Eastern Shores is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

within the city of

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. It is located about north of

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, just south of the city of Aventura. The sole ZIP code for the neighborhood is 33160.

Geography

It is located on a

peninsula A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side. Peninsulas exist on each continent. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Etymology The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...

located in the city of North Miami Beach. Eastern Shores is made up of 9 named streets: * NE 35th Ave (Eastern Shores Blvd) * NE 164th St, NE 165th Street * NE 166th Street * NE 167th Street * NE 168th Street * NE 169th Street * NE 170th Street * NE 171st Street. The avenues go from 29th Avenue to 40th Avenue. The neighborhood is made up of man-made canals, except the natural canal on the north side of NE 171st Street. Eastern Shores is bounded by Sunny Isles Blvd to the south, Maule Lake to the west, The Intracoastal Waterway to the east, and Dumfoundling Bay to the northeast.City of North Miami Beach
/ref> Eastern Shores is located next to

Sunny Isles Beach Sunny Isles Beach (SIB or more commonly Sunny Isles, and officially the City of Sunny Isles Beach) is a city located on a barrier island in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of So ...

. The right side of Eastern Shores (East Side) is full of condominiums and townhouses. Eastern Shores is a

gated community A gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences ...

. This guardhouse and guard gates were created in 1997. Eastern Shores operates Eastern Shores Fire Rescue station that is located next to the guardhouse. Eastern Shores is located next to the Intracoastal Mall.

History

Eastern Shores was a

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wetland, until it was landfilled in the late 1950s.

Education

Eastern Shores is within the

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is the public school district serving Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida, the largest in the South ...

system. Students attend Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8 in

for elementary and K-8. Residents who want a standard comprehensive middle school instead of a K-8 enroll at a separate middle school, Highland Oaks Middle School. Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus is the senior high school. Prior to its opening in 2009, Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School served Eastern Shores.SS_QQQ1_1-24-09.pdf
." Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus. Retrieved on May 6, 2012.

References

{{coord, 25.934, -80.136, display=title Neighborhoods in North Miami Beach, Florida