Bay Island is a small island located half way down Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California. It is the only island in the Newport Beach harbor islands that does not allow car traffic. Each house has access via a small bridge that will only accommodate a golf cart. It has 23 residences on this very private island that includes a botanical garden, vast natural courtyard garden, and tennis court, as well as a large private beach on each side of the island.
Notable residents included actress Helena Modjeska.[1]