Estate
Median list price
$2,224,500
For-sale active inventory
Price / sq ft
$759
Across active listings
Active inventory
40
On the market right now
Median days on market
113
Well-priced units move faster
✦ Computed live from MIAMI MLS active inventory · refreshed every few hours · updated July 21, 2026
Market pulse
How Morningside is trading
Median asking price by month listed, plus how active inventory splits — all live from MIAMI MLS active listings (not closed sales).
Median list price, by month listed
12-mo avg-85%
Median list, recent vs. earlier
$2,878,181
12-month average
40
For-sale listings
What's on the market, by price
Share of active for-sale inventory
Recently sold in Morningside (1)
Public MIAMI MLS closingsClosed-sale data from the MIAMI MLS · deemed reliable but not guaranteed. MiamiCityRealty.com was not necessarily involved in these transactions; the listing and selling brokerages credited above are the parties to each sale.
The insider read
What Morningside actually is
Morningside is the most architecturally + historically cohesive 1920s single-family historic district in Miami. The neighborhood was platted 1923 as one of Miami’s earliest planned bayfront residential communities — laid out with the gracious boulevards, generous lot setbacks, mature canopy-tree program, and bayfront-park anchor that defined the Florida-boom-era planned-community ideal. The neighborhood is bounded roughly by NE 50th Street to the south, NE 60th Street to the north, Biscayne Bay to the east, and Biscayne Boulevard to the west — a compact ~10-block district in zip code 33138 immediately east of the MiMo Biscayne Boulevard Historic District. The defining act of preservation came in 1984 when the City of Miami designated the Morningside Historic District, providing demolition + alteration protections + design-review requirements that have kept virtually all of the original 1920s housing stock intact. The result is a remarkable concentration of Mediterranean Revival, Mission Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Frame Vernacular, and Mediterranean Eclectic single-family homes — many on the National Register of Historic Places contributing-property roster.
The defining public amenity is Morningside Park — the 42-acre bayfront municipal park opened 1928 that anchors the neighborhood’s eastern edge. The park’s mature 80-year-old banyan trees (Ficus benghalensis, the cathedral-like aerial-root canopy trees that define the South Florida historic-park aesthetic) form one of the most impressive banyan canopies in Miami; the park’s open lawns + ball fields + tennis courts + basketball courts + soccer fields + picnic shelters + playgrounds + fishing pier + swimming pool + boat ramp serve the neighborhood + the broader Upper East Side. The Morningside Tennis Center offers organized tennis programs + clinics. The bayfront seawall + walking path along the park’s eastern edge provides the neighborhood’s central daily-rhythm walking + jogging + dog-walking route + the bayfront Miami sunrise view that anchors the neighborhood’s residential identity.
The architectural vocabulary of Morningside is the South Florida 1920s planned-community ideal. Mediterranean Revival — barrel-tile roofs, stuccoed exterior walls in cream + ochre + terra-cotta hues, arched windows + doorways, wrought-iron balconies + window grilles + railings, decorative tile accents + medallions, central courtyards + fountains, the heavy oak-and-iron front doors. Mission Revival — the simpler stuccoed-and-tile variant with arcaded porches + smaller bell-towered elements. Spanish Colonial Revival — the more formal symmetrical version with cast-stone surrounds + careful proportioning. Frame Vernacular — the wood-frame Florida cottage adapted for the tropical climate. The houses sit on generous lots (typically 75-150 ft frontage), with mature live oak + royal poinciana + bougainvillea + palm canopies + careful landscape architecture preserved across decades. The streetscape — the canopy, the setbacks, the careful architectural coherence — is one of the most visually distinctive in Miami.
