Public can't turn onto Winding Stream Way from Fort Hamer Road. There is an iron gate closing off entry to Winding Stream Way. Only residents of the Waterlefe gated community can open the gate with an electronic tag. Public entrance into Waterlefe for any of the 517 addresses within the gates is via the manned gatehouse at 10625 Waterlefe Blvd (junction of Waterlefe Blvd & Upper Manatee River Road).

This is the public access to the gated Waterlefe community. The manned gatehouse is here at 10625 Waterlefe Blvd. Some driving directions erroneously route people to enter on Winding Stream Way off of Fort Hamer Rd but there is an iron gate to bar entry there.