Star Island is a neighborhood in the city of Miami Beach on a man-made island in Biscayne Bay, Florida, United States. The island is south of the Venetian Islands and just east of Palm and Hibiscus islands.

Star Island
Neighborhood of Miami Beach
Star Island, as seen from South Beach
Star Island Location in the United States
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Miami-Dade County
City	Miami Beach
Government
• Miami Beach Mayor	Dan Gelber
• Miami-Dade County Commissioner	Bruno Barreiro
• House of Representatives	Michael Grieco (D)
• State Senate	Jason Pizzo (D)
• U.S. House	Maria Elvira Salazar (R)
Area
• Total	0.134 sq mi (0.35 km2)
• Land	0.134 sq mi (0.35 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0 km2)  0.0%
Population  (2010)
• Total	98
Time zone	UTC-05 (EST)
ZIP Code	33139
Area code(s)	305, 786

Background

Completed in 1922 by the Army Corps of Engineers by dredging sand, the land was initially owned by developer Carl Fisher, who purchased several land parcels of what would become the city of Miami Beach. It is accessible by land and barrier islands via the MacArthur Causeway.[1]

Education

Students from Star Island are served by the following schools of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools:

• South Pointe Elementary School
• Nautilus Middle School
• Miami Beach High School

Celebrity residents

Celebrities who own or have owned homes on the island include Edward Howland Robinson Green, Sean Combs,[2] Emilio and Gloria Estefan,[2][3] Don Johnson,[2] Rosie O'Donnell,[2] Xuxa,[4] Shaquille O'Neal,[2][3][5] and Phillip Frost.[6] Tour guides and realtors have made false claims of some other celebrities having homes on Star Island, such as LeBron James, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Julio Iglesias, Madonna, Sylvester Stallone and Elizabeth Taylor.[2]

Rosie O’Donnell’s Star Island house (purchased in 1999) was the subject of a 1979 trial in which prosecutors alleged that it was being used by members of the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church to run a marijuana smuggling ring.[7][8] Some scenes from the 1994 movie The Specialist were filmed there.^{[citation needed]}

References

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