The community-civic culture of Morningside is anchored by the Morningside Civic Association — one of the most active + politically engaged neighborhood associations in Miami. The Association advocates for Historic District boundary integrity + design-review enforcement + traffic-calming + tree-canopy preservation + park-and-recreation programming + community safety + neighborhood-character protection. The Association’s annual events include the Morningside Garden Tour, holiday parades + community programming, neighborhood social events, and ongoing civic-advocacy work. The entry-monitoring traffic-calming structures at the NE 5th + NE 6th Avenue entrances at 55th Street provide a soft-gated character that protects the neighborhood’s residential quality + character. Morningside is not formally gated like Belle Meade Island or Bay Point, but the community’s civic + planning posture provides similar character protection.
For real estate, Morningside is one of Miami’s most distinctive luxury-historic single-family markets — anchored by the preserved-1920s-architecture cultural identity + the bayfront-park amenity + the climate-resistant inland-bayfront elevation (10-15 ft, materially higher than Brickell + Edgewater waterfront) + the inner-arc Miami walkable location. Median residential $2-4M for typical interior + better-block historic single-family; $5-15M+ for bayfront waterfront with private deepwater access. The buyer pool: preservation-conscious + architecture-collector HNWI (the Morningside restoration + preservation thesis), design-professional + media-and-cultural-industry buyers (the inner-arc walkable identity), climate-conscious HNWI (the elevation premium), second-home + foreign buyers seeking a Design-District-adjacent Miami historic-luxury foothold, and long-tenured owners who have held for decades. The Morningside Civic Association + the City of Miami Historic Preservation Office + the design-conscious community are active in shaping what alteration + restoration looks like — buyers should understand the Historic District design-review framework as essential diligence + a feature of the value thesis.
The Morningside markets
- Restored 1920s Mediterranean Revival single-family — the foundational stock, $1.5-3M.
- Premium-restored + larger interior historic single-family — $2.5-5M.
- Better-block + canopy-corner historic single-family — $3-6M.
- Bayfront waterfront with deepwater access + private dock — the top tier, $5-15M+.
- Mission Revival + Spanish Colonial + Frame Vernacular variants — $1.2-3M.
- Architectural restoration-project inventory — historic-stock requiring meaningful restoration capital, $1-2M land + acquisition.
- Rentals — design-conscious + creative-industry + media-and-cultural rental pool. Single-family $6,000-$15,000+; bayfront $15,000-$35,000+; smaller cottages $4,000-$8,000.
Live Morningside inventory
Every listing priced in dollars AND Bitcoin. Note: Morningside is within City of Miami (MLS labels these as “Miami”), so we filter by zip code 33138 to surface Morningside + adjacent MiMo + Belle Meade + Bay Point + Shorecrest inventory.
🏛️ Morningside Estates — bayfront + waterfront + top-tier historic
$3M+ — bayfront waterfront + top-tier interior historic-district single-family.
Estate
Estate
$22,899,800
1133 Belle Meade Island Dr, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
Belle Meade Island Dr
- 7 beds
- 5.5 baths
- 7,435 sqft
Estate
$28,950,000
905 Belle Meade Island Dr, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
Belle Meade Island Dr
- 7 beds
- 8.5 baths
- 8,600 sqft
Estate
Estate
$8,500,000
9860 NE 5th Avenue Rd, Miami Shores FL 33138 – Residential
5th Avenue Rd
- 6 beds
- 7 baths
- 8,109 sqft
Estate
🏛️ Morningside Larger Historic Single-Family
5,000+ sqft — premium interior + better-block restored 1920s Mediterranean Revival + Spanish Colonial.
🏡 Morningside Restored Single-Family
3-4 BR restored 1920s historic single-family — Mediterranean + Mission + Spanish Colonial.
🏘️ Morningside-Adjacent Townhomes
Adjacent newer townhomes — Upper East Side + MiMo-corridor tier.
