Milander Park, Hialeah
Milander Park · City of Hialeah · Florida

Live in Milander Park

Hialeah's 1950s north side between W 4th and East 4th Avenues: about two thousand single-family houses on small lots around the City's main library, Hialeah Senior High and Milander Park, with no industrial land at all and 55% of the 9,355 residents of 2020 in FEMA's shallow-flooding zone AH.

Glenn Curtiss and James H. Bright drew Hialeah's first plat in 1921, and the city incorporated in 1925, but this part of it was built almost all at once: of the 2,171 residential parcels on the City's zoning layer with a year built, 1,752 went up in the 1950s, and Hialeah Senior High opened in the middle of them in September 1954. The guide is the City master plan's Racetrack and Transfer Station District 1, 663 acres where the 2020 census counted 9,355 residents in 3,077 homes, named here for the park at its north end, Henry Milander Park, after the man who was mayor for most of 1941 to 1974. The park holds Ted Hendricks Stadium and the Milander Center, the City's year-round pool is beside it, and just west on 49th Street is the John F. Kennedy Library, the main branch of the City's own library system. More than half the residents live in a FEMA flood zone mapped for shallow ponding, and no price index follows the line.

9,355
Residents of the 126 census blocks inside Racetrack and Transfer Station District 1 of the City's master plan, 663 acres, in 3,077 housing units; the City's zoning layer records 8 parcels built since 2020, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
1952
Median year built of the 2,171 residential parcels with a year on the City's zoning layer; 1,752 of them, 81%, date from the 1950s, and 1,993 of the 2,315 parcels are single-family houses, City of Hialeah, read 2026
55%
Share of residents in FEMA's special flood hazard area, 5,138 people, all in zone AH, shallow ponding; zone AH with a base flood elevation of 8 feet (NGVD29) at the reference point, on maps effective 11 September 2009, City of Hialeah and FEMA, read 2026
$566,422
Zillow's typical home value in ZIP code 33013, where the reference point and 4,898 of the residents are, in August 2026, up 2.1% on the year; the other 4,457 are in 33012, at $384,711, down 0.8%; neither is a Milander Park price, Zillow Research, 2026
18.6468
Mills of property tax for 2025 on a City of Hialeah address, the City's 6.3018 among them, with no Miami-Dade fire or library district levy because the City runs both services, Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser, 2025
B
Florida's 2026 grade for Hialeah Senior High, 251 E 47th Street, inside the line and the zoned high school for every resident; B in 2025 and 2024 as well, Florida Department of Education via CBS12, 2026
Photograph: Palm Avenue near Hialeah Park, about 1.2 km south of the reference point, not a photograph of Milander Park · Ivan Curra · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
01: The Community

A 1950s grid between the 4th Avenues, built around a park, a high school and a library

Racetrack and Transfer Station District 1 of the City of Hialeah's Hialeah 2050 Master Plan (District Master Plan Recommendations, Plusurbia for the City, May 2025), which draws and numbers the district but does not name it; the plan publishes no map layer, so the district was redrawn here on the City's street centerlines and clipped to the City Boundary layer: 663 acres. W 4th Avenue is the west line, East 4th Avenue the east line, 49th Street (W and E 49th) the north line and 33rd Street (W and E 33rd) the south line, with Palm Avenue up the middle. Milander Park is this site's name, after the City park at the north end; Carole Anne Park (1,061 residents), Flamingo Estates (678), Andrews Park (662), Elm Park (419) and part of Deal Manor (393) are among the plats inside, and no line here says where residents think any name ends. Bright Park is across East 4th Avenue, the Hialeah Park guide across 33rd Street, Palm Springs across 49th Street and the North of Okeechobee area across W 4th Avenue. All of it is in the City of Hialeah, Miami-Dade County and Miami-Dade County Public Schools, in ZIP codes 33013 and 33012.

Hialeah was platted in 1921 and incorporated in 1925, but the blocks between W 4th and East 4th Avenues waited for the years after the war. Of the 2,171 residential parcels here that the City's zoning layer dates, 1,752 were built in the 1950s, and the median year is 1952. Hialeah Senior High opened among them in September 1954, and the John F. Kennedy Library, now the main branch of the City's own library system, followed in 1965. The park at the north end is named for Henry Milander, the City's mayor from 1941 to 1945 and again from 1947 to 1974.

