Downtown Doral: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the City of Doral’s comprehensive plan (PDF) and community map, the Property Appraiser of Miami-Dade County’s parcel data, Miami-Dade County’s school attendance zone maps, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, Zillow Research, Miami-Dade Transit and OpenStreetMap.

Downtown Doral is the east side of the city between Doral Boulevard and NW 58th Street, from NW 87th Avenue to the Palmetto Expressway. City Hall is here, in the Government Center at 8401 NW 53rd Terrace, beside Downtown Doral Park. It is the densest part of Doral: condominium towers and townhouses built since 2010 stand next to garden condominiums from the 1970s and 1980s, with offices and warehouses along the expressway.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: J.C. Bermudez Doral Senior High, for every home in the county’s zone map. Check your address in the district’s SchoolFinder.
• Home value: $604,072 in ZIP 33166 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest expressway: the Palmetto Expressway (State Road 826), with interchanges at NW 36th and NW 58th streets on the area’s east edge.

Part of our Doral neighborhoods guide. For restaurants, events and parking, see our Downtown Doral guide.

Where it is

The city’s comprehensive plan, updated March 23, 2022, designates the downtown core an “Urban Central Business District.” It describes three pieces:

• the 120-acre Beacon City Center site east of NW 87th Avenue between NW 54th and NW 48th streets;
• a 50-acre site on Doral Boulevard west of NW 82nd Avenue;
• the 200-acre Downtown Doral South site, “formerly known as Doral Resort,” between NW 48th and NW 41st streets.

North of NW 54th Street, the plan’s Downtown Doral Art District, bounded by NW 58th Street, NW 79th Avenue and NW 87th Avenue, allows old industrial buildings to be reused for shops, food halls, entertainment and small sports venues.

On this page the area runs from Doral Boulevard (NW 36th Street) to NW 58th Street, east of NW 87th Avenue. OpenStreetMap names it Downtown Doral. The city’s community map names the residential communities in it, including Downtown Doral South, Downtown Doral Townhomes, Las Vistas, Cordoba, Allegro, Gran Vista and the Doral Gardens condominiums.

The Property Appraiser’s records list 4,309 homes here: 77% condominium units, 14% townhouses and 9% single-family homes. Another 2,465 apartments sit in 10 rental complexes. Of the homes, 49% were built in 2010 or later and 44% in the 1970s and 1980s. ZIP code 33166 covers 94% of them, and 33178 the rest.

Schools

Every home in the area is in these zones in Miami-Dade County’s attendance zone map. Grades are the state’s 2026 school grades.

The county’s middle school map places all of Doral in Ruben Dario Middle’s zone; the K-8 center teaches through eighth grade. The SchoolFinder shows which applies to your address. Two public charter schools are in the area: Downtown Doral Charter Elementary, 8390 NW 53rd St., and Downtown Doral Charter Upper School, 7905 NW 53rd St. Apply to each directly. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 33166 was $604,072 in August 2026, up 0.22% from $602,758 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price. Zillow files 33166 under Miami Springs, so the figure also covers homes outside Doral. The citywide Doral figure was $543,159, down 1.16% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s parks pages:

• Downtown Doral Park, 8395 NW 53rd St.: walkways and picnic lawns beside the Government Center.
• Doral Cultural Arts Center, 8363 NW 53rd St., next to the park.
• Doral White Course Park, which the city lists with an off-leash dog area, at the south end of the area.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Expressways: the Palmetto Expressway (State Road 826) has interchanges at NW 36th and NW 58th streets on the east edge, by OpenStreetMap’s road data.
• City Hall: about 0.7 mile from the middle of the area by road.
• Airport: about 6.5 miles to Miami International Airport. Both are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Metrobus: routes 36 (Doral-Airport-Miami Beach) and 132 (Hialeah Tri-Rail Station-Doral) run on NW 36th Street, route 36 also on NW 53rd Street, route 87 (Medley-Dadeland North) on NW 87th Avenue, and the 95 Golden Glades Express on NW 36th Street, according to Miami-Dade Transit’s schedule data.
• Doral Trolley: Route 2, the Commercial-Metrorail Connector, has more than 20 stops here, and Route 1 stops at NW 36th Street and NW 87th Avenue. See the city’s trolley page.

Street parking downtown is paid by app. More in our getting around guide.

Homeowners associations and districts

The Property Appraiser’s non-ad valorem assessment list (PDF) names three community development districts that match this area: Downtown Doral CDD, Downtown Doral Phase 2 CDD and Downtown Doral South CDD. A CDD’s assessment appears on the tax bills of the parcels inside it. See our property tax guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Publix, 8455 NW 53rd Terrace
• The Fresh Market, 3580 NW 83rd Ave., at Doral Boulevard

How we drew this area

The edges follow Doral Boulevard, NW 58th Street, NW 87th Avenue and the city line, and are approximate. Home counts and school zones come from every home parcel inside them in the Property Appraiser’s records and the county’s attendance zone layers, checked Oct. 8, 2026. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Is Downtown Doral a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Downtown Doral is the city’s mixed-use center east of NW 87th Avenue, with City Hall, Downtown Doral Park and about 4,300 homes, 77% of them condominium units. It is zoned for J.C. Bermudez Doral Senior High, graded A by the state for 2026, and Zillow put the typical home value in ZIP 33166 at $604,072 in August 2026.

What ZIP code is Downtown Doral?

Mostly 33166, which covers 94% of the area’s homes in the county’s parcel records. A few homes along NW 87th Avenue are in 33178. Zillow files 33166 under Miami Springs because the ZIP code crosses city lines.

What schools is Downtown Doral zoned for?

John I. Smith K-8 Center and J.C. Bermudez Doral Senior High, for every home in the area in Miami-Dade County’s attendance zone map. Two public charter schools, Downtown Doral Charter Elementary and Downtown Doral Charter Upper School, are also in the area.

Is there a community development district in Downtown Doral?

The Property Appraiser lists three: Downtown Doral CDD, Downtown Doral Phase 2 CDD and Downtown Doral South CDD. A CDD adds an assessment to the tax bill of the parcels inside it; check your parcel’s bill.