Editing Key Biscayne, Florida

{{short description|Village in Miami-Dade County, Florida}}
{{About|the village named Key Biscayne|the island of the same name|Key Biscayne}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{use American English|date=May 2021}}
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| name                     = Key Biscayne, Florida
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| leader_title             = [[mayor (United States)|Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Joe I. Rasco
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| leader_name1             = Oscar Sardiñas
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| leader_name2             = <br />Michael F. Bracken, <br />Franklin H. Caplan, <br />Edward London, <br />Nancy Stoner, and<br />Fernando A. Vazquez
| leader_title3            = [[city manager|Village Manager]]
| leader_name3             = Steven C. Williamson
| leader_title4            = [[city clerk|Village Clerk]]
| leader_name4             = Jocelyn Brewster Koch
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| blank_info               = 12-36300<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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| website                  = {{URL|www.keybiscayne.fl.gov}}
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}}

[[File:Key Biscayne.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Map of Key Biscayne]]
'''Key Biscayne''' is a village in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]], United States. Located on the island of [[Key Biscayne]], the village is part of the [[Miami metropolitan area]] of [[South Florida]]. The population was 14,809 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> up from 12,344 in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1206600&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P1| title=P1. Race – Biscayne village, Florida: 2010 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
Key Biscayne lies south of [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]] and east of [[Miami]]. The village is connected to Miami via the [[Rickenbacker Causeway]], originally built in 1947. Because of its low elevation and direct exposure to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], it is usually among the first Miami areas to be evacuated before an oncoming hurricane.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has an area of {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.5|sqmi|km2|0}} (27.0%) is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The village is bordered on the north by [[Crandon Park]], a Miami-Dade County park; on the south by [[Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park]]; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; and on the west by [[Biscayne Bay]].

==History==
{{See also|Key Biscayne#Early history|l1=Early history of Key Biscayne}}
===Rickenbacker Causeway===
[[File:President Richard Nixon Greeting Children on the Crandon Boulevard Fourth of July Parade Route in Key Biscayne, Florida.jpg|thumb|left|[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] at Key Biscayne's [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] parade in 1969; as president, Nixon visited his Key Biscayne compound over 50 times.]]
While there had been earlier plans to develop a town on Key Biscayne, the opening of the {{convert|4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[Rickenbacker Causeway]] from [[Miami]] to [[Virginia Key]] and on to Key Biscayne in 1947 opened the island up to large-scale residential development. The northern two-thirds of the island had operated as the largest coconut plantation in the [[continental United States]] during the first half of the 20th century. 

In 1940, the [[William John Matheson|Matheson]] family donated over {{convert|800|acre|km2}} of their land to [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Dade County]] for a public park, which became Crandon Park, in exchange for a commitment from the county that it would build a causeway to the island. The remaining Matheson property, stretching across the middle of the island, was sold to developers. Beginning in 1951, the [[Mackle Brothers|Mackle Construction Company]] offered new homes on the island for $9,540, with $500 down. A [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Post Office]] branch opened in Key Biscayne, the Community Church started holding services in an old coconut-husking shed, and Key Biscayne Elementary School opened in 1952.<ref>Blank. pp. 159-162.</ref>

The island's southern third, which included Cape Florida, was owned by [[James Deering]], and, after his death, by his brother Charles, for 35 years. In 1948, José Manuel Áleman, a [[Cuban people|Cuban]] politician in exile, bought the Cape Florida property from the Deering estate. After Áleman died in 1951, his widow, Elena Santeiro Garcia, added to the property, purchasing an ocean-to-bay strip that had been part of the Matheson property. This strip included a canal William Matheson dug in the 1920s that extended from the bay across most of the island. The land north of the canal was developed as part of what is now the Village of Key Biscayne. In 1966, Garcia sold the Cape Florida property to the state of Florida, and the property became [[Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park]], which opened January 1, 1967.<ref>Blank. pp.166-171.</ref>

