{"id":438223,"date":"2026-10-26T10:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/438223\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T10:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:32:31","slug":"how-does-hialeah-number-its-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/438223\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Hialeah number its streets?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s Note: This article was inspired by a question an Instagram user submitted through Curious305, our community-powered reporting series that solicits questions <\/a>from readers about Miami-Dade, Broward, the Florida Keys and the rest of the Sunshine State. Submit your question here<\/a> or scroll down to fill out our form.<\/p>\n

Hey, Curious305: What\u2019s the deal with Hialeah\u2019s street numbers? How does it work?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not your imagination: Hialeah street numbers are different from Miami-Dade County\u2019s. You\u2019re on 103rd Street, and all of a sudden you\u2019re on 49th Street. <\/p>\n

What gives?<\/p>\n

It goes back to the city\u2019s beginning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe founders of Hialeah, James Bright and Glenn Curtiss, began numbering the city streets from zero, from where Hialeah begins, where the sign of the Seminole chief Jack Tigertail was located, pointing towards the entrance of the city,\u201d Seth Bramson, city historian and author of the book The Curtiss-Bright Cities: Hialeah, Miami Springs & Opa-locka, told el Nuevo Herald.<\/p>\n

Before that, the city of Miami was growing, annexing unincorporated areas to the north and west of the original boundaries in 1913. This forced the city to change the way it named streets.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when the Miami quadrant system was born.<\/p>\n

In Miami, all avenues ran from north to south, beginning just west of the Biscayne Bay shoreline at Avenue A or Biscayne Drive, now known as Biscayne Boulevard, west to Avenue L, now Seventh Avenue.<\/p>\n

The Miami system is based on a \u201cpoint zero,\u201d with Flagler Street dividing the street grid between north and south, and Miami Avenue separating the grid between east and west. In 1920, Miami City Councilman Josiah Chaille introduced the grid-system plan, similar to the one in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: How do you know if you\u2019re in Miami or another part of the county?<\/a><\/p>\n

Dade County was established in 1836 and initially included Broward, Palm Beach and the Florida Keys. Palm Beach County was formed in 1909, and in 1915, the counties contributed nearly equal portions of land to create what is now Broward. Since 1915 there have been no significant changes in the boundaries of these territories.<\/p>\n

At that time, Hialeah did not exist as a city, just plots of land<\/a> that were acquired by its founders since the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1920s, the area started to change from agricultural to industrial.<\/p>\n

\"Sign Sign depicting the Seminole Jack Tigertail welcoming visitors to Hialeah in 1921 Colecci\u00f3n de fotograf\u00edas de las Bibliotecas P\u00fablicas de Hialeah Why are the street numbers different?<\/p>\n

So why does 79th Street in Miami turn into 25st Street in Hialeah?<\/p>\n

It comes down to distance.<\/p>\n

There weren\u2019t major streets or highways connecting Hialeah and Miami at the beginning. And Hialeah was founded 29 years after Miami. <\/p>\n

\u201cHialeah was completely different from Miami,\u201d Bramson said.<\/p>\n

Hialeah took its course from Coral Gables founder George Merrick, who also created a completely different street system, one featuring Spanish words and names.<\/p>\n

The most notable case of the numbering disparity between Hialeah and most of Miami-Dade? Hialeah\u2019s commercial heart and best known thoroughfare, West 49th Street, is known as Northwest 103rd Street in Miami-Dade. And Hialeah Park, the famous horse racetrack, is at the end of 79th Street \u2014 or is that 25st Street? <\/p>\n

\"A A street sign indicates that West 49th Street in Hialeah \u2014 Northwest 103rd Street in Miami-Dade \u2014 is near. Veronica Egui Brito vegui@elnuevoherald.com <\/p>\n

Bramson, the South Florida historian, explained that \u201cthere was not a street that was so far to the north in what is now the county. At that time, there was no original connection with Miami. Although there were already roads, they were not paved roads.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Entrance Entrance Plaza Park is the gateway into the City of Hialeah at 399 East Okeechobee Road on Saturday, May 16, 2021. \/Miami Herald \/ Archivo Other differences in street numbers<\/p>\n

Hialeah is not the only city where the street numbering doesn\u2019t match the numbering in Miami, Bramson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many examples, including Miami Springs and Opa-locka, cities that have their own numbering systems and street names, but they are not the only ones. We can also look at Coral Gables, which although closer to Miami than Hialeah, it had a limited connection with Miami,\u201d Bramson explained.<\/p>\n

So maybe Hialeah is not that different after all?<\/p>\n

The street numbers also don\u2019t match in Miami Beach, Homestead and many other places in the county. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the way the naming system works in most Florida cities,\u201d Bramson said.<\/p>\n

Broward also has a divergent street numbering system based on Fort Lauderdale\u2019s grid, but many cities in the county have their own system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe numbering system was initially made by the founders of the municipalities,\u201d Bramson said.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 20, 2022 at 1:04 PM.<\/p>\n

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