Sailboat Bend, Fort Lauderdale: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the City of Fort Lauderdale’s neighborhood associations layer, historic districts layer, parcel points and facility points, Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundaries, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, Zillow Research, Broward County Transit and OpenStreetMap.

Sailboat Bend is the riverfront neighborhood just west of downtown, where the New River bends and its North Fork splits off. About two-thirds of its parcels are inside the Sailboat Bend Historic District, one of two historic districts in the city’s map data. In the city’s parcel data, 263 of its 1,277 parcels are single-family homes, with a median year built of 1955, and 566 are condominium units.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Stranahan High for every parcel, an A school in Florida’s 2026 grades. Check an address with the district’s Find My School tool.
• Home value: $483,310 in ZIP 33312 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-95 exit: exit 27, Broward Boulevard, about 1 mile by road.

Part of our Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

This page follows the area the city maps for the Sailboat Bend Civic Association, about 249 acres. The association is on the city’s 2026 list of officially recognized neighborhood associations. Broward Boulevard is the north edge. The North Fork of the New River runs along the west side and the New River along the south, and the east edge meets downtown near Southwest Second Avenue.

In the city’s historic districts layer, the Sailboat Bend Historic District covers about 201 acres, and 835 of the neighborhood’s 1,277 parcels fall inside it. Before you plan work on a property there, ask the city what its historic designation means for it; our building permits and zoning guide lists who to call.

ZIP code: 33312 for 96% of parcels.

Schools

How the area’s parcels fall in Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary layers, with each school’s 2026 grade from the Florida Department of Education and the share of possible points it earned.

North Fork Elementary earned a B in 2025 and an A in 2026. Zones can change from year to year; confirm an address with the district’s Find My School tool. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 33312 was $483,310 in August 2026, down 2.2% from $494,125 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family homes and condos together, not a sale price, and it covers the whole ZIP code, which reaches well west and south of Sailboat Bend. The citywide figure was $511,473, down 1.3% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s facility data, inside the area or close to its edge:

• Major William Lauderdale Park, 400 SW 11th Ave.
• Townsend Park, 1400 Argyle Drive.
• Sailboat Bend Preserve Park, 1401 SW Second Court.
• Cooley’s Landing Marine Facility, 450 SW Seventh Ave., on the New River.
• Esplanade Park, 400 SW Second St., at the west end of the Riverwalk.
• Riverside Park, 555 SW 11th Ave., and Lewis Landing Park, 630 SW Ninth Ave., just south of the area.
• The Broward County Historical Commission, 301 SW 13th Ave., in the old West Side Grade School.

More in our parks and trails guide and our history and landmarks guide.

Getting around

• Interstate: I-95 exit 27, Broward Boulevard, about 1 mile by road from the middle of the area; exit 29, Sunrise Boulevard, about 2.2 miles.
• City Hall: about 1 mile.
• Airport: about 5.7 miles to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
• These are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: Broward County Transit’s bus stop data lists route 6 on Seventh Avenue and routes 9, 22 and 81 on Broward Boulevard, and the Broward Central Terminal is about half a mile east. Times are in the RideBCT app or on BCT’s website.

More in our getting around guide.

Neighborhood association

The Sailboat Bend Civic Association is on the city’s 2026 recognized list, which shows monthly meetings on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. The city describes neighborhood associations as groups “formed by residents and property owners” to advocate for or organize activities in their area. They are separate from a condominium association; ask for a property’s governing documents before you buy.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, inside the area or within half a mile:

• Walgreens, West Broward Boulevard
• Publix, Southeast Third Avenue
• Publix, South Andrews Avenue
• CVS Pharmacy, North Federal Highway

How we drew this area

This page uses the polygon for the Sailboat Bend Civic Association in the City of Fort Lauderdale’s neighborhood associations layer. Parcel counts, ZIP codes and school shares come from every parcel the city’s parcel data assigns to the association, matched to Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary layers on Oct. 8, 2026. Store and park locations and road distances use © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What schools serve Sailboat Bend in Fort Lauderdale?

In Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary data, the whole area is zoned for North Fork Elementary, New River Middle and Stranahan High. North Fork and Stranahan earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades and New River a B.

Is Sailboat Bend a historic district?

Yes. The Sailboat Bend Historic District, about 201 acres, is one of two historic districts in the City of Fort Lauderdale’s historic district map data. About two-thirds of the neighborhood’s parcels are inside it.

Is Sailboat Bend a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Sailboat Bend is about 249 acres on the New River just west of downtown, with five city parks and landings inside it or on its edge. Every parcel is zoned for Stranahan High, an A school in 2026, and the typical home value in ZIP 33312 was $483,310 in August 2026, according to Zillow.

What ZIP code is Sailboat Bend?

33312, for 96% of the area’s parcels.