Hollywood, Florida

About Hollywood

Set in the southeastern part of Florida, Hollywood is a mid-size city counting 159,073 people who proudly call it home. It stands among the 500 most populous places in the United States (#169 nationwide).

Hollywood holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 27.25 square miles, giving it a compact, walkable footprint at roughly 5,838 residents per square mile.

📰 Hollywood News Today

• Hollywood clears path for beachfront towers amid resident pushback The Real Deal · Oct 8
• Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift Vehicle Climbs 'The Spike' for Pull Testing at Universal Studios Florida WDW News Today · Oct 11
• The Blogs: Let Them Come to Hollywood The Times of Israel · Oct 7
• Before Hollywood, Florida was already making movies. A new exhibit tells the story WUSF · Oct 2
• King tides inundate Hollywood Beach Broadwalk, coastal roads across South Florida WPLG Local 10 · Sep 28

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Florida headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Hollywood Unique

• A top-25 city in Florida by population (#12 of 411 incorporated places).
• Deep South Florida location — tropical climate and no winter to speak of.
• Positioned in southeastern Florida, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A deep job market and services that draw people from across the region.
• Serious economic gravity — one of the region's employment and cultural hubs.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Hollywood

• CLASS Soiree Steakhouse — steak house
• Coop'd Up — chicken
• Cyber Pizza Cafe
• Iron Sushi
• Jack's Hollywood Diner — american
• Jojos Ny Style Pizza — pizza
• Kussifay — argentinian
• Lemonica — italian
• Moonlite Diner — american
• Oaxaka Harrison — mexican

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Extreme Axe Throwing · Arcade
• Dave & Buster's
• Graves Museum of Archaeology and Natural History · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hollywood

• Rose's Garden reviews ★
• Anniversary Park reviews ★
• Boggs Field reviews ★
• Charles F. Vollman Park reviews ★
• David Park & Tennis Center reviews ★
• Dowdy Field reviews ★
• Hollywood North Beach Park reviews ★
• John Williams Park reviews ★
• Kiwanis Park reviews ★
• Lincoln Field reviews ★
• Lincoln Park reviews ★
• Mara Berman Giulianti Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Hollywood

• ATTUCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
• COLBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• DRIFTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
• HOLLYWOOD CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• HOLLYWOOD HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL
• MCNICOL MIDDLE SCHOOL
• OAKRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL
• STIRLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• WEST HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Memorial Regional Hospital ★★★ (3/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
• Larkin Community Hospital Behavioral Health Srvs · Psychiatric

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Hollywood

🏘️ Nearby Communities