===Richard Nixon compound===
{{Main|Nixon's Florida White House}}
In 1969, [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] purchased the first of his three waterfront homes, forming a compound known as the [[Nixon's Florida White House|Florida White House]], to be near his close friend and confidant [[Bebe Rebozo]], owner of Key Biscayne Bank, and industrialist [[Robert Abplanalp]], inventor of the [[Aerosol spray dispenser|modern spray can]] valve. Rebozo was indicted for laundering a $100,000 donation from [[Howard Hughes]] to Nixon's election campaign. Presidents Kennedy and Nixon met for the first time after Nixon's [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 presidential campaign]] defeat in an oceanfront villa at the old Key Biscayne Hotel. 

Plans for the break-in at the [[Democratic National Committee]] headquarters in the [[Watergate complex]] were discussed at Nixon's Key Biscayne compound and, as the [[Watergate scandal]] unfolded, Nixon retreated into seclusion there with greater regularity. Between 1969 and 1973, he visited Key Biscayne over 50 times. The [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] spent $400,000 constructing a helicopter landing pad in [[Biscayne Bay]] adjacent to his compound; when Nixon later sold the property, including the helicopter pad, there were public accusations that he had enriched himself at taxpayer expense.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

===Incorporation===
The area was incorporated as a new municipality in 1991, making it the first new city in Miami-Dade County in over 50 years. Rafael Conte was elected the first mayor, along with the members of the founding village council: Clifford Brody, Mortimer Fried, Michael Hill, Bautista Tedin, Lucas Keller, Luis Lauredo, Joe Rasco, and Raymond Sullivan. The municipality's first manager was C. Samuel Kissinger and the first clerk was Guido Inguanzo. The village's incorporation, overseen by Alfred Brewer, provided local control over taxes and future development.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Key Biscayne is a small, intimate community. Most families that live there have known each other for generations. Children who grew up on the island are sometimes referred to as "Key Rats".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/article1938236.html|title=Tale of a Key Rat: The Michael Capponi story|work=[[The Miami Herald]]}}</ref>

===Hurricane Andrew===
In 1992, [[Hurricane Andrew]] flooded some homes and businesses on Key Biscayne, impacting insurance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-1992-ap-mainstory,0,7290462.story |location=Miami, Florida|title=Ten years after Hurricane Andrew, effects are still felt|author=Adrian Sainz|date=August 24, 2002|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]|access-date=May 8, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121014215256/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-1992-ap-mainstory%2C0%2C7290462.story |archive-date=October 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The eye wall passed over uninhabited Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, which received the brunt of the storm. The damage was a blessing for the park because it destroyed all the non-native vegetation the state had been trying to eradicate. Federal and state funding allowed the replanting with native vegetation, making the park a showplace natural area. The town is in Evacuation Zone A.<ref>{{cite web |title=Flood Information and Protection |url=https://keybiscayne.fl.gov/index.php?submenu=_depts&src=gendocs&ref=FloodInfo_ProtectionMain_May2018&category=HurricaneFlood&link=FloodInfo_ProtectionMain_May2018 |website=keybiscayne.fl.gov |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201104201451/https://keybiscayne.fl.gov/index.php?submenu=_depts&src=gendocs&ref=FloodInfo_ProtectionMain_May2018&category=HurricaneFlood&link=FloodInfo_ProtectionMain_May2018 |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> 

In 2017, a study found that the town could be partly flooded at high tides by 2045 after [[sea-level rise]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Village of Key Biscayne final vulnerability assessment |url=https://www.keyscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CRC-VillageOfKeyBiscayne-FinaltVulnAssess-SM.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201104200313/https://www.keyscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CRC-VillageOfKeyBiscayne-FinaltVulnAssess-SM.pdf |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |date=2017 |quote=by 2045, if no adaptation steps are taken, most roads within the village will experience tidal flooding during king tides, as will many low-lying residential and commercial properties.}}</ref> Property values fell. 