The line is the City's; the name is this site's. Hialeah's 2050 Master Plan divides the city into numbered districts without naming them, and this guide is its Racetrack and Transfer Station District 1: 663 acres from W 4th Avenue to East 4th Avenue and from 33rd Street to 49th Street, with Palm Avenue up the middle. The 2020 census counted 9,355 residents in 3,077 homes. Its plats include Carole Anne Park, Flamingo Estates and Andrews Park, names a listing may use. It is nearly all houses: 1,993 of the 2,315 parcels are single-family, 2,050 are zoned R-1, and none carries an industrial designation, unlike Bright Park across East 4th Avenue.

More than half of it is mapped for shallow flooding. On the City's flood layer, which matched FEMA's map where it was checked, 5,138 residents, 55%, live in zone AH, FEMA's designation for ponding. The reference point is AH with a base flood elevation of 8 feet, on maps effective since 2009 and measured on the older NGVD29 datum, so do not set it beside a figure from another city. The City says its groundwater lies just below the surface and names Irene in 1999 and the No-Name Storm of 2000 as floods that left parts of Hialeah under water for extended periods; no record read for this guide says which streets here flooded. Storm surge is not the concern: no resident is in a County evacuation zone. A homeowners policy does not cover flood, and the City's CRS class 7 takes 15% off NFIP premiums inside the zone. If you plan to add on, the City's 50% rule applies: work worth half the building's market value within five years means bringing the house up to new-construction standards, its floor height included.

No price index follows the line. The reference point and 4,898 residents are in ZIP code 33013, where Zillow's typical value was $566,422 in August 2026, up 2.1% on the year; the other 4,457 are in 33012, at $384,711, down 0.8%; both reach well beyond this guide. Every address here pays 18.6468 mills for 2025, the City's 6.3018 among them and no County fire or library levy, so a homesteaded buyer at the 33013 figure owes about $9,792 a year on the base exemptions, $6,404 at the 33012 figure, and a landlord at 33013's about $10,562. Save Our Homes caps a homestead's assessed value at 3% a year and ends with the sale, so the seller's bill understates yours. Garbage is $36.50 a month on the City's utility account; whether the tax bill carries a City non-ad valorem line was not checked. The arithmetic is on the Hialeah page.

Route 37 stops at Palm Avenue and E 39th Street about every half hour, seven days a week, as does the City's Marlin circulator about every 40 minutes; the nearest frequent service is Route 79 on E 25th Street and Metrorail at Hialeah Station, about 2 km south.

Worth knowing before you commit
Pull the permits and the flood zone
Seventy-year-old houses on ground FEMA maps for ponding

  • Look up the lot's own flood zone on FEMA's map and ask for an elevation certificate
  • Search the City's permits for every addition and converted garage
  • Get a flood quote before closing: a new policy takes 30 days to start
  • Confirm the middle school with the district: Filer Middle's boundary changed for 2026-27

How Milander Park got here

  • 1921Glenn Curtiss and James H. Bright draw up Hialeah's first plat and name the town, on the prairie north-west of Miami.
  • 1925The City of Hialeah incorporates on 10 September; the racetrack south of here has opened in the 1920s, on dates the sources give differently.
  • 1941Henry Milander becomes mayor, serving from 1941 to 1945 and again from 1947 to 1974; the park at the north end of this guide is named for him.
  • 1950sThe neighborhood is built: 1,752 of the 2,171 dated residential parcels on the City's zoning layer go up between 1950 and 1959.
  • 1954Hialeah Senior High opens in September at 251 E 47th Street.
  • 1965The John F. Kennedy Library joins the Hialeah Public Library; it is now the main branch of the City's system.
  • 2009FEMA's Miami-Dade flood maps take effect on 11 September, putting most of the guide in zone AH, the designation for shallow ponding.
  • 2017A renovation of the John F. Kennedy Library is completed.
  • 2020The census counts 9,355 residents and 3,077 housing units inside the line.
  • 2025The Hialeah 2050 Master Plan's District Master Plan Recommendations, dated May, draw this ground as Racetrack and Transfer Station District 1.
  • 2026The School Board redraws Henry H. Filer Middle's attendance boundary for 2026-27, effective 1 July; Filer is the zoned middle school at the reference point.
The Metrorail and Tri-Rail transfer station The station where Metrorail and Tri-Rail meet, with its blue canopies and the elevated Metrorail platform, in November 2016.Phillip Pessar from Miami, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
The grandstand at Hialeah Park
The grandstand at Hialeah Park, the racetrack about 1.7 km south of Milander Park, in the Hialeah Park guide
Phillip Pessar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
02: Henry Milander Park and the Milander Center

