Prospect Park Zoo

Zoo Prospect Park Wildlife Center

This living classroom for young naturalists and school groups features three major exhibit areas, and nearly 400 animals of more than 80 species.

Home to more than 100 species, kids and adults alike will be amazed by close-up views of some of the wild’s most unusual animals.

This is a great zoo for young children-unlike most others, here your toddlers can see animals up close without having to be lifted up. It maintains mostly domestic animals and small creatures. There is a petting zoo with a cow, sheep and goats. You will also see mice, chickens, groundhogs, birds, fish and a few lizards. Some of the larger and more exotic creatures include sea lions, baboons and...

Established in the late 1800s with a small menagerie of animals, this eleven-acre habitat officially became the Prospect Park Zoo when it opened to the public in 1935, and has grown to be home to almost 400 animals comprising 82 species.Guests can meander down the Discovery Trail and wander among wallabies and kangaroos or stroll over to the breathtaking rotunda to meet our mascots a troop of...