Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Miami Beach, FL

Miami Beach was incorporated on March 26, 1915, and grew from a town into a city in 1917; it occupies a series of natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, directly across the bay from Miami.

Miami Beach was largely built by developer Carl Fisher in the 1920s, and much of the city is landfill dredged from Biscayne Bay - including Star Island, Palm Island, Hibiscus Island and most of the Venetian Islands.

Miami Beach only became a true island in April 1925, when the Haulover Cut channel was dredged through its northern end, connecting the Atlantic Ocean to Biscayne Bay.

Miami Beach had a population of 82,890 in the 2020 Census, packed onto only about seven square miles of land, making it one of the most densely populated cities in Florida.

Miami Beach has about 41,600 households that average just 1.95 people each, only about 40.9% of its homes are owner-occupied, and the median owner-occupied home value is $556,700, according to the US Census Bureau.

Miami Beach's Art Deco Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, is the largest collection of Art Deco architecture in the world, with hundreds of hotels and apartment buildings erected between 1923 and 1943.

The great Miami hurricane of 1926 ended the Florida land boom on Miami Beach, but the small stucco hotels built during the 1930s recovery became the core of today's famous Art Deco district.

South Beach, the southernmost two and a half square miles of Miami Beach, along with Ocean Drive and Lummus Park, forms the city's world-famous nightlife and tourism district.

Miami Beach has been one of America's pre-eminent beach resorts since the early 20th century, and its best-known inland attraction is Lincoln Road, the open-air pedestrian shopping and dining street.