Capsule: Normandy Island, which you enter from 71st street, is bisected by a canal. To the north is the gated community of Normandy Shores, with 350 homes centered around the Normandy Shores Golf Course. Many of the homes front either Biscayne Bay or the Normandy Waterway. To the south lies the tranquil neighborhood of Normandy Isle, where residents of Bay Drive enjoy expansive southern views across Biscayne Bay.