[7] Starting in 1924, Henri Levy developed Biscaya Island and a portion of land from 87th to 92nd Streets.

[7] In 1935, fearing annexation by the city of Miami Beach, Florida, 35 members of the privately-owned club incorporated the Town of Surfside and financed the venture with a $28,500 loan.

[7] In 1956, Surfside purchased the Lehman Estate on the northeast corner of 93rd Street and Collins Avenue.

[7] On June 24, 2021, at 1:22 a.m. EDT, Champlain Towers South, a 12-story condominium building at 8777 Collins Avenue, partially collapsed, causing 98 deaths, in one of the deadliest structural failures in United States history.

[2] Avenues in Surfside are named for British and American authors and run in alphabetical order from east to west.

Other languages spoken included Portuguese 2.36%, Russian 2.04%, German and Yiddish were both tied at 1.40%, and French was the mother tongue for 1.29% of the populace.

[23] Including neighboring areas, 34% of Jews describe themselves as Orthodox, 24% as Conservative, 18% as Reform and 24% as "just Jewish".

[27] In 2018, Josh's Deli offerings of "Jewban" and "Spicy Tuna Latke" were featured in Food Paradise (season 17).