Townhouse
Townhouse
Townhouse
$1,999,000
10659 NE Quaybridge Ct # C5, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
Quaybridge Ct
- 4 beds
- 3 baths
- 3,696 sqft
Townhouse
$1,429,000
3028 NE Quayside Ln # 34, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
Quayside Ln
- 3 beds
- 3.5 baths
- 2,222 sqft
Townhouse
$2,875,000
5021 NE London Walk Ter # 50, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
London Walk Ter
- 3 beds
- 3 baths
- 3,500 sqft
Townhouse
$379,000
8941 NE 4th Ave Rd # 8941, Miami Shores FL 33138 – Residential
4th Ave Rd
- 2 beds
- 1.5 baths
- 954 sqft
🏢 Upper East Side Luxury Condos
Newer mid-rise condos — Biscayne Boulevard + Bay-adjacent.
Luxury Condo
$1,245,000
2000 Towerside Ter, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
Towerside Ter
- 3 beds
- 2.5 baths
- 1,913 sqft
Luxury Condo
$546,000
4000 Towerside Ter # 302, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
Towerside Ter
- 3 beds
- 2.5 baths
- 1,836 sqft
Luxury Condo
$729,000
1000 Quayside Ter # 901, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
Quayside Ter
- 3 beds
- 2.5 baths
- 1,913 sqft
Luxury Condo
$380,000
1000 Quayside Terrace # 1606, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
Quayside
- 2 beds
- 2 baths
- 1,520 sqft
Luxury Condo
$719,000
1700 NE 105th St # 108, Miami Shores FL 33138 – Residential
105th St
- 3 beds
- 3 baths
- 1,924 sqft
Morningside rentals
🏛️ Morningside Premium Rentals — historic single-family + bayfront
$8,000+/mo. Restored historic single-family + bayfront rentals.
🏡 Morningside-Adjacent Premium Rentals
$4,000-$8,000/mo. Smaller restored single-family + townhomes + design-conscious upper-tier rentals.
The places that make Morningside, Morningside
Morningside Park — the 42-acre bayfront + the iconic banyans
750 NE 55th Terrace. Morningside Park — opened 1928 — is the 42-acre municipal bayfront park that anchors the neighborhood’s eastern edge. The park’s most distinctive feature is the canopy of mature 80-year-old banyan trees (Ficus benghalensis, the cathedral-like aerial-root canopy trees) — one of the most impressive banyan stands in Miami. Open lawns + ball fields + tennis courts + basketball courts + soccer fields + picnic shelters + playgrounds + fishing pier + community swimming pool + boat ramp. The Morningside Tennis Center offers organized tennis programs + USTA leagues + clinics + lessons. The bayfront seawall + walking + jogging path along the park’s eastern edge provides the daily-rhythm sunrise route for the neighborhood. The park is also a regular venue for community events, civic gatherings, and the Morningside Civic Association programming.
The 1923 plat + the 1920s planned-community heritage
The neighborhood was platted 1923 as one of Miami’s earliest planned bayfront residential subdivisions — part of the larger Florida-boom-era development wave that produced Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove’s planned sections, and other consequential 1920s communities. The plat featured generous boulevard setbacks, mature canopy-tree programming, large lots (75-150 ft frontages), and a bayfront-park anchor — all elements of the planned-community ideal that came out of the Garden City Movement + early American urban planning. Construction proceeded mostly between 1923 and 1932, with virtually all of the original housing stock surviving + intact today due to the Historic District protections.
Mediterranean Revival + Mission Revival + Spanish Colonial architecture
Throughout the neighborhood. The architectural vocabulary of Morningside is the South Florida 1920s planned-community ideal: Mediterranean Revival (barrel-tile roofs, stuccoed exterior walls in cream + ochre + terra-cotta, arched windows + doorways, wrought-iron balconies + window grilles, decorative tile accents, central courtyards + fountains, heavy oak-and-iron front doors), Mission Revival (simpler stuccoed-and-tile with arcaded porches), Spanish Colonial Revival (more formal symmetrical version with cast-stone surrounds), Mediterranean Eclectic (combining elements creatively), Frame Vernacular (wood-frame Florida cottage adapted for the tropical climate). Many of the most architecturally significant houses are contributing properties to the National Register listing of the Morningside Historic District (1984). The Florida architectural firms + builders of the 1920s — Walter DeGarmo, Russell Pancoast, others — left a corpus that the contemporary preservation community treats with the same scholarly seriousness as Coral Gables’s Phineas Paist-and-George Merrick portfolio.
