18-532: Liberty City may refer to: Places [ edit ] Liberty City (Miami) , a neighborhood of Miami Liberty City, Texas , a census-designated place in Gregg County Media [ edit ] Liberty City, a fictional city based on New York City , in the Grand Theft Auto video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories , an installment of
36-590: A population of 23,009 and 43,054 residents, with 7,772 households, and 5,428 families residing in the neighborhood. The median household income was $ 18,809.87. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 94.69% Black , 3.04% Hispanic or Latino of any nationality, 1.68% Other races (non-Hispanic) , and 0.59% White . The zip codes for the Liberty City include 33127, 33142, 33147, and 33150. The area covers 5.968 square miles (15.46 km ). In 2000, there were 19,286 males and 23,768 females. The median age for males
54-603: Is affecting the value of flood -prone real estate in Miami. Miami neighborhoods with higher elevations such as Liberty City are experiencing increasing real estate values. By 2017, Liberty City, along with Little Haiti , started becoming more attractive to investors. A community land trust is planned to maintain affordability for current residents. Home prices appreciated more slowly in 2018 in Miami Beach and lower-elevation areas of Miami-Dade County . In 2000, Liberty City had
72-555: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Liberty City (Miami) Liberty City is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida , United States. The area is roughly bound by NW 79th Street to the north, NW 27th Avenue to the west, the Airport Expressway to the South, and Interstate 95 to the east. The neighborhood is home to one of
90-888: The Grand Theft Auto computer and video game series Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City , the collective name for Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony , both paid downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV Other uses [ edit ] "Liberty City", a composition by Jaco Pastorius from his 1981 album, Word of Mouth See also [ edit ] Liberty, Kansas , in Montgomery County Liberty, Kentucky , in Casey County Liberty, Missouri , in Clay County Liberty, Texas , county seat of Liberty County Topics referred to by
108-599: The Great Depression of the 1930s when President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the construction of the Liberty Square housing project in 1933, the first of its kind in the Southern United States. Built as a response to the deteriorating housing conditions in densely populated and covenant-restricted slums of Overtown , construction on the initial housing project began in 1934 and it opened in 1937. Into
126-521: The University of Miami Hurricanes football team won several national college football championships led by players recruited mostly from black, lower-income neighborhoods such as Liberty City and Overtown. National exposure continued with the popularity of nationally broadcast programs such as the NBC crime drama Miami Vice , which brought the deteriorating conditions of the area to greater prominence. Into
144-525: The 1940s and 1950s, the growing Liberty City and adjacent Brownsville thrived as a middle-income black American community, hosting several churches, hospitals, and community centers . The area served as home to prominent figures such as Kelsey Pharr, M. Athalie Range (the first black American elected to serve on the Miami city commission ) and boxer Muhammad Ali . Although segregation laws prohibited black Americans from resting and residing in popular Miami Beach , service establishment and resorts such as
162-445: The 1990s and 2000s, music grew to reflect the area, with locals such as Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew pioneering the Miami bass genre, which dominated Southern hip hop during the decade. Other music and sports talents rose to national prominence from the area such as rappers Trina and Trick Daddy , NBA player Udonis Haslem and NFL players Chad "Ocho Cinco" Johnson , Antonio Brown , and Willis McGahee . Climate change
180-506: The Brownsville Metrorail station is the construction of a new housing project, "Brownsville Transit Village." The project is composed of 5 mid-rise residential towers (467 apartments) with ground floor retail. The buildings are considered transit-oriented development , and are being designed around the metro station. The project was completed by 2012. However, as of 2016, Brownsville and Santa Clara (Santa Clara Apartments TOD), are
198-825: The Hampton House Motel and Villas catered to and entertained the likes of notables such as Martin Luther King Jr. , Althea Gibson , and even whites such as Mickey Mantle . Construction of Interstate 95 in Florida in Overtown and declining use of restrictive covenants in the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 dramatically altered the neighborhood into the 1960s. Increasing numbers of lower-income elderly and welfare-dependent families migrated to Liberty City after their displacement primarily from inner city Overtown, turning
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#1732852063974216-439: The area into a dangerous ghetto, leading to large-scale black flight of middle- and higher-income blacks and other blacks like West Indian Americans largely to suburban areas like Florida City and Miami Gardens in southern and northern Dade County , respectively. Crime grew prevalent in the increasingly poverty-stricken area in the immediate post– civil rights movement era of the 1960s and 1970s. The ensuing problems of
234-638: The largest concentrations of African Americans in South Florida , as of the 2000 census . Although it was often known as " Model City " both historically and by the City of Miami government, residents more commonly call it Liberty City. It is serviced by the Miami Metrorail at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza and Brownsville stations along NW 27th Avenue. Once part of the sparsely populated outskirts of northern Miami, what became Liberty City developed during
252-469: The neighborhood at the following stations: 25°49′54″N 80°13′29″W / 25.831801°N 80.224829°W / 25.831801; -80.224829 Brownsville (Metrorail station) Brownsville station is a Metrorail station in Brownsville, Florida . It is located at the intersection of Northwest 27th Avenue ( SR 9 ) and 52nd Street, opening to service May 19, 1985. Adjacent to
270-621: The poor and disenfranchised grew most apparent and notable in race riots that occurred in Liberty City in August 1968 during the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, and in May 1980 following the acquittal of police officers charged with the killing of Arthur McDuffie . The plight of inner-city black Miamians increasingly came to be highlighted in national press into the 1980s as
288-460: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Liberty City . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liberty_City&oldid=1248395499 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
306-565: Was 21.9%, while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 29.7%. In 2000, 2.7% of the population spoke little to no English. The percentage of residents born in Florida was 74.5%, the percentage of people born in another U.S. state was 16.7%, and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S. was 0.8%, while the percentage of foreign born residents was 7.9%. Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools: Miami-Dade Public Library operates area public libraries: The Miami Metrorail services
324-466: Was 25.9 years, while the median age for females was 30.3 years. The average household size had 3.1 people, while the average family size had 3.7 members. The percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 20.3%, while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 9.1%, and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 33.1%. The percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over
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