Virginia Key

Virginia Key
Virginia Key
	Virginia Key railroad at the park
Type	Municipal
Location	Virginia Key, Miami, Florida, United States
Area	863 acres (3.49 km2)
Created	1945
Operated by	City of Miami
Website	Virginia Key Beach Park
	Virginia Key Beach Park
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Virginia Key, Miami
Coordinates	25°44′11″N 80°9′20″W / 25.73639°N 80.15556°W
Built	1945
Architectural style	Masonry
NRHP reference No.	02000681
Added to NRHP	June 28, 2002

Virginia Key
Virginia Key
Neighborhood of Miami
	Virginia Key Beach in Miami in 2004
	Virginia Key in Miami
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Miami-Dade County
City	Miami
Government
• City of Miami Commissioner	Marc Sarnoff
• Miami-Dade Commissioners	Carlos A. Giménez
• House of Representatives	Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R) and Luis García Jr. (R)
• State Senate	Gwen Margolis (D)
• U.S. House	Maria Elvira Salazar (R)
Area
• Total	1.35 sq mi (3.5 km2)
Time zone	UTC-05 (EST)
ZIP Code	33149
Area code(s)	305, 786

Virginia Key is an 863-acre (3.49 km²) barrier island in Miami, Florida. It is located in Biscayne Bay south of Brickell and north of Key Biscayne and is accessible from the mainland via the Rickenbacker Causeway.

The island is mainly occupied by the Virginia Key Beach Park, Miami Seaquarium, Miami-Dade's Central District Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Other facilities include the former Miami Marine Stadium, the National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center, and an office of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.