In November 2020, the town voted to approve a $100 million bond to protect itself.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Alex |title=Key Biscayne votes to spend $100 million to protect itself from sea-level rise |website=[[Miami Herald]] |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/key-biscayne/article246895747.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201104062615/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/key-biscayne/article246895747.html |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |date=November 3, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The village has its own fire, police and public elementary and middle school. The millage tax rate remains one of the lowest of any municipality in Miami-Dade County. In 2004, the village completed the construction of a civic center, including fire, police and administration buildings and a recreation and community center with indoor multi-use courts, an outdoor swimming pool, and a musical theater program.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==Climate==
Key Biscayne has a [[tropical monsoon climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|''Am'']]). Key Biscayne experiences hot, humid summers and warm, dry winters.  The island is in USDA plant zone 11a. Due to its island location, Key Biscayne is subject to cooler highs than Miami year-round. Hurricanes threaten the island occasionally, though landfalls are rare. Precipitation is lower than that of Miami, as the Atlantic Ocean inhibits summer thunderstorm convection.
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|location = Cape Florida (1991&ndash;2020 normals, extremes 1999&ndash;present)
|single line = Y

|Jan avg record high F = 83.3
|Feb avg record high F = 83.3
|Mar avg record high F = 85.9
|Apr avg record high F = 88.7
|May avg record high F = 88.9
|Jun avg record high F = 92.0
|Jul avg record high F = 92.6
|Aug avg record high F = 92.4
|Sep avg record high F = 92.1
|Oct avg record high F = 90.5
|Nov avg record high F = 86.5
|Dec avg record high F = 84.3
|year avg record high F = 93.9

|Jan high F = 77.5
|Feb high F = 78.9
|Mar high F = 80.9
|Apr high F = 83.8
|May high F = 86.5
|Jun high F = 89.6
|Jul high F = 90.8
|Aug high F = 91.4
|Sep high F = 90.3
|Oct high F = 87.2
|Nov high F = 82.7
|Dec high F = 79.7
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|Jan mean F = 70.1
|Feb mean F = 71.8
|Mar mean F = 74.0
|Apr mean F = 77.6
|May mean F = 80.7
|Jun mean F = 83.8
|Jul mean F = 84.9
|Aug mean F = 85.4
|Sep mean F = 84.5
|Oct mean F = 81.6
|Nov mean F = 76.7
|Dec mean F = 72.9
|Jan low F = 62.8
|Feb low F = 64.8
|Mar low F = 67.1
|Apr low F = 71.5
|May low F = 74.9
|Jun low F = 78.0
|Jul low F = 79.0
|Aug low F = 79.4
|Sep low F = 78.7
|Oct low F = 76.1
|Nov low F = 70.7
|Dec low F = 66.0
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|Jan avg record low F = 44.5
|Feb avg record low F = 48.1
|Mar avg record low F = 52.6
|Apr avg record low F = 60.2
|May avg record low F = 67.0
|Jun avg record low F = 71.9
|Jul avg record low F = 73.9
|Aug avg record low F = 74.4
|Sep avg record low F = 74.0
|Oct avg record low F = 65.2
|Nov avg record low F = 56.3
|Dec avg record low F = 50.7
|year avg record low F = 41.7

