Miami Gardens, Florida

Miami Gardens, Florida The Sunshine State Arch of Miami Gardens in 2014 The Sunshine State Arch of Miami Gardens in 2014 Official seal of Miami Gardens, Florida Miami Gardens is a suburban town/city located in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Its boundaries stretch from I-95 and NE 2nd Avenue on the east, to NW 47th and NW 57th Avenues on the west, and from the Broward County line on the north, to 151st Street on the south. The town/city name comes from one of the primary roadways through the area, Miami Gardens Drive.

According to a 2011 estimate from the US Enumeration Bureau, the town/city had a populace of 109,680, and it is the biggest city in Florida that has a majority African American population. It is a principal town/city of the Miami urbane area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 citizens at the 2015 census.

In the wake of the assembly of I-95 in the late 1960s, many middle and upper income African American and West Indian American families migrated from Miami neighborhoods like Liberty City to what became Miami Gardens (also called Carol City, Norland or Norwood) as race-based covenants were outlawed with the Fair Housing Act, and mostly lower income blacks moved into the Liberty City and Little Haiti neighborhoods encircling Liberty Square and Edison Courts.

Miami Gardens was incorporated on May 13, 2003. The city's neighborhoods of Andover, Bunche Park, Carol City, Lake Lucerne, Norland, Opa-locka North, and Scott Lake were previously unincorporated areas inside Miami-Dade County.

In 2007, Mayor Shirley Gibson said that the town/city would no longer allow any low income housing developments; many inhabitants blamed the developments for spreading crime and recreational drugs throughout the city.

In 2012, Oliver Gilbert, only the second mayor the town/city has had, proposed to form a Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). CRAs are formed to remove "slum and blight," to advancement the physical surrounding of the town/city and to combat the civil and economic enigma typical of slum areas.CRAs are funded with property tax increases, which funds are used, in part, to stimulate private investment in the rehabilitation of the community. Once inaugurated, Mayor Gilbert expressed confidence that a CRA would have the effect of stimulating economic expansion in Miami Gardens and proposed to establish one. The town/city was incorporated in 2003, but various parts of the town/city appear as census designated places in the 2000 census and previous censuses.

They now make up the neighborhoods of Andover, Bunche Park, Carol City, Lake Lucerne, Norwood, Opa-locka North, and Scott Lake.

The United States Enumeration Bureau estimates that the populace of Miami Gardens was 109,680 on July 1, 2011, a 2.3% increase since the 2010 census. Miami Gardens demographics 2010 Enumeration Miami Gardens Miami-Dade County Florida As of 2000, the Bunche Park neighborhood of Miami Gardens had the ninth highest percentage of black and black inhabitants in the US, with 96.5% of the populace. It also was the most Bahamian place in the United States, as well as having the highest percentage of British West Indians in the US, at 1.8% (which tied with Brentwood, Maryland.) It was also home to the fifty-third highest percentage of Haitians in the US, at 2.8% of all inhabitants (which also tied with Sunrise, Lake Alfred and Brentwood, New York.) As of 2000, the Carol City section of Miami Gardens had the twenty-seventh highest percentage of Cuban inhabitants in the US, with 18.75% of the populace. It had the nineteenth highest percentage of Jamaican inhabitants in the US, at 5.80% (which tied with Lake Park, Florida,) and the thirty-ninth highest percentage of Dominican inhabitants in the US, at 3% of its population. It also had the fifty-sixth most Haitians in the US, at 2.50% (tied with five other areas in the US, including Plantation and Taft, Florida) while it had the twentieth highest percentage of Nicaraguans, at 2.20% of all residents. The Carol City neighborhood of Miami Gardens is also home to the seventieth highest percentage of Colombian inhabitants in the US, at 2.15% of the population. As of 2000, before being took in to Miami Gardens, the Andover neighborhood had English as a first language accounted for 74.96% of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 17.91%, French Creole accounted for 4.61%, French made up 1.58%, West African Niger-Congo languages (Kru, Igbo and Yoruba) were at 0.52%, and Yiddish was the mother tongue for 0.39% of the population. As of 2000, before being took in to Miami Gardens, the Bunche Park neighborhood had English as a first language accounted for 95.97% of all residents, while Spanish was at 3.07%, and French Creole as a mother tongue made up 0.94% of the population. As of 2000, before being took in to Miami Gardens, the Carol City neighborhood had English as a first language accounted for 53.73% of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 43.16%, and French Creole as a mother tongue made up 2.15% of the population. As of 2000, before being took in to Miami Gardens, the Lake Lucerne neighborhood had English as a first language accounted for 82.27% of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 14.16%, French Creole was at 2.55%, and French as a mother tongue made up 1.00% of the population. As of 2000, before being took in to Miami Gardens, the Norland neighborhood had English as a first language accounted for 74.87% of all residents, while French Creole accounted for 12.92%, Spanish was at 10.19%, and French as a mother tongue made up 1.02% of the population. As of 2000, before being took in to Miami Gardens, the Opa-Locka North neighborhood had English as a first language accounted for 75.24% of all residents, while Spanish was spoken by 21.04%, French Creole was at 3.27%, and Jamaican Creole as a mother tongue made up 0.44% of the population. As of 2000, before being took in to Miami Gardens, the Scott Lake neighborhood had English as a first language accounted for 85.76% of all residents, while 6.81% spoke Spanish, French Creole accounted for 5.83%, French was at 0.93%, and Jamaican Creole as a mother tongue made up 0.64% of the population. According to City Rating, Miami Gardens crime statistics have decreased in the past 7 years.

