A bay shoreline lined with towers, seen from the air at sunset

Neighborhoods / Edgewater

Bayfront strip

Edgewater

A narrow strip along Biscayne Bay between Downtown and the Design District. The waterfront towers around Margaret Pace Park define its character; a bay view here is the rule rather than the exception.

The character of the area

Edgewater is a narrow strip running along the bay between Downtown and the Design District. What defines it is not its width but its frontage: most of the building stock faces the water, so a bay view here is not an exception but a basic characteristic.

Margaret Pace Park is the social center of the neighborhood — tennis courts, a dog run and a waterfront walkway open a breathing space in the density of towers. The retail line of the Design District and Midtown is within walking distance, and Downtown is a few minutes south.

The building stock is relatively new: most of Edgewater's current skyline went up in the last fifteen years, which generally means current building amenities and current technical infrastructure.

The boundaries are sharp: NE 36th Street to the north, NE 17th Terrace to the south, the Florida East Coast railway line to the west and Biscayne Bay to the east. Those four lines separate Edgewater from its neighbors — the railway in particular physically cuts the district off from Wynwood. So walking to Midtown or Wynwood, which look like neighbors on a map, in practice means a route around the line.

Transport works on two levels at once: inside the district and toward Downtown the Metromover is free and loops between Downtown, Omni and Brickell; to leave the area, the I-95 exits 2A (US 1 / Biscayne Blvd) and 4 · 4B (I-195 East / SR 112 West) are used. Biscayne Boulevard is the spine, and the waterfront strip east of the boulevard is walkable almost without interruption north to south.

Worth knowing

Bay frontage is allocated parcel by parcel: a view that is open today can be closed when the empty lot in front of it is built out. A view bought without asking about the exposure and the status of the parcel in front of it has not really been bought.

Verifiable facts

Facts we have been able to verify one by one for Edgewater; the source for each row is printed beside it.

  • Edgewater’s boundaries are NE 36th Street to the north, Biscayne Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway to the east, NE 17th Terrace to the south and the Florida East Coast railway line to the west; the district lies north of Downtown and south of Midtown and the Upper East Side, and is separated from Wynwood by the railway.

    Source: FIU — Miami-Dade MPO, Edgewater community report

  • Margaret Pace Park is at 1745 N Bayshore Drive, Miami 33132, an eight-acre park on the bay between NE 20th Street and NE 17th Terrace; it has tennis courts, a dog run, a waterfront walkway and an open sports area.

    Source: City of Miami — parks directory

  • The Venetian Causeway, just south of the district, connects mainland Miami to Miami Beach by way of the Venetian Islands and is operated by Miami-Dade County Public Works; its toll plaza collects electronically through SunPass and TOLL-BY-PLATE. Today’s structure follows the route of the 1913 wooden Collins Bridge and was built in 1927.

    Source: Miami-Dade County — Venetian Causeway background note

  • The Metromover is free and runs seven days a week; its loop runs between Downtown, Omni and Brickell.

    Source: Miami-Dade County — Metromover

  • The FDOT exit list maps the stretch around Edgewater with 2A (US 1 / Biscayne Blvd), 4 (I-195 East / SR 112 West), 4A (I-195 East) and 4B (I-195 East / SR 112 West); the district’s northern boundary, NE 36th Street, runs along that route.

    Source: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) — I-95 exit list

  • The Omni Community Redevelopment Agency district covers the southern part of Edgewater: on the boundary map the agency publishes, the area stretches north from Interstate 395 to NE 20 Terrace, bordered by Biscayne Bay to the east and NW 2nd Avenue to the west, and South Edgewater is among the neighborhoods it lists.

    Source: Omni CRA — district map

  • The county’s official layers show the elementary, middle and high school attendance area for every address, Edgewater included; assignment follows the address rather than the neighborhood name.

    Source: Miami-Dade County — official school attendance area layers

Sales market in Edgewater

Median sale price
$683,150
Median price per ft squared
$912
Recorded sales
1,634
Currently listed for sale
1,464
Median days on market
73 days

Active listing figures from the SEF MLS feed for postal codes 33132, 33137, as of October 17, 2026. The closed-sale figures above come from recorded deeds — the two measure different things. Listing data provided by the Southeast Florida MLS (MIAMI REALTORS®) IDX feed. Copyright Southeast Florida Multiple Listing Service © 2026. Accuracy of listing information is not guaranteed. Listing information is provided for personal consumer, non-commercial use, solely to identify potential properties for potential purchase. All other use is strictly prohibited.

Source: recorded sales from the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser. Arm’s-length sales only; intra-family transfers, foreclosures and other non-market transactions are excluded. Scope: postal codes 33132, 33137 · sales recorded between July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026.

Neighborhood boundaries are approximated by ZIP code; parts of adjacent neighborhoods may share the same code. These figures describe recorded deed transfers, not current asking prices.

Year-over-year change is deliberately not published: in this dataset it measures the composition of what sold rather than price. We do not fill a figure we cannot measure with an estimate.

For sale in Edgewater

1,464 listings
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Listing data provided by the Southeast Florida MLS (MIAMI REALTORS®) IDX feed. Copyright Southeast Florida Multiple Listing Service © 2026. Accuracy of listing information is not guaranteed. Listing information is provided for personal consumer, non-commercial use, solely to identify potential properties for potential purchase. All other use is strictly prohibited.

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MiamiLi is an independent broker, not the developer. Project information is based on the developer’s public announcements; delivery dates and prices can be changed by the developer.

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Frequently asked questions about Edgewater

Is a bay view in Edgewater guaranteed?
No, because bay frontage is allocated parcel by parcel: a view that is open today can be closed when the empty lot in front of it is built out. The neighborhood’s water advantage is a geographic fact, but it does not transfer automatically to every unit. When you evaluate one, we suggest asking separately which way the unit faces and what the zoning status of the parcel in front of it is.
Can you walk to Midtown and Wynwood from here?
They look like neighbors on a map, but there is no direct pedestrian crossing: the Florida East Coast railway line runs between Edgewater and Wynwood and cuts the district off on its western side. Walking to those neighborhoods therefore means a long route around the line. By car the distance is short.
Do you need a car?
Not inside the district or toward Downtown: the Metromover runs between Downtown, Omni and Brickell, and the waterfront strip and the boulevard are walkable. Getting to the rest of Miami-Dade is where the freeway comes in; the district’s northern boundary, NE 36th Street, sits on that route. If your working life is outside the city, a car becomes necessary in practice.
What are the school options in Edgewater?
Attendance areas are drawn by address and revised annually by the county, so no single school name describes the neighborhood. The official layer is the only correct source: we suggest checking the address of the unit you are considering with the county’s own lookup, since an old list would mislead once the boundaries move.
What does the price on this page measure?
The median on this page is a measurement, not an estimate: it is computed from the set of ZIP codes registered for the area. It is not a guide to a single building, because floor height and exposure widen the price difference noticeably. If you are running an investment calculation, we suggest looking at the listings and rent levels of the specific building.

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