhood's waterfront, and Coconut Grove's mix of independent bookstores, art galleries, and outdoor cafés has sustained a genuinely artsy commercial character going back to its early-20th-century role as a gathering point for writers, artists, and bohemian expatriates. Coconut Grove's combination of being Miami-Dade's oldest continuously settled neighborhood, a distinctly bohemian and artistic community character, and lush, tree-lined residential streets has made it one of the more historically and culturally distinctive close-in suburbs anywhere in greater Miami.

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