|Jan record high F = 87
|Feb record high F = 87
|Mar record high F = 90
|Apr record high F = 96
|May record high F = 93
|Jun record high F = 96
|Jul record high F = 96
|Aug record high F = 96
|Sep record high F = 95
|Oct record high F = 93
|Nov record high F = 90
|Dec record high F = 88
|year record high F= 
|Jan record low F = 35
|Feb record low F = 38
|Mar record low F = 44
|Apr record low F = 49
|May record low F = 61
|Jun record low F = 64
|Jul record low F = 71
|Aug record low F = 71
|Sep record low F = 66
|Oct record low F = 54
|Nov record low F = 45
|Dec record low F = 37
|year record low F= 
|precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 2.44
| Feb precipitation inch = 2.00
| Mar precipitation inch = 2.37
| Apr precipitation inch = 3.17
| May precipitation inch = 5.67
| Jun precipitation inch = 7.37
| Jul precipitation inch = 5.64
| Aug precipitation inch = 7.05
| Sep precipitation inch = 7.54
| Oct precipitation inch = 6.33
| Nov precipitation inch = 3.51
| Dec precipitation inch = 2.24
|year precipitation inch = 
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 7.9
| Feb precipitation days = 6.5
| Mar precipitation days = 6.3
| Apr precipitation days = 6.1
| May precipitation days = 9.9
| Jun precipitation days = 14.8
| Jul precipitation days = 14.9
| Aug precipitation days = 15.8
| Sep precipitation days = 15.3
| Oct precipitation days = 12.8
| Nov precipitation days = 9.0
| Dec precipitation days = 8.0
| year precipitation days = 
|source 1 = NOAA (mean maxima/minima 2006&ndash;2020)<ref>{{cite web
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| title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = February 20, 2023
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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| title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = February 20, 2023
}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
[[File:Crandon Park beach, FL.jpg|thumb|The beach at [[Crandon Park]] in Key Biscayne in February 2008]]
{{US Census population
|2000= 10507
|2010= 12344
|2020= 14809
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Key Biscayne racial composition'''<br /> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br /> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1236300&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|3,979
|26.87%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|27
|0.18%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|3
|0.02%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|106
|0.72%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|0
|0.00%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|87
|0.59%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH)
|719
|4.86%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|9,888
|66.77%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''14,809'''
|
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], there were 14,809 people, 4,058 households, and 3,174 families residing in the village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Key Biscayne city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Key+Biscayne+village;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

===2010 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="float: left; margin-right: 2em; width: 35%; font-size: 75%;" 
!colspan=4|Key Biscayne Demographics
|-
![[2010 United States census|2010 census]]||Key Biscayne||Miami-Dade County||Florida
|-
|Total population||12,344||2,496,435||18,801,310
|-
|Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010||+17.5%||+10.8%||+17.6%
|-
|Population density||10,070.7/sq&nbsp;mi||1,315.5/sq&nbsp;mi||350.6/sq&nbsp;mi
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White or Caucasian]] (including [[White Hispanic]])||96.2%||73.8%||75.0%
|-
|([[Non-Hispanic Whites|Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian]])||36.5%||15.4%||57.9%
|-
|[[Black (U.S. Census)|Black or African-American]]||0.4%||18.9%||16.0%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic or Latino (of any race)]]||61.6%||65.0%||22.5%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]||1.1%||1.5%||2.4%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Native Alaskan]]||0.1%||0.2%||0.4%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]]||0.0%||0.0%||0.1%
|-
|[[Multiracial American|Two or more races (Multiracial)]]||1.2%||2.4%||2.5%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some Other Race]]||1.0%||3.2%||3.6%
|}

As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]], there were 12,344 people, 4,256 households, and 2,976 families residing in the village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Key Biscayne city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Key+Biscayne+village;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

===2000 census===
In 2000, 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.99.

In 2000, 24.2% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the village was $86,599, and the median income for a family was $107,610. Males had a median income of $86,322 versus $46,765 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $54,213.

{{as of|2000}}, 59.73% of residents spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]] at home, while 30.84% spoke only [[English language|English]]. Speakers of [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] were 2.83%, [[French language|French]] 2.67%, [[Italian language|Italian]] 1.67%, and [[German language|German]] 1.47% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=36300&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results of Key Biscayne, FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=November 1, 2007}}</ref>

==Media==
''The Islander News'' is a weekly community newspaper serving Key Biscayne. The estimated circulation in 2020 was 3,600.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021|title=Key Biscayne Islander News|url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/9/513/1417|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=Mondotimes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021|title=About Us|url=https://www.islandernews.com/site/about.html|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=Islander Media Group}}</ref>

