What is the main street of the Miami Beach Art Deco District?

Ocean Drive is the main street associated with Miami Beach’s Art Deco District. Running along the eastern edge of South Beach, it is lined with the colorful hotels, restaurants and neon-lit facades that made Miami’s Art Deco architecture internationally recognizable.

The street developed especially during the 1920s and 1930s, when Miami Beach expanded as a resort destination. Many buildings display Streamline Moderne features, a later form of Art Deco characterized by rounded corners, horizontal lines, porthole windows and nautical details.

Ocean Drive is part of the Miami Beach Architectural District, which was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The district contains hundreds of historic buildings, extending beyond Ocean Drive to streets such as Collins Avenue and Washington Avenue.

A common mistake is to name Collins Avenue or Lincoln Road because both are major nearby thoroughfares. They are important streets in South Beach, but Ocean Drive is the district’s most famous central showcase and the answer conventionally expected by this question.