Prospect Park Zoo - Brooklyn Zoos and Aquarium

  • Address: 450 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
  • Phone: 7189658951
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  • Website:www.wcs.org
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5.0
 113+ reviews
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5.0
 113+ reviews
Prospect Park Zoo
450 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225

Prospect Park Zoo Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Tunnel through a prairie dog town. Master the language of baboons. Create animal art, using meerkats as your models. At Wildlife Conservation Society's Prospect Park Zoo, use all your senses to discover an incredible world of wildlife. -- This living classroom for young naturalists and school ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Brooklyn's answer to Central Park, Prospect Park contains a zoo, an audubon center and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Its entrance is marked by the large Memorial Arch and it is a mecca for families and nature lovers ... more on TripAdvisor
  • Located at the 9th Street/Prospect Park West Entrance, the Bandshell was constructed in 1939 to serve as a site for live entertainment.The recently renovated Bandshell is the home of the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival, which is a series of music, dance, film, and spoken ... more on GoCityKids.com
  • Headquartered at New York City's Bronx Zoo, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) works to save wildlife and wild lands throughout the world. For more than a century, WCS has inspired care for nature, pioneered environmental education programs, and helped sustain biological diversity. Throughou... more on aza.org
  • Operated by the Wildlife Conservation Society, this zoo exhibits more than 400 animals including Sea Lions, Wallabies, ... more on TripAdvisor

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4.0
Best reason to live in Brooklyn

We live four blocks from Prospect Park's 15th/Prospect Park West entrance and love it, can't really imagine living anywhere in Brooklyn that isn't near this park. It's great for jogging, walking, hanging out, blading, biking (although we've tired of the loop there after a couple of years) - desig... jeanmarine, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

5.0
Margarita V. 's review

Prospect Park doesn't need another 5-star review, but I'm going to throw my $0.02 in anyway. One major reason I don't belong to a gym is because I live ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

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5.0
Beautiful Park

Prospect park is so beautiful. It is so big and has a nice zoo. In the winter they have an ice skating rink. All along the park there is greek architecture like columns for decoration. It is the perfect place for a jog. One of ... NYC_Tourist1, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

5.0
bO w. 's review

I love Central Park, a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0
Grace K. 's review

This place is so beautiful and its surrounding area has tons of little shops and restaurants that are a lot of fun to duck into on the way to or from ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

Directions

By bus: B41 local, to entrance on Flatbush Ave. B47, B48 to intersection of Flatbush Avenue. and Empire Blvd; then walk north on Flatbush Avenue.

Hours

Mon-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun 10am-5:30pm; Winter close time is 4:30pm

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: Adults $6; Seniors $2.25; Children $2 (under 3, free)

Other Web Resources

  • www.wcs.org
  • http://www.nycvisit.com

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