A rapid and sensitive strategy was proposed for fluoranthene (FL) detection, which is polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in water samples. In this work, syringe SPE combined with solid‐phase fluorescence spectrometry was used to determine FL in PAHs polluted environmental samples. The fluorescent signals were directly monitored on the membrane surface after FL was enriched by syringe SPE. Under the optimal conditions, the proposed method showed a linear relationship in the concentration range of 2 – 50 μg/L with a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.998, and the limit of detection (LOD) was 0.143 μg/L. The recoveries varied from 93.47 % to 109.81 % in the actual samples, with the relative standard deviations (n = 3) ranging from 2.06 to 6.32 %. According to the results, the established method can be applied in the field of rapid detection since it is fast, simple, portable, high sensitivity, and has strong anti‐interference.