''Key Biscayne Magazine'' is a lifestyle magazine published in Miami by TAG Media, publishers of ''[[Brickell Magazine]]''. The circulation of the magazine was about 10,000 in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://keybiscaynemag.com/about-us/|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=Magazine Key Biscayne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021|title=Key Biscayne Advertising – Magazine Advertising Costs|url=https://www.gaebler.com/Key+Biscayne+Magazine-magazine-advertising-costs++28676|website=Resources for Entrepreneurs}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:KeyBiscayneCommunitySchool.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Key Biscayne Community School]]
[[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]] serves Key Biscayne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st12_fl/schooldistrict_maps/c12086_miami-dade/DC20SD_C12086.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Miami-Dade County, FL|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 22, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st12_fl/schooldistrict_maps/c12086_miami-dade/DC20SD_C12086_SD2MS.txt Text list] - As "Dade County School District"</ref> The Key Biscayne K–8 Center serves Key Biscayne.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keybiscayne.dadeschools.net/ |title=Key Biscayne K-8 Center|website=keybiscayne.dadeschools.net |access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>"[http://www2.dadeschools.net/schools/schoolinformation/school_boundaries.asp?id=2741 KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER School Legal Boundaries Description]." [[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on April 25, 2013.</ref> Middle school students may attend Ponce de Leon Middle School in [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]] instead of the Key Biscayne School.<ref>"[http://www2.dadeschools.net/schools/schoolinformation/school_boundaries.asp?id=6741 PONCE DE LEON MS School Legal Boundaries Description]." [[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on April 25, 2013.</ref> High school students are zoned to [[Coral Gables Senior High School]].<ref>"[http://www2.dadeschools.net/schools/schoolinformation/school_boundaries.asp?id=7071 Coral Gables SHS School Legal Boundaries Description]." [[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on April 25, 2013.</ref><ref name=IsenseeMAST>"[http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/13/2848320/mast-academy-about-to-be-expanded.html MAST Academy about to be expanded for Key Biscayne students]." ''[[Miami Herald]]''. June 13, 2013. Retrieved on April 26, 2013.</ref>

[[MAST Academy]], a magnet school on [[Virginia Key]], has since 2012 given eligible Key Biscayne residents priority in filling 1,100 seats in the school's Cambridge program.<ref name=IsenseeMAST/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Josephson |first1=Kelly |title=School district adds 22 6th-grade seats at MAST Academy |url=http://www.islandernews.com/news/school-district-adds-th-grade-seats-at-mast-academy/article_551e32da-375a-11e7-a5a7-1fdf499a683b.html |access-date=February 26, 2019 |publisher=The Islander News |date=May 12, 2017}}</ref>

The [[Miami-Dade Public Library System]] operates the {{convert|6000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} Key Biscayne Branch Library. It opened in January 1985.<ref>"[http://www.mdpls.org/info/locations/KB.asp Key Biscayne Branch]." [[Miami-Dade Public Library System]]. Retrieved on April 27, 2013.</ref>

St. Agnes Academy is a Catholic private school at 122 Harbor Drive, of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami]]. It serves pre-K–8th grade.

