Top 5 Things You May Not Know About Biscayne Point

The Waterfront Deal That Time Forgot

In 1925, Biscayne Point was advertised in a Miami Daily News headline as "the last available waterfront at reasonably low prices."

Mind you, this line wasn't invented by modern marketers but appeared verbatim in federally archived historic documentation. 

At the time, developers were already framing Biscayne Point as a closing chapter of Miami's land-boom era, and what makes this fact charming is how familiar the pitch still sounds a century later. 

Even then, Biscayne Point was positioned as a rare opportunity, and buyers were being sold urgency, exclusivity, and water access in one neat package. 

And today, that headline feels more like an accidental prophecy, making Biscayne Point one of the few Miami neighborhoods where the original sales story aged better than expected.

A Neighborhood Designed to Touch the Water

Biscayne Point's waterfront-heavy layout? It's engineered. 

Platted in 1926, the neighborhood was intentionally designed as a peninsula extending deep into Biscayne Bay, where a central canal cut directly through the land to maximize shoreline exposure. 

Historic planning records describe the project as an "uncommon success" in offering waterfront access to almost every lot, which explains why Biscayne Point is unusually water-forward compared to standard Miami grids. 

Here, streets curve, lots stretch long, and rear yards consistently meet the water, allowing it to dictate how Biscayne Point functions. 

Even residents who aren’t boat owners live with daily proximity to canals and bay views, reinforcing a shared coastal atmosphere that still defines the area today.

Privacy With a Paper Trail

Unlike many guarded neighborhoods, Biscayne Point's security is not just a private arrangement — it's formalized through public governance. 

In 1990, the city and county approved a Security Guard Special Taxing District specifically for the neighborhood, making Biscayne Point's 24-hour guarded access a legislated, publicly documented service. 

Over the years, the district's operations have appeared in city resolutions, budget reports, and public hearings. 

In fact, even funding details are transparent, down to per-home assessments and annual operating costs.
And in 2018, residents approved a formal transfer of oversight from the county to the city through an official vote, proving once again that Biscayne Point's sense of order has remained consistent over time.

When Biscayne Bay Was Still Being Drawn 

Biscayne Point sits on land that didn't always exist in its current form. 

In fact, state and federal records describe the late 1920s through the 1950s as an era of intense dredge-and-fill activity in this part of Biscayne Bay, while a 1928 U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey map already shows Biscayne Point as filled land with streets laid out when surrounding areas were still taking shape. 

That makes Biscayne Point an early fixture in Miami Beach, with later environmental documents tracking how the shoreline and canals stabilized into their modern configuration. 

It also explains why its docks, seawalls, and lot edges feel so precise that even today's layout can be traced back to those early maps.

A Dock Count That Says Everything

In the early 1980s, a federal Biscayne Bay management study counted 93 docks along Biscayne Point's shoreline — a figure that placed the neighborhood among the most dock-dense stretches in that section of the bay. 

And boy, does this snapshot speak volumes about how boating-oriented Biscayne Point already was decades ago. 

Indeed, boating isn't just a recreation in Biscayne Point, and docks aren't decorations — they both fill its celebrated identity.