Miami’s Health District runs through Allapattah along NW 12th Avenue. Visitors come for treatment at Jackson Memorial, for clinical rotations at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, or for shifts at UHealth Tower and the Miami VA Medical Center. This guide covers the Metrorail routes, the fares, the straight-line distances to each hospital, the short-term lodging within 2.2 kilometers and the one building in the neighborhood that will hold residents instead of guests.
Two Metrorail stations serve the campus
UHealth–Jackson station stands at NW 12th Avenue and 15th Street. It took its current name on 12 July 2024 and carries a branch of the Miami-Dade Public Library System inside. Santa Clara station stands at NW 12th Avenue and 20th Street, with its entrance on the southwest corner of NW 21st Street and NW 12th Avenue. The Green and Orange lines run the trunk through both stations. A visitor heading to the medical campus steps off at either one.
Fares, hours and transfers
Metrorail runs from 5 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. The full fare is $2.25 and the discount fare is $1.10. A bus-to-rail transfer and a rail-to-bus transfer both carry no charge when the rider pays with an EASY Card, an EASY Ticket or contactless payment. Riders also pay through the GO Miami-Dade Transit app. The EASY Card costs $2 and the EASY Ticket is free. Ticket vending machines inside every station take cash. Metromover, the downtown people mover, is free. Daily parking at a Metrorail station costs $4.50.
The last leg on foot
Distances in this article are straight-line measurements from 702 NW 18th Terrace, the address of the new tower on the district edge, read on 8 November 2026. Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital sits 329 meters away. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute sits 436 meters away. Jackson Memorial Hospital sits 565 meters away. The Miami VA Medical Center sits 1,003 meters away. UHealth Tower sits 1,053 meters away. Select Specialty Hospital sits 1,835 meters away.
NW 12th Avenue carries the north-south spine, and NW 16th Street crosses it at the hospital frontage. The campus spreads across several buildings on both sides of 12th Avenue. A visitor should confirm the building, the entrance and the department desk before setting out, because Jackson Memorial, UHealth Tower, the VA and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute each occupy a different address inside the same cluster.
Airport and intercity connections
The Orange Line reaches Miami International Airport directly from the shared trunk. The Green Line connects to Tri-Rail. Brightline’s MiamiCentral station sits 1,828 meters from 702 NW 18th Terrace, and Metrorail riders reach it with a transfer at Historic Overtown Lyric Theatre station. A visitor arriving by air rides the Orange Line to UHealth–Jackson and stays inside one paid fare. A visitor arriving by Brightline or Tri-Rail transfers into the Metrorail trunk for the final leg.
Short-term lodging within 2.2 kilometers
SpringHill Suites Miami Downtown/Medical Center is the closest hotel to the campus at 753 meters. Dunns-Josephine Hotel sits 1,223 meters away and Arlo Wynwood sits 1,305 meters away. Hilton Miami Downtown is 1,908 meters from the site. The Gabriel Miami Downtown is 1,933 meters, citizenM Miami Worldcenter is 2,082 meters, DoubleTree Grand Hotel Biscayne Bay is 2,102 meters and Marriott Biscayne Bay is 2,134 meters. Every figure is straight-line from 702 NW 18th Terrace.
The Metrorail corridor widens that set. A visitor who books downtown or Brickell reaches the campus on the Green or Orange line with no transfer, and the same ticket covers the airport leg in the other direction. A visitor who books inside Allapattah walks the final leg from Santa Clara or UHealth–Jackson station.
The Residences Claude Pepper opens in September 2028
Related Urban Development Group is building a 15-story, 428-apartment tower at 702 NW 18th Terrace. The project broke ground in June 2026 and completes in September 2028. The project record describes it as one of the ground-up builds advanced under Florida’s Live Local Act. Of the 428 apartments, 397 are reserved for households earning 20 to 80 percent of area median income and 31 for households earning up to 120 percent. Eighty-three apartments serve residents with special needs. A 99-year ground lease with Miami-Dade County holds the land.
These are residential rentals. They carry no nightly rate, no booking channel and no front desk for visitors. A traveler who needs a bed near the campus books one of the hotels listed above. The tower changes the residential base around the hospitals in late 2028, and it leaves the visitor lodging supply unchanged.
What to confirm before booking
Confirm the appointment address first, because the hospitals share a district and hold separate buildings. Confirm the entrance and the department desk. Confirm whether the hospital runs an internal shuttle between buildings. Confirm the parking rate at the destination, and note that the $4.50 daily rate applies at Metrorail station lots. Confirm the length of stay against the hotel cancellation policy, since treatment schedules move. Book inside the Metrorail corridor so the airport leg and the campus leg both run on one system and one fare.