The crime rate for Miami Gardens for 2012 is expected to be lower than in 2010.

Miami Garden's town/city violent crime rate was 138.67% higher than the nationwide violent crime rate.

In 2010 Miami Garden's town/city violent crime rate was higher than the violent crime rate in Florida by 77.64% and the town/city property crime rate was 38.05% higher. In 2010, there were 663 reported cases of aggravated assault, 12 reported cases of arson, 1,321 reported cases of burglary, 25 cases of forcible rape, 3,515 cases of larceny and theft, 574 reported cases of motor vehicle theft, 22 reported cases of murder and manslaughter and 351 cases of robbery. The projected 2012 crime data is as follows: 253 reported cases of aggravated assault, 0 reported cases of arson, 1,760 reported cases of burglary, 6 cases reported of forcible rape, 3,535 cases reported of larceny and theft, 489 cases report of motor vehicle theft, 30 reported cases of murder and manslaughter and 357 reported cases of robbery. Miami Gardens is home to the Miami Dolphins, who play in Hard Rock Stadium on territory that was part of the Lake Lucerne CDP.

In 2012 they relocated to Miami and changed their names to the Miami Marlins.

The Antioch Mission Baptist Church of Miami Gardens is a megachurch with over 7,500 members, active in the community. The town/city of Miami Gardens has a several community care clinics and facilities that offer medical care and support to its residents.

Although the town/city has no hospital directly inside its limits, Jackson North Medical Center, Concentra Urgent Care, and, Chen Medical Center furnish medical services to the inhabitants of Miami Gardens.

Miami Gardens is governed by a seven-member City Council.

The Mayor recommends, and the City Council hires, the City Manager, City Attorney and the City Clerk.

These are 15 of the many departments for which the City Manager of Miami Gardens creates a budget.

The Miami Gardens Police Department is the lead law enforcement agency for the 110,000 inhabitants living inside the city's 20 square miles.

The department operates under a unified command structure with its command posts located at 1020 NW 163 Drive, Miami Gardens, Florida 33169.

In 2013, gross law enforcement abuses were uncovered regarding the Miami Gardens Police Department with coverage appearing in various news outlets. The abuses were first uncovered when it became enhance that a convenience store employee, Earl Sampson was arrested 27 times for trespassing, while working at and around the store at which he was employed.

Video evidence was gathered by the owner of the store, Ali Saleh, showing Miami Garden police involved in clear and repeated misconduct involving his employee, and customers.

It was later uncovered that between 2008 and 2013, there were 99,980 stops which occurred in Miami Gardens, involving 56,922 citizens , over half of the city's population.

This is compared to the City of Miami, where 3,753 stops occurred amid the same period, with four times the population.

Civil rights lawsuits have been filed against the Miami Gardens Police Department by the store owner and the rest who were illegally detained and/or arrested.

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