North Miami Beach

History

The first non-indigenous settlement was platted in 1881, and was called Fulford-By-The-Sea. In the 1920s, Carl G. Fisher built an all-wooden racetrack with stands for 12,000 spectators, known as the Fulford–Miami Speedway. This event, held on February 22, 1926, dubbed the Carl G. Fisher Cup Race, was a forerunner to the auto races at Sebring and Daytona. In September 1926, after just one race, the track was destroyed by the 1926 Miami hurricane. The hurricane of 1926 essentially ended the South Florida real estate boom, and in an effort to alleviate their losses and the damage to the city, local residents came together as the Town of Fulford. In 1927, it was incorporated as the City of Fulford.

Geography

The City of North Miami Beach is bordered to the southeast by the city of North Miami, to the southwest by unincorporated Golden Glades, to the west by the city of Miami Gardens, to the north by unincorporated Ojus, to the northeast by the city of Aventura, and to the east across the Intracoastal Waterway by the city of Sunny Isles Beach. U.S. Route 1 (Biscayne Boulevard) runs through the east side of the city, leading south to downtown Miami and north to Fort Lauderdale. Interstate 95 runs along the northwest border of the city, with access from Exit 12. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of . of it are land and of it (9.78%) are water. : Miami Gardens, Ives Estates, Ojus, Aventura : Miami Gardens Sunny Isles Beach :Miami Gardens, Golden Glades Ojus, Aventura, Sunny Isles Beach : Golden Glades North Miami : Golden Glades, North Miami Sources: * Allen Park ** Aqua Bowl ** Corona Del Mar ** TECO/Peoples Gas ** West Dixie Industrial * Highland Village ** Biscayne North ** Biscayne South * City Center ** Fulford ** Government Center ** University Park * Eastern Shores ** Western Eastern Shores * ** Breeze Swept ** Carl Byoir ** Fleeman Heights * Oleta River State Park * Pickwick * * Sunray East * Sunray West * Uleta ** I-95 Row * Washington Park * Windward ** Pan Uleta ** Monticello

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• DR. MICHAEL M. KROP SENIOR HIGH
  High · MIAMI · 2,235 students · 26.9:1 ratio
• NORMAN S. EDELCUP/SUNNY ISLES BEACH K-8
  Elementary · SUNNY ISLES BEACH · 2,231 students · 21.9:1 ratio
• MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · MIAMI BEACH · 2,175 students · 23.9:1 ratio
• AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER
  Elementary · MIAMI · 2,168 students · 19.7:1 ratio
• NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · NORTH MIAMI · 1,747 students · 19:1 ratio
• HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HIALEAH · 1,732 students · 19.9:1 ratio
• AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HIALEAH · 1,652 students · 21.5:1 ratio
• ALONZO & TRACY MOURNING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · MIAMI · 1,597 students · 28.5:1 ratio