The city's stage at the north end: a stadium, the one open pool and the main library

Henry Milander Park is 19.2 acres at 4700 Palm Avenue: lighted basketball courts, a field, a playground, a recreation building and Ted Hendricks Stadium, with the City's Milander Center for Arts & Entertainment on the grounds and the Milander Aquatic Center, the only City pool open on 2 October 2026, beside it. The City holds its Independence Day fireworks here, which it says draw over 20,000 people, and its Trunk-or-Treat and Santa's Snow Blast.

The 1926 Seaboard Air Line station The arcade of the Seaboard Air Line Railway station, built in 1926 and on the National Register of Historic Places, in April 2017.Phillip Pessar from Miami, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
The lift bridge over the Miami Canal The Hialeah-Miami Springs Vertical Lift Bridge, which carries Curtiss Parkway over the Miami Canal between the two cities, in January 2014.Jorge Elías from Miami, Florida · CC BY 2.0 · Commons

What the map does not show: the park is at the north end; the blocks near 33rd Street are closer to Bright Park. Amelia Earhart Park is a County park, not a City one.

Elsewhere in Hialeah, not Milander Park

Hialeah Park from the air in 1940 The racetrack and its infield lake from the air on January 22, 1940, with platted but mostly empty blocks around it.U.S. National Archives and Records Administration · Public domain · Commons
The clubhouse at Hialeah Park The striped awning of the clubhouse entrance at Hialeah Park, the racetrack on the National Register of Historic Places, in January 2018.Phillip Pessar · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
The Flamingo Pavilion The Flamingo Pavilion at Hialeah Park and the planted walk in front of it, in August 2016.Phillip Pessar · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Le Jeune Road at the 37th Avenue connector
Le Jeune Road at the 37th Avenue connector, in the Amelia guide about 2.7 km north-east of Milander Park
Oscar Flowers · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
03: Everything Around You

25 places, with real drive times

Road-adjusted distance and drive time from the centre of the community to each destination, nearest first. Filter by category.

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Bus
Metrobus Route 37 on Palm Avenue
The nearest stop, Palm Avenue at E 39th Street, is about 0.1 km from the reference point: Route 37 between Hialeah and South Miami along Palm and 37th Avenues, 37 weekday departures at that stop and about every 30 minutes at midday, with service seven days a week. 21 stops inside the line are served by Routes 37 and 103 and the City's Marlin circulator.
2–3 min~0.1 km1 min walk
City circulator
City of Hialeah Transit Marlin route on Palm Avenue
The City's Marlin circulator stops at the same corner, about every 40 minutes at midday; the City posts weekday service from 6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
2–3 min~0.1 km1 min walk
Bus
Metrobus Route 103 on 49th Street
The nearest stop, E 49th Street at Palm Avenue, about 0.9 km away: Route 103 runs from Hialeah Gardens to Biscayne Boulevard along 49th Street, which becomes NW 103rd Street east of the city, about every half hour at midday.
3–5 min~1.2 km16 min walk
Frequent bus
Metrobus Route 79 on East 25th Street
The nearest frequent stop, E 25th Street at E 4th Avenue, about 1.8 km south in a straight line: Route 79 runs every 15 minutes at midday from Hialeah Station to Miami Beach along 79th Street.
5–8 min~2.4 km31 min walk
Metrorail
Hialeah Station
The Metrorail station on E 21st Street, about 2 km south in a straight line: trains every 15 minutes at midday, and the quickest way to downtown Miami without a car.
6–8 min~2.6 km
Tri-Rail and Metrorail
Metrorail Transfer Station
Where Tri-Rail meets Metrorail, about 2.6 km south-east in a straight line: Tri-Rail's mainline about hourly at midday, with Miami Airport Station two stops south.
6–9 min~3.5 km
Airport
Miami International Airport
South across the Miami Canal and Miami Springs.
11–16 min~9.5 km
City park
Milander Park
Henry Milander Park, 4700 Palm Avenue, inside the line: 19.2 acres with two lighted basketball courts, a junior court, a lighted field, a playground, a recreation building and Ted Hendricks Stadium, open 2 to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at weekends. The City holds its Independence Day celebration, Trunk-or-Treat and Santa's Snow Blast here.
3–5 min~1.1 km14 min walk
Arts center
Milander Center
The City's Milander Center for Arts & Entertainment, on the grounds of Henry Milander Park beside the stadium.
3–5 min~1.0 km13 min walk
City park
K.C. Park
A small passive park at W 4th Avenue and W 44th Place, just across the west line, on the City's parks layer.
4–5 min~1.3 km17 min walk
City park
Bright Park
James H. Bright Park, 750 E 35th Street in the next guide east: four acres with a tennis court, basketball courts, a youth softball field and a seasonal pool, closed on 2 October 2026.
5–7 min~2.1 km27 min walk
County park
Amelia Earhart Park
A Miami-Dade County park north of the city line, not a City of Hialeah park.
7–11 min~4.5 km