The Morningside Historic District (1984) protections
The City of Miami designated the Morningside Historic District in 1984 — providing demolition + alteration protections + design-review requirements for contributing-property structures within the district boundaries. Alterations to listed structures + new construction within the district require City of Miami Historic Preservation Office review + approval. The framework has kept virtually all of the original 1920s housing stock intact + has given preservation-conscious owners + buyers regulatory certainty for restoration investments. The Historic District is one of the longest-tenured + most-strictly-enforced single-family historic districts in Miami. For buyers, understanding the design-review framework is essential due-diligence; the restrictions are a feature of the value thesis, not a bug.
The Morningside Civic Association
Established 1923 + reconstituted multiple times since, the Morningside Civic Association is among the most active + politically engaged neighborhood associations in Miami. The Association advocates for Historic District boundary integrity + design-review enforcement + traffic-calming + tree-canopy preservation + park-and-recreation programming + community-safety + neighborhood-character protection. Annual events include the Morningside Garden Tour (a docented walking tour of restored historic gardens + houses), holiday parades + light decorations, neighborhood social events, restoration-best-practices workshops, civic-engagement advocacy. The entry-monitoring traffic-calming structures at the NE 5th + NE 6th Avenue entrances at 55th Street provide a soft-gated character; the Association has been instrumental in maintaining + improving these. The Association is the central civic infrastructure of Morningside + a model of effective neighborhood advocacy.
Bayfront waterfront + the $5-15M+ estate tier
Eastern edge along Biscayne Bay. Morningside’s bayfront single-family inventory — the homes on the bay-facing lots along NE 5th + NE 6th Avenues + NE 56th + 57th + 58th Streets — provides the neighborhood’s top tier. These properties feature deepwater access, private docks, sometimes private boat lifts, often direct sunrise views over the bay + the Miami Beach skyline, large bayfront lots (often 100-200 ft of bay frontage), and the restored or significantly-updated 1920s historic structures + 1990s-2010s newer-construction estates that fit within the Historic District guidelines. Pricing for the bayfront tier is meaningfully above the interior — $5-15M+ for premium waterfront, with the highest-end estates approaching the Belle Meade Island + Bay Point waterfront tier. The buyer pool includes HNWI buyers seeking the historic-architecture + privacy + dockable-waterfront + inner-arc walkable combination that’s genuinely rare in Miami.
Adjacent enclaves — Belle Meade Island + Bay Point + MiMo District + Edgewater
Surrounding Morningside. Belle Meade Island — the gated single-family island immediately north — features additional 1920s-50s historic single-family + bayfront waterfront, $2-8M+. Bay Point Estates — the gated luxury enclave further north — is among the most exclusive single-family communities in inland Miami ($3-15M+), where Phillip Frost has lived + Madonna once owned. The MiMo District immediately west provides the Mid-Century Modern motel + Biscayne Boulevard cultural corridor + walkable restaurant scene. Edgewater to the south provides the high-rise bayfront condo + Wynwood-spillover identity. Morningside sits at the social-civic + amenity-walkable + architectural-soul intersection of these adjacent neighborhoods — the historic single-family anchor at the center of the broader Upper East Side identity.
Climate-resistant elevation + design-conscious buyers
The neighborhood sits at 10-15 ft above sea level for the interior blocks — materially higher than Brickell waterfront (2-4 ft) + Edgewater waterfront (2-4 ft) + Miami Beach (3-7 ft). The bayfront blocks are somewhat lower but still meaningfully higher than other Miami waterfront. As sea-level rise + king-tide flooding + storm-surge insurance + climate-resilience reshape Miami’s coastal-property economic geography, higher-elevation inland-bayfront neighborhoods become materially more valuable for long-term hold. Morningside + the broader Upper East Side benefit from this climate-gentrification dynamic — though Morningside’s historic-district anchor + community preservation-civic culture provides a different + more durable buyer-fit framework than the broader inland gentrification narratives. Design-conscious + preservation-conscious + climate-aware HNWI form a measurable + growing share of the buyer pool.
