Cypress Cay:
Twin Gates, One Lake System, on Parkland's Quiet Coconut Creek Edge.

Cypress Cay is single-family product through and through — no townhomes, no villas, no carriage homes. Two-story plans dominate the East side; the West side mixes one- and two-story layouts with slightly larger interior lots. Roofs are predominantly barrel tile, exteriors are stucco in the early-2000s warm-neutral palette, and almost every home has a screened pool patio and a two-car garage (three-car on the larger plans).

A meaningful share of Cay lots either back directly to one of the interior lakes or sit one row off — both sides were master-planned around the water, not bolted onto it. Zip-wide 33076 sales over the last three months cluster in the $300–$400 per-square-foot range, and Cypress Cay sits squarely on the lower end of that band: not the new-build $450–$550/sf premium, not the tired 1980s discount.

The Setting: Two Gates, Shared Lakes, and a City-Edge Address

Cypress Cay sits at the seam where Parkland meets Coconut Creek — close enough to the city line that you'll drive into Coconut Creek for some everyday errands and into Parkland proper for parks, schools, and the equestrian center. Each half of the Cay (East and West) has its own gated entry off the connecting arterial, with the interior lake system threading between them. The streets inside both gates loop, dead-end, or feed back to the gatehouse — there's no through-traffic to deal with.

School zoning is the same A-rated Broward feeder as the rest of 33076 Parkland — Park Trails or Heron Heights Elementary depending on the street, Westglades Middle, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. Pine Trails Park, Quiet Waters Park (just over the Coconut Creek line), and the Sawgrass Expressway are all inside a ten-minute drive.

Cypress Cay Market Report: The 33076 Numbers as of April 2026

Zip 33076 is still a seller's market on paper — 5.29 months of inventory and a 96.8% list-to-sale percentage — but inventory has climbed 15.9% month over month and median days on market sit at 35. The 2022 frenzy is over. The window where overpriced homes still sold themselves is closed. The March 2026 median sold price across the zip was $915,000 — meaningful context for Cypress Cay, which trades a notch below the zip median because of the older build year and leaner amenity package.

Schools: Same A-Rated Feeder, Half the Buy-In

Here's the part that makes Cypress Cay land for a lot of buyers: the schools are identical to the seven-figure neighborhoods five minutes north. The Park Trails / Heron Heights split depends on the exact street, both elementaries are A-rated and routinely top-of-county, and from there the path is the same as Watercrest, MiraLago, and Parkland Bay. You're not trading academic outcomes for the lower entry price — you're trading new-build cabinetry.

Verify current zoning with Broward County Public Schools before writing an offer — the elementary split between Park Trails and Heron Heights can change street-by-street.

Location: Southeast Parkland at the Coconut Creek Seam

Cypress Cay sits at the southeastern edge of Parkland, where the city tapers into Coconut Creek along the Sample Road / Lyons corridor. Sawgrass Expressway is about ten minutes; the Florida Turnpike a touch beyond that. You're close enough to Coconut Creek's grocery, dining, and the Promenade to make weeknight errands easy — and close enough to Pine Trails Park to keep the Parkland-side identity intact.

The city-edge address is the trade — you're a touch farther from the Parkland Equestrian Center than the northwest neighborhoods, but a touch closer to the Coconut Creek services, and the daily-life math usually nets out in your favor.

Why Buy in Cypress Cay?

• ◆Two gated halves (East and West) sharing one interior lake system — gated street, lake views, no clubhouse premium
• ◆2000s-era single-family construction with screened pools, two-car garages, and tile roofs — newer than Fox Ridge, older (and cheaper) than Watercrest
• ◆Parkland 33076 mailing address with Park Trails / Heron Heights, Westglades Middle, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas — same A-rated feeder as flagship Parkland communities
• ◆Lean amenity package keeps quarterly HOA dues meaningfully below the bigger gated 33076 communities
• ◆Coconut Creek services (Quiet Waters Park, Promenade, grocery and dining) are 5–10 minutes — Parkland identity, Coconut Creek convenience
• ◆Median zip sold price ~$915K with 96.8% list-to-sale ratio — priced-right Cay homes still move in about 35 days
• ◆Zip 33076 sits at ~84% owner-occupied — long-tenured neighbors, not rental churn
• ◆No state income tax — a household earning $300K saves roughly $15K–$25K per year vs. NJ/NY/CA
• ◆Parkland is consistently ranked among the safest cities in Florida
• ◆Entry tier under $800K still buys a gated Parkland address — that door is closing almost everywhere else in the city

The Honest Summary

Cypress Cay is the Parkland buy for someone who wants a gated street, lake access, and the school feeder pattern — but isn't willing to write a $1.3M-and-up check to get them. The construction year is 2000s, not 2020s. The amenity menu is short. The address sits at the city seam instead of the city core. Those are real tradeoffs, and they're also exactly why the math works.

Beth and Griff know the difference between East and West, which lake lots get the afternoon shade, which floor plans hold value, and which streets stay quietest. None of that is in the listing remarks — and all of it matters when you're buying into a small two-pocket community where the right street is worth more than the right square footage.