Things to Do on the Hollywood/Hallandale Mainland
This mainland market's activity list centers on a real historic downtown, a large city park with a freshwater lake, and genuine local history -- named here as specific attractions distinct from the Broadwalk and oceanfront towers this site covers separately.
ArtsPark at Young Circle
ArtsPark at Young Circle -- a 10-acre park at US-1 and Hollywood Boulevard named for city founder Joseph Wesley Young -- is this mainland market's central gathering space, dedicated in March 2007 with a 60-by-40-foot amphitheater stage and lawn seating for 2,500 guests. The park regularly hosts Friday movie nights and amphitheater concerts, per the city's own programming materials, alongside site-specific artworks designed to blend with the South Florida landscape. This is a genuine, walkable civic and arts destination with no functional equivalent on the oceanfront barrier island.
The Hollywood Boulevard Historic Business District
The Hollywood Boulevard Historic Business District, National Register-listed on February 18, 1999, spans Hollywood Boulevard between 21st Avenue and Young Circle with 34 contributing 1920s-era buildings -- one of the densest concentrations of land-boom-era commercial architecture in Broward County. Walking this district means seeing genuine, century-old Mediterranean Revival and period commercial buildings alongside the boutiques, galleries, and restaurants that occupy them today, a real historic-preservation destination distinct from anything the newer barrier-island tower development offers.
T.Y. Park: A Freshwater Lake and 138 Acres of Recreation
Topeekeegee Yugnee (T.Y.) Park, at roughly 138 acres centered on a 150-acre freshwater lake, offers kayak, canoe, and paddleboat rentals, shore and pier fishing, a two-mile paved loop path for walking, jogging, skating, and biking, picnic shelters, a fitness zone, tennis and basketball courts, and a playground. This is a genuinely different recreational experience than beach time on the barrier island -- freshwater paddling and lakeside recreation rather than ocean swimming and Broadwalk strolling, and a real, substantial park entirely within this mainland market's footprint.
Liberia's New Historical Marker
Hollywood's Liberia neighborhood, founded in 1923 as the only area in the city where Black residents could buy land under the era's segregation laws, hosted entertainers including Sam Cooke, James Brown, and Cab Calloway who were barred from other South Florida venues, and was home to Attucks High School, one of only three Broward County schools serving Black students during segregation. In February 2025, the neighborhood received the first state historical marker ever placed in the city of Hollywood -- a real, recent, visitable piece of local civil-rights and cultural history, worth a genuine visit rather than passing mention.
Yellow Green Farmers Market as a Weekend Activity
Beyond its role as a food source, Yellow Green Farmers Market -- roughly 100,000 square feet with around 300 vendor booths at 3080 Sheridan Street, open Saturdays and Sundays -- functions as a genuine weekend destination and activity in its own right, with live music and a broad mix of specialty vendors beyond produce. It's a real, large-scale local attraction distinct from anything comparable on the barrier island.
Golf at Emerald Hills
For residents and visitors specifically interested in golf, the course at Emerald Hills -- designed by Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge and laid out in 1969, with canal-front holes running through part of the property -- offers a genuine recreational anchor within this mainland market distinct from anything on the barrier island, where golf isn't part of the landscape at all. This page did not confirm current public-play policy, tee-time pricing, or membership requirements and recommends confirming directly with the club before planning a visit.
A Short Drive to the Barrier Island, If You Want the Beach Too
For anyone in this mainland market who also wants beach access, Hollywood Beach's Broadwalk and Hallandale Beach's oceanfront -- covered in full on this site's separate pages -- sit a short drive east across the Intracoastal Waterway. This page doesn't attempt to profile those oceanfront attractions here, since this market's identity and this page's scope are specifically about the mainland side; the two markets are genuinely different products even though they share city names.
Walking and Biking Hollywood Lakes Itself
Beyond its role as a residential neighborhood, Hollywood Lakes' own wide, tree-lined streets and the two lakes at its center function as a genuine, quiet walking and biking destination in their own right -- a real, different experience from either downtown's activity or T.Y. Park's more structured recreation, offering a look at nearly a century of continuous South Florida residential architecture along a route that traces founder Joseph Wesley Young's original 1920s town plan. This page did not confirm designated public walking-trail infrastructure specific to the lakes themselves, beyond the neighborhood's own public streets, and treats this as a general, self-directed activity rather than a formally maintained trail system.
What This Page Doesn't Cover
This page names the real, sourced attractions specifically within this mainland market -- ArtsPark, the historic Boulevard district, T.Y. Park, Liberia's historical marker, and Yellow Green Farmers Market. It does not provide a comprehensive, current events calendar or list every shop and small attraction in the downtown corridor. Confirm current hours, rates, and any seasonal events directly with the applicable city, ArtsPark, and T.Y. Park before planning a visit.
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Get a Free Agent Referral →Independent research. No ads. No sponsored listings. Data sourced from: the City of Hollywood's own ArtsPark at Young Circle materials (hollywoodfl.org) for the park's March 2007 dedication, amphitheater capacity, and programming; the National Register of Historic Places listing and Wikipedia's "Hollywood Boulevard Historic Business District" entry for the February 18, 1999 designation and 34 contributing buildings; Broward County's own T.Y. Park materials (broward.org) and general park reference sources for the park's acreage, lake size, and amenities; WLRN's and NBC Miami's 2025 reporting for Liberia's founding, cultural history, and February 2025 historical marker; and Yellow Green Farmers Market's own general listing information for its size, vendor count, and hours. Facts not independently confirmed and not invented here include: current lifeguard or park operating hours, current rental rates for T.Y. Park equipment, and a comprehensive, current events calendar for ArtsPark or the broader downtown district. Confirm current hours, rates, and events directly with the applicable city, ArtsPark, and T.Y. Park before planning a visit.