Showing 1–12 of 25 places, nearest first.

Method: straight lines from the population-weighted center of the guide's 2020 census blocks, near Palm Avenue and E 39th Street, times a road factor of 1.32, with a tiered speed model for the drive: honest ranges, not routed times. Bus rows are measured to the nearest stop.

04: Gyms & Fitness

Every gym within reach

The Milander Aquatic Center is the year-round pool, $3 a day or $25 a month for residents. Bright Pool is seasonal and was closed on 2 October 2026, and Bucky Dent Water Park, whose lap swimming the membership includes, is closed until further notice.

The thing to check
One City pool is open
Milander, inside the line, until the seasonal pools reopen

  • Milander Aquatic Center: about 1 km, from 5:30 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday
  • Henry Milander Park: courts and recreation building, weekday afternoons and weekends
  • James H. Bright Park: about 2 km, tennis and basketball, weekday afternoons and Saturday
Gyms and fitness facilities within reach
FacilityWhat it isDriveDistance
Milander Aquatic Center
open
The City's pool at 4820 Palm Avenue, inside the line and the only City pool open on 2 October 2026: 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. $3 a day for residents ($2 seniors) or $25 a month ($15). Swim lessons are held here.3–5 min~1.1 km
Henry Milander Park recreation building
open
The recreation building, lighted basketball courts and field at 4700 Palm Avenue, open 2 to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.3–5 min~1.0 km
James H. Bright Park recreation building
open
750 E 35th Street, east across East 4th Avenue: a recreation building, a lighted tennis court and two basketball courts, open 2 to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.5–7 min~2.1 km
Bright Pool
closed
The City's seasonal pool at 760 E 35th Street, which its page said on 2 October 2026 was temporarily closed.5–7 min~2.1 km
Bucky Dent Water Park
closed
2240 W 60th Street: a Milander membership includes lap swimming here, but the City says it is temporarily closed until further notice.9–14 min~6.5 km

The free option is the park's lighted courts and field, open every day.

05: Schools

Three elementary zones, one high school for everyone

Miami-Dade County Public Schools assigns by address. The point is zoned for North Hialeah Elementary, graded B for 2026; Henry H. Filer Middle, C; and Hialeah Senior High, B, inside the line and the zoned high school for every resident. 1,883 residents are zoned for Flamingo Elementary, 1,711 for Mae M. Walters Elementary and 876 for Hialeah Middle.

Schools serving the community
SchoolBoardNote
North Hialeah Elementary SchoolMiami-Dade County Public Schools4251 E 5th Avenue, prekindergarten to grade 5, just east of the line: the County's attendance layer puts the reference point in its zone, with 5,761 of the 2020 residents. The guide is split three ways at this level: 1,883 residents are zoned for Flamingo Elementary (B for 2026, 2025 and 2024) and 1,711 for Mae M. Walters Elementary (A for 2026, 2025 and 2024). North Hialeah was graded B for 2026, A for 2025 and B for 2024.
Henry H. Filer Middle SchoolMiami-Dade County Public Schools531 W 29th Street, grades 6 to 8: the zoned middle school at the reference point and for 8,479 residents; the other 876 are zoned for Hialeah Middle (B for 2026, 2025 and 2024). The School Board redrew Filer's boundary for 2026-27, effective 1 July 2026; the County's layer was edited afterwards, on 21 September, but nothing read says it carries the change, so check the address with the district. Graded C for 2026 after B for 2025 and 2024.
Hialeah Senior High SchoolMiami-Dade County Public Schools251 E 47th Street, grades 9 to 12, inside the line: the zoned high school for every resident in 2020, opened in September 1954. Graded B for 2026, 2025 and 2024. Magnet applications for 2027-28 run from 1 October 2026 to 15 January 2027, up to five schools; controlled open enrollment is a lottery for seats at schools with room, without a bus.