Morningside K-8 Academy + DASH magnet
NE 56th Street + 6th Avenue. Morningside K-8 Academy is the district public magnet K-8 school located in the neighborhood — providing a strong walking-distance public-school option. Design + Architecture Senior High (DASH) in the adjacent Design District is the natural-fit district magnet high school for design-conscious + creative-industry households; competitive admissions, strong alumni outcomes in architecture + interior + industrial + fashion + film + graphic design. The combination provides a meaningful K-12 public-magnet pipeline + a major neighborhood selling point.
Living in Morningside
Schools
- Morningside K-8 Academy — district public magnet, in-neighborhood, the walking-distance K-8 anchor.
- Phillis Wheatley Elementary, Edison Park K-8 Center, Toussaint L’Ouverture Elementary — additional district public.
- Miami Edison Senior High School + Miami Edison Middle — district public high school options.
- Design + Architecture Senior High (DASH) — district magnet high school in adjacent Design District; the natural-fit magnet for design-conscious + creative-industry households.
- Mater Academy + Doral Academy charter networks — multiple campuses.
- Saint Mary Cathedral School, Cushman School (the prestigious Coconut Grove-adjacent private), Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic + multiple Catholic + Christian + Hebrew options.
- For academic magnets students apply to MAST Academy, TERRA Environmental, School for Advanced Studies, plus DASH.
Getting around
- Biscayne Boulevard (US-1) — western boundary + the MiMo-corridor commercial spine.
- NE 5th Avenue + NE 6th Avenue — interior north-south arteries.
- NE 55th Terrace + NE 57th Street + NE 58th Street — main east-west residential streets.
- I-95 — short drive west via NE 54th/79th Street cross-streets.
- 79th Street Causeway — direct ~10-minute drive to North Miami Beach.
- Brightline MiamiCentral — ~15 min drive for higher-speed rail to Fort Lauderdale + West Palm + Orlando.
- Design District Metromover-adjacent + Miami trolley + bus connectivity.
- Design District 5 min · Wynwood 8 min · Edgewater 6 min · Downtown 12 min · Brickell 15 min · Miami Beach 12-15 min via 79th Street Causeway · MIA 18-22 min.
- Walking + biking the bayfront seawall + Morningside Park is the daily-rhythm exercise route.
Morningside 2026 market: what we’re watching
- Bayfront waterfront pricing + climate-resistant elevation premium. The bayfront waterfront tier + the inland-bayfront elevation differential vs Brickell + Edgewater + Miami Beach waterfront continue to be priced into Morningside acquisitions. The climate-resilience-conscious HNWI buyer pool is expanding + the inland-bayfront premium is durable. Watch the bayfront submarket distinctly from the interior historic-district tier.
- Historic District restoration market + architecture-conscious buyers. The 1920s Mediterranean Revival + Mission Revival + Spanish Colonial restoration market is mature + well-organized. Preservation-conscious buyers + restoration-experienced contractors + the design-review framework form the durable supply-and-demand fundamentals. Restored historic single-family commands meaningful premiums vs unrestored stock; the restoration-economics math is well-understood by Morningside-experienced operators.
- Adjacent gentrification spillover — MiMo, Design District, Edgewater, Wynwood. The strengthening of the broader Upper East Side + Design District + Wynwood identities continues to support Morningside pricing + buyer interest. The combination of inner-arc walkability + historic-architecture identity + park-amenity + climate-resilience is a durable luxury-tier positioning. Watch the Design District + Wynwood spillover pricing pressure on the interior submarket.
