Downtown Miami

Downtown Miami, is the central business district of Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. Points of interest in downtown include the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, the Bayside Marketplace, and the American Airlines Arena. Brickell Avenue/Biscayne Boulevard is the main north-south road in the downtown area, and Flagler Street is the main east-west road.

Downtown Miami is divided into distinct areas separated by the Miami River: The government and shopping district of northern downtown and the Brickell Financial District.

Public Transportation in the downtown area is used more than in any other part of Miami. The Metromover train system runs 3 lines through downtown, and the Metrorail, Dade County's heavy rail system, makes 3 stops in the downtown area.

Miami-Dade Transit operates a downtown transit system, Metromover, and metro rapid transit system that runs through downtown, Metrorail. The University of Miami (UM), UM/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Tri-Rail, Miami International Airport, the Shops at Sunset Place, Downtown Dadeland, Coconut Grove, Hialeah, and Coral Gables, in addition to a plethora of other attractions, are accessible via Metrorail.

Brickell is the area south of the Miami River in Miami, Florida that expands south to SE 26th Road (the Rickenbacker Causeway).

Known as "Millionaire’s Row", the southern portion of Brickell Avenue (US 1) is home to the Miami Financial District as well as the site of new high rise luxury condominium developments that constantly redefines the Miami skyline. Just few hundred feet East of Brickell is Brickell Key. Brickell is divided into two sections: Upper Brickell and Lower Brickell. Upper Brickell is the area north of Southeast 15th Street (Broadway), and Lower Brickell is the area between Broadway and Southeast 26th Road. Upper Brickell includes the financial district, is technically part of Downtown Miami, and has both office towers as well as residential buildings. Lower Brickell is mainly residential and includes the "Millionaire's Row" section of Brickell Avenue.

The financial district in Miami, Florida is the area of downtown along Brickell Avenue (US 1) and Brickell Bay Drive from south of the Miami River to Broadway (SE 15th Road).

Referred to as the Manhattan of Miami, it has the largest concentration of international banks in the United States.