Riviera Beach
Palm Beach County, Florida
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
(Also known as: West 8th Street / State Road 710)
Zip Code: 33404
Overview: MLK Blvd through Riviera Beach starts in an industrial cul-de-sac three blocks long to the east of Dixie Highway and the Florida East Coast Railway corridor.
Immediately to the west of Dixie Highway is a residential area with a dozen vacant frontage lots that appear to be zoned for commercial. There were a few boarded up and failed mom-and-pop shops, and one seemingly viable strip mall at Avenue U.
The homes through this corridor are a mix of blighted and viable homes and apartment buildings, and exist on both the east and west sides of the Australian Avenue north-south corridor.
After about a mile the area returns to an industrial park on both sides of the North Congress Avenue north-south corridor, and when the road makes a curve to the northeast it becomes the Bee Line Highway.
Length: Approximately 2 miles
From 100 Block West to 3500 Block West.
(Dixie Highway in the east to Bee Line Highway in the west)
Classifications:
Residential Neighborhood (houses visible to MLK Blvd) = 40%Vacant = 15%Blighted and Ignored = 20%Blighted but Not Ignored = 20%Gentrification Failing = 25%Gentrification Succeeding = 10%Viable with Room to Improve = 10%Vibrant and Car Friendly = 0Vibrant and Pedestrian Friendly = 0
Commercial Corridor: Main Street = 0%
Commercial Corridor: Mom & Pop Shops = 10%Vacant = 40%Blighted and Ignored = 25%Blighted but Not Ignored = 25%Gentrification Failing = 10%Gentrification Succeeding = 0Viable with Room to Improve = 0Vibrant and Car Friendly = 0Vibrant and Pedestrian Friendly = 0
Industrial Corridor = 48%Vacant = 50%Blighted and Ignored = 10%Blighted but Not Ignored = 0Gentrification Failing = 0Gentrification Succeeding = 0Viable with Room to Improve = 10%Vibrant = 30%
Institutional and Parks = 2%Gentrification Succeeding = 100%
Community Assets:
Parks and Community Centers: There is one community center with an attached park along the Riviera Beach MLK Blvd.Churches: Most of the churches in this corridor are one block removed from MLK Blvd, but there are at least a half-dozen Black Church congregations, all in the residential area.National Chain Grocery or Department Stores: None were encountered.Brand Name Franchised Restaurants: None were encountered.Other National Franchises: None, not even an auto parts franchise.
NIMBY Items Encountered:
Indexing for This TopicSewage and water treatment facilities are located at Avenue U.Two major rail corridors frame in the residential area.The industrial parks along both rail corridors are not the small-business models. They are campus-sized industrial installations.
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