Isla Verde, Puerto Rico

Isla Verde (Spanish for ''green island'') is an urbanized, beachfront resort and residential district with various upscale hotels and condominiums in the municipality of Carolina, where the main airport of Puerto Rico, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, is located. Named after a small cay and reef near the shoreline, Isla Verde is about 3 to 6 miles (4.8 to 9.7 km) east of the Hato Rey business center, Condado resort area, and Old San Juan historic quarter in the adjacent capital municipality of San Juan, between the Los Corozos and San José Lagoon to the west and the La Torrecilla Lagoon to the east, which lies next to the state forest, beaches, and street food kiosks of the Piñones ("pine nuts") Afro-Puerto Rican community in the municipality of Loíza.