Every 3rd Friday is Friday Jamz Night. Chill and relax with friends and family while listening to live music.

If your caucasian do not visit this parks track. Yesterday I was approached by two large African Americans males on a cart who told me the track was closed for football practice. I saw young and adult African men not participating in football allowed to use the track. I saw nothing posted advising of these rules. I have been approached on other days I used the track by individual using the track telling me I should not use the track. On these days there was no football practice and park personnel advised the track was open to the public. I have been using this track based on past reviews. I do not feel safe using this track in the future.

In his youth Joseph C. Carter was a legendary college football player at Florida Memorial College. During his college education he was drafted in the army and served in the Philippines from 1943 to 1946. He received his bachelors in physical education in 1950 and after graduation he spent more than 40 years working for the Fort Lauderdale and Broward County parks and recreation departments. Located off of Sunrise Boulevard this park was previously named Sunland Park. During a period in time when African American communities did not get amenities from the city, Mr. Carter was able to convince the city of Ft Lauderdale to give a 40 acre park with a pool and tennis and basketball courts. He was known for doing recreation programs for the underserved children of the community. Mr. Carter managed the park for 24 years until he retired in 1977. He ended up going back to Parks and Rec and retired for the final time in 1994. To thank him for his dedication to the youth of the city, commissioners named the park after him upon his retirement. Mr. Carter passed away from lung cancer at the age of 84 in 2007. Today the park is 21.43 acres. The community can of Ft. Lauderdale can enjoy baseball and softball fields, basketball courts, concession stand, grills, a gymnasium, pickle ball courts, picnic area with tables, a recreation center, playground, soccer/football field, tennis courts, track for running, volleyball, exercise path, pool and water playground. Swim lessons are given at the pool. I am sure that Mr. Carter would be pleased to know that generations of children are still enjoying the park he invested so much in.

Enjoyed and evening out side with people from different places .. listening to music .. dancing ... nice breeze ... different food vendors and company were there as well ... enjoyed my food and drinks ...

Pretty 😎 Free Day @The Park My First Time Ever Attending The Parking Needs To Be Organized That Was Crazy !!!

We enjoyed eating our take out on the picnic table with our 3 kids. Everyone was so kind and helped us with finding the restroom and had empathy for us with our autistic son who wanted to play on the public pool.

turkey give away long line didn’t get there early as can be on Sunday with your girl kedra faith family like life i dont have any enough but i still talking business protein and shakes

Great track! Good shade for early morning/late night runs. Any other time of the day I feel would be AWFUL.

Fantastic public walking track for early morning & well-lit evening track walks. Wish I could search for similar "well lit" tracks near me to find ones, since relocating to Margate.

Great space to run, walk, play, exercise, and have family time! Many events are held here throughout the year!

Good park, just missing a dog and bigger running trail and workout area it would do great for the park and the residents the assistance the park .

A lot of my school's sports are hosted here and it is a really large facility! The gym is not particularly nice, but the football field is impressive and the people there are always friendly. 4 stars!

Relay for life. Everyone needs to come out for the experience.

It was a great place to meet new people especially when it was a very special occasion like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's day. I will definitely be stopping by there again soon.

Watched Miami fury women's football great atmosphere

I was here this morning for run 🏃 it was amazing

New to the area and was desperately looking for a place to walk and worship in the morning. Once my feet hit the track, I knew I was home.

Excellent staff and facilities! We enjoy working with you all.

Nice clean park. Was used for my daughters bday party. Excellent

Great park! Lots of activities and nice place for the kids to play.

This is a great park to come to for an array of things to do with the kids. My son and I like to come here to play basketball and to practice his basketball plays for his team he's on. The people that come here are pretty friendly, they share their balls and even join in on the games with you, although the neighborhood may be otherwise. We've tried out the pool too, for a small fee. They even hold local events here held by the city and by others that promote what's being held.

Extremely clean Park very friendly staff lots of great activities for family family fun kids activities adult activities karate you have to pull all sorts of different sports events it's a great Park huge part great place to have a nice party or get together and I just can't say about enough about the cleanliness like it's so well manicured and you know what this has been like this all my life I've never seen this part raggedy but at the same token to keep something up for so many years it is so so precise you know if I can't say enough about the staff like I commend them for that so definitely a great place to come hang out have fun enjoy the views enjoy there's always there's concerts games all sorts of activities that goes on at this park so just stay in tuned with the app and and come out and and enjoy doesn't smell bad like it's just a very beautiful part I enjoy it a lot

Great little park with lots of features, including an aquatic center, concessions, and a track which is what drew me to it. I didn't want to go to the gym during this pandemic but the pandemic pounds have embraced me as if we're old friends. Walking the track is a great way to keep an idea as to how far you've walked. The only things I didn't care for were the design of the parking lot and the HUGE speed bumps. But it's not a deal breaker. Check it out.

Every 3rd Friday of each mo. is more like a family gathering/reunion type of event for us Old Skool folks . Good music, food, activity for the children .... Come see for yourself and get into some grown folks vibes 🎶🎺🎷

Went there for some sparring recently but have attended innumerable boxing events there and all have been well organized. Salute to Chico, Steve and all the staff there!

Wonderful sports facility. Karate, boxing, football, cheering, basketball, track etc...

Atmosphere is great. To see people training for a goal or overall health or just because is great. I haven't been back in couple years and I love the track and field are being upkept.

Every Sunday the kids are have long and triple jump practice with a great coach " DEE. and Mr. Blades is do a wonderful job running the park and activity.

Great spot to walk/jog/run! Although there were other sports related activities taken place, I was able to meet my goal without any problems.

Great little sports park. Easy to access off of 95, plenty of parking, kept very clean

Beautiful place enjoying riding my bike in there

It's in a great location It have a lot of amenities I love the tennis area to baseball field it's incredible you guys just have to come check it out for yourself it's a really nice part

Bathrooms are disgusting they are always dirty. Trash is always on the ground. Workout stations are old and busted. The football field is awesome and clean.0

It was a sweet experience. This was my first time going on the 3rd Friday night. I can't wait for September when the Isley Brothers come in town!