A Field Guide to the Neighborhood

A neighborhood
under the oaks.

Bird-named streets, mid-century bungalows, two lakes, a 50-acre garden, a neighborhood K-8 school, and a Main Street program along Corrine Drive. Audubon Park has been holding its own since 1937 — and this is the community-run hub for everything happening here.

By the numbers

Audubon Park, Orlando

1937Year platted
5,400Residents
0.7Square miles
2014Wildlife habitat cert.
§ 01 — The Anchors

Four corners that make the neighborhood.

Where the place actually happens — a botanical garden, a chain of lakes and a trail, a public school that's been the heart of the place for decades, and a Main Street program along Corrine.

Botanical EST. 1961

Harry P. Leu Gardens

1920 N Forest Ave · the eastern edge of the neighborhood

Fifty acres of botanical wonder on Lake Rowena — themed gardens, century-old oaks, monthly movie nights on the lawn.

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Parks · Trail EST. 1990s

Lake Sue & Cady Way

Lake Sue Park · Cady Way Trail · north end

The neighborhood's water and its long ribbon of pavement — a paddle-friendly lake at one edge and 6+ miles of paved trail starting just past it.

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School EST. 1959

Audubon Park K-8

1500 Falcon Dr · the heart of the neighborhood

The neighborhood public school — magnet, walkable, and the reason a lot of these families bought into Audubon Park in the first place.

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Main Street EST. 2008

The Garden District

Corrine Drive · the Main Street within the neighborhood

The independent shops, restaurants, and food halls along Corrine — held together by the APGD Main Street program. One feature among many, but a defining one.

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§ 02 — Every Monday

The market by the coffee shop.

Mondays, 6–10pm in the Stardust Coffee parking lot. Local farmers, makers, and chefs alongside live music and the warm company of neighbors. Rain or shine since 2008.

Audubon Park's weekly market is the closest thing the neighborhood has to a town square. Most weeks bring 30+ vendors — produce, baked goods, prepared meals, soaps, ceramics, candles, art — plus a rotating slate of musicians on the small stage.

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By the numbers
30+Vendors most weeks
52Mondays a year
2008Year founded
6–10PM, every Monday
§ 03 — On the Calendar

What's happening this week.

Garden walks, market Mondays, school fundraisers, movie nights on the lawn — the neighborhood runs on a steady rhythm of small public events. Pulled from APGD, Leu Gardens, and the City of Orlando.

Every Mon Weekly

Audubon Park Community Market

6 PM · Stardust Coffee parking lot

Local growers, artisans, and musicians fill the Stardust parking lot every Monday evening. The neighborhood's standing reservation with itself.

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§ 04 — Local Spots

The directory, kept fresh by the neighborhood.

Shops, restaurants, and gathering places along Corrine and the streets nearby. Pulled from the APGD directory today, with more sources joining as we discover them.

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§ 05 — How it got here

Platted in 1937, named after birds, built around the lakes.

The neighborhood was platted in 1937 and grew up around the post-war Orlando Naval Training Center — which is why the housing stock is overwhelmingly mid-century ranch and bungalow. In 2014 it became Central Florida's first neighborhood certified as a Wildlife Habitat Community. Lake Sue and the Cady Way Trail anchor the north end, Leu Gardens the east, and the APGD Main Street program along Corrine Drive — a 2016 Great American Main Street Award winner — anchors the small-business community in between.

1937Year platted
2014Wildlife habitat cert.
2016GAMSA award (APGD)
5,400Residents