Episode 1 · Neighborhood Overview & Local Vibe
Coconut Grove, Florida: Village, Weather, Getting Around
Coconut Grove is a bayfront part of the City of Miami, built around a village center of shops, a library and parks along Grand Avenue, Main Highway and McFarlane Road. This page covers what the village holds, the weather, how you get around by rail and bus, how the school district assigns a school and where to find the official school and police pages.
💡 Key Insights & Takeaways
- Grand Avenue, Main Highway and McFarlane Road form the village center, with CocoWalk, the Coconut Grove Branch Library, Peacock Park and The Barnacle Historic State Park along them.
- The Miami airport station's 1991–2020 normals put the average high at 76.2°F in January and 90.7°F in August, and they are airport readings, not a separate Coconut Grove record.
- The Green and Orange Metrorail lines run north through Vizcaya, Brickell and Government Center and south toward University, and the Miami Trolley and Metrobus routes link the village to the stations.
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools assigns a school by the address of the home, and choice and magnet admissions are a separate application, so look up the exact address in the district locator.
- The flood zone, the roof and wind records and a condominium's inspection and reserve documents belong to one property, and the flood zones marked at two park points do not describe the whole neighborhood.
If you are deciding whether Coconut Grove suits how you live, start with the heat and the train. The Miami airport station averages 91.5 days a year at or above 90°F in its 1991–2020 normals, as of 5 October 2026, and the two Metrorail stations sit at the US 1 edge, outside the village center.
At a glance
This table gives the weather figures from the Miami International Airport station, which sits outside Coconut Grove, the City of Miami's three Walk Score numbers and the rail position, as of 5 October 2026.
| Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Days a year at or above 90°F, Miami airport station | 91.5 days | 1991–2020 normals |
| Average high in January, same station | 76.2°F | 1991–2020 normals |
| Average high in August, same station | 90.7°F | 1991–2020 normals |
| Walk Score, Transit Score and Bike Score, City of Miami as a whole | 77, 57 and 64 | 5 October 2026 |
| Metrorail stations at the US 1 edge, outside the village center | Two, Coconut Grove and Douglas Road | 5 October 2026 |
What is Coconut Grove actually like?
Coconut Grove sits inside the City of Miami, and the city runs its parks and its trolley while Florida State Parks runs The Barnacle. The village center is built on three streets: Grand Avenue, Main Highway and McFarlane Road. Grand Avenue is the retail and market corridor, Main Highway is the retail corridor beside The Barnacle Historic State Park, and McFarlane Road is the junction with the park and the library.
Commodore Plaza is a retail corridor with public parking. Fuller Street and Charles Avenue are named streets on the Coconut Grove Business Improvement District's historic walking map. Together they give the village a street pattern you can learn on foot, though this page gives no walking time to any of them.
You run your errands and spend your evenings in the village center, and each place does a different job. This table lists the shops, services and public buildings, as of 5 October 2026. Business pages do not promise that each place is open on a given day, so confirm hours before you go, and this page gives no distance or ranking.
| Place | What it is and where it sits |
|---|---|
| CocoWalk | CocoWalk is the village-center retail center at Grand Avenue and Virginia Street. |
| Books & Books | Books & Books is a bookstore on Main Highway. |
| Panther Coffee | Panther Coffee is a coffee shop on Main Highway. |
| GreenStreet Cafe | GreenStreet Cafe is a cafe and restaurant on Main Highway. |
| Coconut Grove Farmers Market | The Coconut Grove Farmers Market is a recurring Saturday market on Grand Avenue. |
| The Fresh Market | The Fresh Market is a grocery store on South Bayshore Drive. |
| CVS Pharmacy | CVS Pharmacy is a pharmacy and drugstore on Grand Avenue. |
| Coconut Grove Laundry & Cleaners | Coconut Grove Laundry & Cleaners handles laundry and dry cleaning on Grand Avenue. |
| Specialized Miami Coconut Grove | Specialized Miami Coconut Grove is a bicycle shop on Grand Avenue. |
| Pilates in the Grove | Pilates in the Grove is a Pilates studio on Virginia Street. |
| OM Movement | OM Movement offers movement and yoga classes on McFarlane Road. |
| Coconut Grove Branch Library | The Coconut Grove Branch Library lends books and offers printing and public programs on McFarlane Road. |
| HCA Florida Mercy Hospital | HCA Florida Mercy Hospital is a hospital with an emergency department on South Miami Avenue. |
| Miami City Hall | Miami City Hall holds the city commission and its public meetings, on Pan American Drive. |
| Coconut Grove Business Improvement District | The Business Improvement District is a body for local businesses that holds public meetings and posts reports, and it is not an association of residents. |
Your free time runs to the water and to the parks, and each site has its own rules. This table lists the parks, gardens, marina and programs, as of 5 October 2026. Hours, closures, fees, booking rules or membership can limit access at any of them, and construction can change which parts are open, so check before you go.
