Florida grew and prospered in the late 1800s when it became a railway stop; the community became progressively more urban and started to receive Italian and English immigrants who set small farms that provided vegetables and fruits to nearby Buenos Aires.

It is bordered to the east by Vicente López neighborhood, to the north by Olivos, to the south by the city of Buenos Aires, and to the west by Villa Martelli.

Florida is served by the Mitre and Belgrano Norte railway lines, both providing fast access to the city of Buenos Aires.

Florida Este was founded in 1891 when the Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway opened a station in the section from Belgrano that then reached Bartolomé Mitre, Borges and San Isidro.

The official date of establishment was set by a decree that gave approval to the builder of the railway line to divide the lands into lots for future sale.

Between 1895 and 1915 the "Compañía de los Ferrocarriles Pobladores" and the French Bank, owner of lands in the area, sold them to families that soon arrived.

The Florida Este station was a meeting place for the inhabitants of the districts, with Luis Poggi's general store (located on the corner of San Martín and Fray Justo Sarmiento) as one of the pioneers in the zone.

Six years later the bishop of La Plata, Juan Terrero, blessed a precarious chapel built on lands donated by José Antonio Trabucco.