Brownsville station

Miami-Dade Transit metro station

25°49′19″N 80°14′26″W / 25.82194°N 80.24056°W / 25.82194; -80.24056Owned byMiami-Dade CountyPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections

Metrobus: 27, 54ConstructionParkingPark and ride (423 spaces)AccessibleYesOther informationStation codeBVLHistoryOpenedMay 19, 1985^[1]Passengers2011252,000^[2]

7% Services

Preceding station	Miami-Dade Transit			Following station
Earlington Heights toward Dadeland South		Green Line		Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza toward Palmetto

Brownsville station is a Metrorail station in Brownsville, Florida. It is located at the intersection of Northwest 27th Avenue (SR 9) and 52nd Street, opening to service May 19, 1985.^[1]

Places of interest

Brownsville
Joseph Caleb Community Center
Family Health Center
Brownsville Renaissance (Retail shops, Movie theater)
Historic Hampton House Hotel

Brownsville Transit Village

Adjacent to the Brownsville Metrorail station is the construction of a new housing project, "Brownsville Transit Village." The project is composed of 5 mid-rise residential towers (467 apartments) with ground floor retail. The buildings are considered transit-oriented development, and are being designed around the metro station. The project was completed by 2012.^[3]^[4] However, as of 2016, Brownsville and Santa Clara (Santa Clara Apartments TOD), are the lowest ridership stations in the system.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Miami's Metrorail Opens More Track". Greensboro News & Record. Greensboro, North Carolina. May 19, 1985. p. D3. Retrieved September 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/news_technical_reports_archive.asp^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Building boom in affordable housing". Miami Herald.
^ "Brownsville Transit Village". HSQ Group, Inc. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
^ "Ridership Technical Reports". Miami-Dade County. Retrieved August 21, 2016.

External links

MDT – Metrorail Stations
Station from Google Maps Street View

Railroad and metro stations in the Miami metropolitan area

Tri-Rail
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Miami-Dade Transit
List of metro stations

Metrorail	Allapattah Brickell Brownsville Civic Center Coconut Grove Culmer Dadeland North Dadeland South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza Douglas Road Earlington Heights Government Center Hialeah Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Miami International Airport Northside Okeechobee Palmetto Santa Clara South Miami Tri-Rail University Vizcaya
Metromover	Adrienne Arsht Center Bayfront Park Brickell College/Bayside College North Eighth Street Eleventh Street Fifth Street Financial District First Street Freedom Tower Government Center Knight Center Miami Avenue Museum Park Park West Riverwalk School Board Tenth Street/Promenade Third Street Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.