| Place | What you find there |
|---|---|
| Peacock Park | Peacock Park is a waterfront park on McFarlane Road with a recreation center, a playground and a basketball court. |
| Regatta Park | Regatta Park is a waterfront park on Pan American Drive with boat-ramp access, picnic space and bicycle parking. |
| David T. Kennedy Park | David T. Kennedy Park is on South Bayshore Drive and has a dog area, a playground and room for outdoor exercise. |
| Esther Mae Armbrister Park | Esther Mae Armbrister Park is on Grand Avenue and has fields and recreation courts, and construction there may limit access. |
| The Barnacle Historic State Park | The Barnacle Historic State Park is on Main Highway, with open grounds and house tours that you book by schedule. |
| The Kampong | The Kampong is a botanical garden, and the garden suggests that you book ahead. |
| Dinner Key Marina | Dinner Key Marina is the city's municipal marina on the Pan American Drive waterfront. |
| Shake-A-Leg Miami | Shake-A-Leg Miami runs watersports programs, and you enroll or reserve rather than walk in. |
| Coconut Grove Sailing Club Instructional Center | The Coconut Grove Sailing Club Instructional Center teaches sailing through courses you enroll in. |
| Coconut Grove Arts Festival | The Coconut Grove Arts Festival is a recurring public festival, and the organizer's calendar sets the dates. |
The Coconut Grove Playhouse is a historic theater project in the permit and restoration process, and it is not described as an open venue. The city's new community center at Armbrister Park is on the city's construction notices with proposed dates, and a proposed date is not a record of work under way. The county's page on building near transit lists a project of homes and shops called Grove Central near the Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and this page does not say whether it is built.
What is the weather like in Coconut Grove, and does it flood?
It is hot and wet, and the figures come from the Miami International Airport weather station, which stands in for Coconut Grove. They are 1991–2020 normals, which means 30-year averages. They are airport readings, not a separate Coconut Grove record, so they do not show whether the Grove runs hotter or cooler than the airport.
The average high is 76.2°F in January and 90.7°F in August, and the rain totals 67.41 inches a year. An average of 91.5 days a year reach 90°F or hotter. That is a count of days at or above 90°F, not days strictly above it. The rain total says how much falls, not how often a street floods, so check the forecast before you plan an outdoor market or park day.
Flood is the second question to ask after price. FEMA's map shows VE, a zone for coastal areas that also face storm waves, at the Peacock Park and Kennedy Park points on a 2009 map panel. Those are historical points for two parks, not a map of the whole neighborhood, so check the current FEMA map. A flood zone belongs to a lot, not to a neighborhood, so ask for the flood zone and the ground elevation of your exact address, and use the county's flood zone maps.
Coastal ownership also means asking for the wind inspection and the roof permit and inspection records. Insurance cost and eligibility depend on the carrier and the building, so get the carrier's own documents. If you buy a unit in a condo building, ask for the building's milestone inspection, reserve and recertification documents, and ask what the dues and any special charges are. Those rules depend on the building, and this page does not say which buildings have finished them.
How do you get around from Coconut Grove?
This page gives no door-to-door travel time from the village center to Brickell, downtown, the Health District, Coral Gables and the University of Miami, or Miami International Airport, because those times were not verified. Time each trip yourself at the hour you would travel, and add the leg from your door to the platform or the stop.
Walk Score rates how many errands you can do on foot, Transit Score rates how well transit serves a spot, and Bike Score rates how easy it is to ride. For the City of Miami as a whole, the Walk Score is 77, the Transit Score is 57 and the Bike Score is 64, as of 5 October 2026. Those are citywide numbers, and the scores for the village center itself were not verified, so do not read them as the Grove's own.
Metrorail is Miami-Dade's rapid transit rail line. The Coconut Grove station and the Douglas Road station both sit on US 1 at the edge of the village, so neither is in the village center, and the leg to the platform counts as part of every trip. Going north, the Green and Orange lines run from the Coconut Grove station through Vizcaya, Brickell, Government Center, Historic Overtown and Lyric Theatre, Culmer, UHealth and Jackson, Allapattah and Earlington Heights. At Earlington Heights the airport branch reaches Miami International Airport. The Orange Line runs through on weekdays, and on weekends you change at Earlington Heights to the airport shuttle. Going south, the lines run to Douglas Road and University, and a station is not the same as a campus building, so add the walk.
