Getting to Shaker Square in Cleveland

Getting Here

Historic Shaker Square welcomes visitors from all directions, day and night. Here are some suggestions about how to get here.

Metered Parking Free Parking

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Parking

Free parking lots (above in blue) are in the Northeast quadrant (behind CVS 13215 Shaker Square) and in its Southwest quadrant, (behind Dave's Market, 13130 Shaker Square, and Atlas Cinemas).

Parking meters all around the Square and on Shaker Boulevard.

Many restaurants offer valet parking.

The Square is in four quadrants, divided by Shaker Boulevard and North and South Moreland Boulevards. West is towards downtown. East is towards Shaker Heights.

The Directory page of the Shaker Square website calls them
A (Northeast).
B (Southeast),
C (Southwest) and
D (Northwest).

Driving Here

You can navigate using the address of your destination, but be aware that computer-generated routes to Shaker Square are not always the best. Our suggested route from downtown, because it is a divided road with only a few crossing streets and traffic lights, is Chester Avenue.

Chester Avenue east, make a sharp right at Stokes Boulevard (East 107th) and up the hill. It becomes Fairhill Road. Continue on Fairhill, turning right at Kemper Road, to North Moreland Boulevard which ends at Shaker Square.

Another route, but with two-way traffic and more crossing streets, is via Carnegie Avenue.

Carnegie Avenue east, or Prospect Avenue east to Carnegie, right at Stokes Boulevard (East 107th) and up the hill. It becomes Fairhill Road. Continue on Fairhill, turning right at Kemper Road, to North Moreland Boulevard which ends at Shaker Square.

Coming from the east, we suggest using Shaker Boulevard.

From Cleveland-Hopkins Airport, the Opportunity Corridor (I-490 and Ohio Route 10) saves time.

Riding the Shaker Rapid Transit

A Rapid at Shaker Square, headed downtown
No traffic lights, only 16 minutes to Tower City.
image: www.riderta.com

Our electric-powered light rail line (locals call it "the Rapid") is a reminder of an earlier time when streetcars (trolleys) were how residents of Cleveland and its inner-ring suburbs traveled, and when light rail lines connected northeast Ohio's cities and towns.

Going west (towards downtown) the Blue Line Rapid from Van Aken near Chagrin Road stops here, as does the Green Line whose start at Shaker Boulevard and Green Road has a free parking lot. Both lines end downtown, in Tower City. You can continue west on another RTA line all the way to our Cleveland-Hopkins Airport.

Coming east from downtown (Tower City) take either the Blue or Green Line. Both stop at the Square. The Blue Line then goes southeast on Van Aken; the Green Line continues east on Shaker Boulevard ending at Green Road.

For more, visit the RTA website.
See the Directory on the Shaker Square website.
See you on the Square!
Arnie Berger May 3, 2024

map of Shaker Square courtesy of MapQuest.com