Las Olas Boulevard Visitor Guide 2026

Las Olas Boulevard runs about two miles east from Andrews Avenue in downtown Fort Lauderdale to State Road A1A at Fort Lauderdale Beach, the stretch the city plans as a single corridor.

The City of Fort Lauderdale defines the Las Olas corridor as Andrews Avenue to SR A1A in its mobility project (City of Fort Lauderdale, Las Olas Boulevard Mobility Project). The two mile figure comes from NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, whose directions send drivers from A1A west on East Las Olas Boulevard for two miles to the museum at the northeast corner of Las Olas Boulevard and Andrews Avenue, across from Huizenga Plaza (NSU Art Museum, directions).

The city divides the street into a Western Corridor and an Eastern Corridor for planning. The Eastern Corridor runs along Las Olas Boulevard from SE 17th Avenue to A1A (City of Fort Lauderdale, Eastern Corridor meeting). The city also names Beverly Heights and Colee Hammock as residential permit districts tied to its Las Olas Boulevard parking rules.

The free Las Olas Link shuttle from the City of Fort Lauderdale runs the boulevard on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the free Beach Link covers Fort Lauderdale Beach every day.

The city describes the Las Olas Link as serving Fort Lauderdale's high street, its shopping, dining and museums, and the shuttle rides are free; riders who connect to Broward County Transit buses pay the county fare (City of Fort Lauderdale, LauderGO! Community Shuttle). The shuttle program has been a partnership with Broward County since September 15, 2009, funded for operations and maintenance by the county Penny for Transportation Surtax.

The city schedule lists Las Olas Link service on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only; the Downtown Link runs weekdays to BCT Central Terminal, the courthouses and Flagler Village, and the Beach Link runs daily on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Stranahan House, which looks out on the New River, suggests coming by Water Taxi as a way to skip downtown parking (Stranahan House Museum).

Three City of Fort Lauderdale garages serve Las Olas Boulevard, with the Las Olas Garage on Las Olas Circle and the City Hall Garage at $4.00 per hour and the Riverwalk Center garage at $3.00 per hour.

The Las Olas Garage takes bills and credit cards but no coins and has 14 accessible spaces (City of Fort Lauderdale, public parking garages). The city lists a Resident Rate of $1.50 per hour at all three garages. Last verified: October 15, 2026, on the City of Fort Lauderdale Parking Services website.

Beverly Heights and Colee Hammock are Residential Parking Permit Districts, and since May 1, 2018 the city has barred Las Olas Boulevard employees from parking in Beverly Heights 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and in Colee Hammock from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week (City of Fort Lauderdale, Las Olas employee parking). Workers instead buy monthly permits, such as the $45 plus tax Las Olas Employee Permit for the Heron, Nautical, Pelican and Venice lots, or a $75 plus tax Riverwalk Center garage permit from Parking Services at 290 N.E. 3rd Avenue.

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale at One East Las Olas Boulevard and Stranahan House at 335 SE 6th Avenue, built in 1901, are the two museums at the downtown end of Las Olas Boulevard.

NSU Art Museum opens Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., charges $16 for adults, and is free to all on the first Thursday of each month (NSU Art Museum, hours and admission). The separate NSU Art Museum guide in this section covers its exhibitions and parking in detail.

Stranahan House was built in 1901 by Frank Stranahan and his wife Ivy Cromartie Stranahan, the area's first school teacher, and the museum calls it the oldest surviving structure in Broward County, used over time as a trading post, post office, town hall and family home (Stranahan House Museum). Tours start at $13, the house is open five to six days a week, and final tours are accepted at 3:15 p.m., with booking ahead advised because field trips, private tours and venue rentals change availability weekly. The museum phone is 954-524-4736.

The museum says parking is limited and directions can be tricky, and tells drivers to use the Riverside Hotel at 620 E Las Olas Blvd, next door, for GPS and parking, then walk a short way to its black iron gate. The house has its own guide in this landmarks section.

The City of Fort Lauderdale is designing the Las Olas Boulevard Mobility Project, and it scheduled a September 3, 2026 stakeholder meeting on preliminary design concepts for the Eastern Corridor from SE 17th Avenue to A1A.

The project began in 2017 as a study of transportation, landscaping, planning and urban design along Las Olas Boulevard from Andrews Avenue to SR A1A (City of Fort Lauderdale, mobility project). The Las Olas Working Group of residents, business owners and property owners worked over a two and a half year timeframe, from September 2018 to June 2021, led by Commissioner Steve Glassman and Vice Mayor/Commissioner Ben Sorensen. In June 2021 the Fort Lauderdale City Commission voted to endorse the Las Olas Conceptual Design Visions for the Eastern and Western Corridors.

The city notice set the Eastern Corridor stakeholder meeting for 5:30 p.m. on September 3, 2026 at First Presbyterian Church, 401 SE 15th Avenue, for attendees to hear from the project team, ask questions and give feedback on the preliminary concepts (City of Fort Lauderdale, Eastern Corridor meeting). As of October 15, 2026, the city project page shows the 2021 concept documents and does not post a construction start date, so the Las Olas Boulevard the visitor finds this season is the existing street.

Residents following the Las Olas Boulevard project can use the project address fortlauderdale.gov/lasolasproject, which the city lists on its meeting notice, and the city customer service line, 954-828-8000.

The 39th Annual Las Olas Art Fair is on East Las Olas Boulevard on Saturday, October 17, 2026, according to the Las Olas Association, the business association for the street.

The Las Olas Association lists the art fair on its own calendar (Las Olas Association) and publishes Las Olas Boulevard and Isles Magazine, a bimonthly covering the boulevard, the Las Olas Isles and the surrounding area. The city pages remain the source for parking and transit on fair days.

On a fair Saturday the free Las Olas Link runs from 10 a.m. to 8:25 p.m., the longest of its three days, and the Las Olas Garage stays open 24 hours with a 10 hour limit. At the downtown end, NSU Art Museum is open on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.