==Notable people==
* [[Jaime Bayly]], writer
* [[Jay Berger]], former tennis player
* [[Raul Boesel]], race car driver
* [[Cher]], actress and singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://keybiscaynemag.com/the-cher-house/|title=THE CHER HOUSE|date=July 13, 2018|website=Key Biscayne Magazine|access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Soman Chainani]], writer
* [[Gaetano Ciancio]], transplant surgeon
* [[Isabel Pérez Farfante]], [[carcinologist]]
* [[Mary Joe Fernández]], former professional tennis player
* [[Timothy Ferris]], author
* [[Emerson Fittipaldi]], race car driver<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://keybiscaynemag.com/fittipaldi-family/|title=Fittipaldi Family|last=Cubilla|first=Rachel|date=November 29, 2018|website=Key Biscayne Magazine|access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Fonseca (singer)|Fonseca]], Colombian singer
* [[Andy García]], actor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/garden/the-soul-of-havana-on-biscayne-bay.html|title=The Soul of Havana on Biscayne Bay|last=Wadler|first=Joyce|date=April 27, 2006|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Arthur Hanlon]], pianist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.islandernews.com/lifestyle/key-biscayne-music-man-headlines-coconut-grove-s-festival-this/article_679c92de-f093-11e6-a522-7794769f9e83.html|title=Key Biscayne music man headlines Coconut Grove's festival this weekend|last=Coffee|first=Rod|website=IslanderNews.com|access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Juanes]], Colombian singer
* [[Luis J. Lauredo]], former [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the Organization of American States|U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Village of Key Biscayne, FL |url=https://keybiscayne.fl.gov/directory/village_council.php |access-date=May 15, 2022 |website=keybiscayne.fl.gov }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Council of American Ambassadors |url=https://www.americanambassadors.org/members/luis-lauredo |access-date=May 15, 2022 |website=Council of American Ambassadors }}</ref>
* [[Martin Margulies]], billionaire art collector and fixture of Miami's high society<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/arts/design/in-a-red-hot-art-market-the-collector-martin-margulies-stays-cool.html|title=In a Red-Hot Art Market, the Collector Martin Margulies Stays Cool|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|date=December 6, 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], Colombian race car driver
* [[Richard Nixon]], U.S. president; see [[Nixon's Florida White House]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20040722/News/605227717|title=Nixon presidential retreat in Key Biscayne torn down|agency=Associated Press|website=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Brad Pitt]], actor
* [[Bebe Rebozo]], banker and confidante of Richard Nixon<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/links/rebozo.htm|title=Charles 'Bebe' Rebozo, 85, Dies|last=Pearson|first=Richard|date=May 10, 1998|website=The Washington Post|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000819023532/http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/links/rebozo.htm|archive-date=August 19, 2000|access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Rickenbacker]], fighter pilot for whom [[Rickenbacker Causeway]] is named

==Hotels and condominiums controversy==
As noted above, the construction of several condominium complexes in Key Biscayne caused the population to soar. In 2007, voters approved an amendment to the village charter requiring that future land use changes be approved by voters. In 2008, the village council, saying that requiring community voting on zoning changes infringed on its responsibility, submitted another proposal to revise the charter. But on November 4, 2008, voters overwhelmingly rejected the council's proposed change, defeating the amendment by a more than two-to-one margin.<ref>[http://www.keybiscayne.fl.gov/clientuploads/PDF/Clerk/agendas/cm_08-06-10-tab4.pdf?PHPSESSID=563456eb5aec033ceac94a3eab580646/ Key Biscayne Ordinance setting referendum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721040232/http://www.keybiscayne.fl.gov/clientuploads/PDF/Clerk/agendas/cm_08-06-10-tab4.pdf?PHPSESSID=563456eb5aec033ceac94a3eab580646%2F |date=July 21, 2011 }} Retrieved November 1, 2008</ref><ref>''The Miami Herald'', November 5, 2008</ref>

==Other information==
Key Biscayne hosts the [[Tennis Center at Crandon Park]], former home to the [[Miami Open (tennis)|Miami Open]] Tennis Tournament, and a golf course, along with many amenities for water sports and fishing.

Key Biscayne has a visitors center, open 24/7, 365 days a year, in the Village Hall, 88 West McIntyre Street #100, next to the police station. Staffed M–F from 9am to 5pm

==Gallery==
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File:KeyBiscayneFireStation.JPG|Fire station
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite news |url=http://www.historymiami.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/sfh-1989-1.pdf |title=Key Biscayne – An isle of palms |last=Curtiss |first=Muriel |date=1989 |work=South Florida History Magazine |issue=1 |pages=6–9 |via=[[HistoryMiami]]}}

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