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Star Island is a neighborhood of South Beach 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.
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.
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 Sean Combs, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Don Johnson, Rosie O'Donnell, Xuxa and Shaquille O'Neal. Some scenes from the 1994 movie The Specialist were filmed there.