Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:450 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
Tel:
(718) 399-7333
Our Zoo and Aquarium Expert Says:
This thoroughly modern zoo, which opened in 1993, has exhibits and activities to engage young and old alike. Kids can get up-close and personal with prairie dogs and wallabies in the World of Animals exhibit, while in the Animal Lifestyles building visitors can observe hamadryas baboons in a natural-like habitat. There's an inviting barnyard, and the Animals in Our Lives exhibit encourages children to observe and draw wildlife.
Extras: Shows, Educational Presentations, Tours.
Open 10 am to 4:30 pm. $ (Inexpensive)
From Prospect Park Zoo - Brooklyn, New York:
The Prospect Park Zoo opened on October 5, 1993, becoming the fifth facility in Wildlife Conservation Society's unique network of wildlife parks in New York City. Groundbreaking for the Prospect Park Zoo project occurred in August, 1989, beginning the $37 million renovation of the badly deteriorated zoo. Some architectural aspects of the old zoo were saved, but inhumane conditions that existed there were eliminated. Naturalistic habitat exhibits replaced bars, cages, and pits. And three major exhibit areas were designed to engage children, especially, in learning about wildlife: The World of Animals, Animal Lifestyles, and Animals in Our Lives.