Tri-Rail is the separate regional commuter train, and Metrorail connects to it at the Tri-Rail station. Brightline is the intercity train and runs from MiamiCentral. Neither has a platform in the village center.
This table lists the trolley and bus routes that connect to the rail stations, as of 5 October 2026. It gives no frequency, because schedules change and the current timetable decides, and the county warns that regular schedules can vary during maintenance, so check service alerts before you travel.
| Route | What it does |
|---|---|
| Miami Trolley, Coconut Grove route | The trolley runs along Grand Avenue and South Bayshore Drive and links the village with the rail stations, and the city's current schedule shows no Sunday service. |
| Metrobus 22 | Route 22 runs from the Coconut Grove station to Earlington Heights and Miami Dade College North. |
| Metrobus 27 and 27A | Routes 27 and 27A run north along 27th Avenue from the Coconut Grove station. |
| Metrobus 37 | Route 37 connects Douglas Road with the airport and Hialeah, and its route map is an older one. |
| Metrobus 40 | Route 40 runs west from the Douglas Road station along Bird Road. |
| Metrobus 136 | Route 136 runs from the Douglas Road station along Old Cutler Road to The Falls, and its older map shows weekday peak service, not an all-day village route. |
| Metrobus 400 South Owl | Route 400 South Owl is the overnight route between Dadeland South and the US 1 corridor, and it is not a daytime route. |
By car, US 1 is the road that runs beside the rail stations, and this page gives no rush-hour drive time. Parking in the village includes the Commodore Plaza lot, the Florentine lot and the CocoWalk garages. Rates, permit rules and how full each one gets were not verified. The city's bicycle map and Bike Master Plan cover the area, and a plan is not proof that a protected lane is built.
Which schools serve Coconut Grove, and how are they assigned?
Miami-Dade County Public Schools assigns a school by the address of the home. The district's attendance boundaries set the default, and the district runs choice and magnet admissions as a separate application, so a place in one of those programs is not the same as an assignment. The boundaries are redrawn through an annual process, and a neighboring address can be assigned differently.
The district's campuses near the village include Coconut Grove Elementary School and Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center. A school's name, or standing near it, does not establish which school a home is assigned to. The district locator for your exact address decides that, and it also sets the high school, so look up each address for the school year you would enroll.
Where can I check schools and crime information for Coconut Grove?
Big Data Realty does not rate schools or neighborhoods. Ratings and reviews are on GreatSchools. The Miami-Dade County Public Schools Find Your Neighborhood School locator confirms which school an address is assigned to, and the state publishes official school reports as the Florida School Accountability Reports. Check them for the most recent information, because boundaries and reports change every school year.
For crime information, check the most recent reports directly with the Miami Police Department's official crime mapping page.
Who does Coconut Grove suit?
- You want shops, a library and parks in one cluster. Grand Avenue, Main Highway and McFarlane Road carry them, so check the walk from your exact address, because this page gives no walking time.
- You want to commute by train. Both Metrorail stations sit at the US 1 edge, so budget for the first leg by trolley, bus or on foot.
- You want time on the water. Peacock Park, Regatta Park, Dinner Key Marina and the sailing and watersports programs are here, so confirm each site's access rules before you plan around it.
- You want to drive. US 1 runs beside the stations, and this page gives no rush-hour time, so drive the trip at the hour you would go.
- You are weighing a condominium. The building's inspection and reserve documents come with the flood, roof and wind checks, so ask for all of them before you decide.
- You want to compare nearby communities. Coral Gables, Key Biscayne and Pinecrest each have a neighborhood guide, so compare them on the same checks: the exact address, the flood zone, the school assignment and the trip to the rail.
- You want to commute by train. Both Metrorail stations sit at the US 1 edge, so budget for the first leg by trolley, bus or on foot.
- You want time on the water. Peacock Park, Regatta Park, Dinner Key Marina and the sailing and watersports programs are here, so confirm each site's access rules before you plan around it.
- You want to drive. US 1 runs beside the stations, and this page gives no rush-hour time, so drive the trip at the hour you would go.
- You are weighing a condominium. The building's inspection and reserve documents come with the flood, roof and wind checks, so ask for all of them before you decide.
- You want to compare nearby communities. Coral Gables, Key Biscayne and Pinecrest each have a neighborhood guide, so compare them on the same checks: the exact address, the flood zone, the school assignment and the trip to the rail.
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