- Morningside K-8 + DASH magnet school-zone effect. The Morningside K-8 Academy (in-neighborhood magnet) + Design + Architecture Senior High (DASH, adjacent Design District) public-magnet pipeline provides a meaningful K-12 alternative to private school for design-conscious + creative-industry households. The school-zone + magnet-feeder effect supports buyer demand + addresses one of the key constraints in Miami HNWI residential decisions.
- Civic Association preservation + boundary integrity. The Morningside Civic Association’s ongoing advocacy on Historic District boundary + design-review enforcement + traffic-calming + tree-canopy preservation continues to shape the neighborhood’s character + value framework. Civic-advocacy intensity is a feature of the value thesis — buyers should understand + ideally engage with the Association as part of community integration.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Morningside Historic District?
The City of Miami designated the Morningside Historic District in 1984 — providing demolition + alteration protections + design-review requirements for contributing-property structures within the district boundaries (roughly NE 50th Street to NE 60th Street between Biscayne Boulevard + Biscayne Bay). The framework has kept virtually all of the original 1920s housing stock intact + has given preservation-conscious owners + buyers regulatory certainty for restoration investments. The Historic District is one of the longest-tenured + most-strictly-enforced single-family historic districts in Miami.
What are the architectural requirements?
Alterations to contributing-property structures + new construction within the Historic District require City of Miami Historic Preservation Office review + approval. The framework addresses massing, scale, materials, roof form, window + door treatment, exterior color, landscape, and additions. Replacement of original elements with period-appropriate equivalents is generally supported; demolition of contributing structures is significantly restricted. Restoration + thoughtful adaptation are the dominant practices. For buyers, working with restoration-experienced architects + contractors + understanding the design-review framework is essential due-diligence.
How does Morningside compare to Belle Meade Island or Bay Point?
Adjacent + complementary. Belle Meade Island + Bay Point are formally gated single-family enclaves with guard-houses + restricted entry; their luxury + privacy + price tiers are higher ($3-15M+). Morningside is not formally gated — the entry-monitoring traffic-calming structures provide a soft-gated character + community-civic culture. The architectural-historic identity of Morningside (cohesive 1920s historic district) is more distinctive than the architecturally-varied Belle Meade + Bay Point inventory. Many buyers consider Morningside the historic-architecture-and-civic-character alternative to the privacy-and-formal-gated Belle Meade + Bay Point tiers. The bayfront tiers of all three approach the same waterfront price range.
Is Morningside a good HNWI investment?
For preservation-conscious + architecture-collector + design-conscious + climate-aware HNWI: yes, meaningfully. The combination of cohesive 1920s historic district + 42-acre bayfront park anchor + climate-resistant inland-bayfront elevation + inner-arc Miami walkable location + Morningside K-8 + DASH magnet school pipeline is genuinely rare in Miami. The bayfront waterfront tier provides the dockable-deepwater + privacy + historic-architecture combination at meaningful value vs Star Island / Indian Creek / Hibiscus Island tiers. The Historic District protections + the Civic Association activism + the design-conscious community provide the durable cultural-civic infrastructure. For the right buyer, hard to beat in Miami.
Schools serving Morningside?
District public: Morningside K-8 Academy (in-neighborhood magnet), Phillis Wheatley Elementary, Edison Park K-8 Center, Toussaint L’Ouverture Elementary, Miami Edison Middle + Senior High. Magnet: Design + Architecture Senior High (DASH) in adjacent Design District is the natural-fit magnet for design-conscious + creative-industry households. Charter: Mater + Doral Academy networks. Private: Saint Mary Cathedral, Cushman School, Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic + multiple Catholic + Christian + Hebrew options. Magnets: MAST, TERRA, School for Advanced Studies + DASH.
Can I buy a Morningside property with Bitcoin?
Yes. Title companies in the Design District + Edgewater + Upper East Side corridor that work Morningside addresses are experienced with BTC closings at all price points including the bayfront waterfront estate tier. BTC pricing displayed on every listing.
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