Check the address with the district. The board redrew Filer Middle's boundary for 2026-27, and the County layer these zones come from may not carry the change. Magnet applications for 2027-28 are open from 1 October 2026 to 15 January 2027.

06: A Year Here

Month by month, what living here looks like

Not a highlights reel: the actual annual rhythm, including the dates residents have to remember.

01
January
Dry and mild
  • Highs near 24.6 °C and lows near 16.1 °C at Miami International Airport, the nearest full-record station, on NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals
  • About 46 mm of rain, the driest month
  • Magnet applications for 2027-28 close on 15 January 2027
02
February
The dry season
  • Highs near 25.7 °C and lows near 17.3 °C, and about 55 mm of rain in the heart of the dry season
03
March
Filing deadline
  • 1 March: the deadline to file for the homestead exemption and for portability with the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser
  • Highs near 27.0 °C, about 62 mm of rain; magnet auditions and tests finish before 1 March
04
April
End of the dry season
  • Highs near 28.7 °C and lows near 21.0 °C, about 85 mm of rain
05
May
The rains begin
  • The wet season starts: about 161 mm, and May to October brings 77% of the year's 1,712 mm
  • Highs near 30.4 °C
06
June
Season opens
  • The Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November
  • The wettest month on the normal, about 267 mm, mostly in afternoon storms; the City says runoff has limited drainage options in heavy rain, which is what zone AH maps
  • About 15 days reach 32 °C (90 °F)
07
July
Fireworks at the park
  • The City's Independence Day celebration is at Milander Park on 4 July, with fireworks; the 2027 program is not posted
  • Highs near 32.6 °C, about 24 days reaching 32 °C
08
August
TRIM notices
  • The Property Appraiser mails the TRIM notice of proposed taxes, usually in mid-August; a petition to the Value Adjustment Board is due within 25 days of the mailing
  • About 243 mm of rain, and highs near 32.6 °C
09
September
Peak of the season
  • The Atlantic season peaks around 10 September
  • About 260 mm of rain, nearly as much as June
10
October
Trunk-or-Treat
  • Magnet applications for 2027-28 open on 1 October 2026
  • Hialeah Trunk-or-Treat at Milander Park on Saturday 31 October 2026, from 6 p.m.
  • Still wet: about 194 mm of rain
11
November
Season closes
  • The hurricane season ends on 30 November
  • Highs near 27.4 °C, about 90 mm of rain, and the dry season begins
12
December
Snow in the park
  • Santa's Snow Blast brings 50 tons of snow to Milander Park on Saturday 5 December 2026
  • Highs near 25.7 °C and lows near 17.9 °C, about 62 mm of rain
07: Photo Library

4 more photographs of Hialeah and the region

Drawn from the site's shared, freely licensed Hialeah photo library, not photographs of Milander Park itself. Filter by category.

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The former Sears at Westland Mall The empty Sears building at Westland Mall and its parking lot, in February 2023.Phillip Pessar · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
A fountain at Hialeah Park A tiered fountain among the palms on the grounds of Hialeah Park, in August 2016.Phillip Pessar · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Hialeah Market station The platform at the Hialeah Market Tri-Rail station, beside the old Seaboard station, in January 2013.Phillip from Miami, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Painted houses in southeast Hialeah Two-story houses in yellow, tan, green and pink along a street in southeast Hialeah, in December 2012.Phillip Pessar · CC BY 2.0 · Commons

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About these photographs. Openly licensed images from the site's shared Hialeah library, found on Wikimedia Commons and served from there with full attribution. None of them is presented as a photograph of Milander Park.