Overtown apartments for rent

Overtown lies just northwest of Downtown Miami. It is one of Miami's historic neighborhoods, and NW 2nd Avenue, home of the Lyric Theater, was once known as the Little Broadway of the South.

Among MiaRent's listings here is Arte Grand Central on NW 8th Street, a 2021 tower leased by its owner, a few blocks from MiamiCentral, where Brightline and Tri-Rail stop and Metrorail and Metromover connect. The Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Metrorail station is steps from MiamiCentral's northern entrances. When Arte opened, part of the building was designated affordable.

MiaRent now lists more Overtown choices, several of them income-restricted. Plaza at the Lyric, on NW 2nd Avenue a block north of the historic Lyric Theater, is an affordable community from 2016 with a playground, a library with computers and a parking garage; it does not allow pets. Gallery on the River, a 12-story building on North River Drive across from riverfront restaurants, rents at affordable and workforce income tiers. Riverhouse at 11th, farther west on NW 11th Street toward the Health District, has a rooftop pool and a basketball court.

Two Metrorail stations serve the neighborhood: Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre at NW 8th Street and 1st Avenue, and Culmer at NW 11th Street and NW 7th Avenue. I-95 and the Dolphin Expressway, whose construction in the 1960s split the old neighborhood, run along its western side. Gibson Park and Henry Reeves Park are among its parks, and historic churches such as Greater Bethel AME and Mt. Zion Baptist still stand.

Overtown suits renters who want Downtown, Brightline and rail within walking distance, in a neighborhood with deep history, for less than a core tower. See Downtown Miami and the Health District.