Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

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Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

Representative photo · Photo: LimpingFrog Productions · CC BY 2.0 · Flickr

🎃 Seasonal · Bronx

2.5 hours · $$$ · Reservation required

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 4.0
1–3 yrs
★ 5.0
3–5 yrs
★ 5.0
5–10 yrs
★ 5.0
  • 🚇
    About 45 min by subway or car
    From Midtown · Getting there: Parking $20 if you drive (easiest at night); or subway 2/5 to West Farms Sq and a 10-minute walk
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Some shade
    Good on cool days · Fine on cold days · Rain-OK
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 2.5 hours
    Best seasons: Winter

From mid-November to early January the Bronx Zoo turns into a zoo of lights after dark: hundreds of life-size animal lanterns, live ice carving, a carousel and some indoor animal houses open; the most spectacular Christmas lights in New York.

💡 Tips
Tickets are about $35–45 per person, timed and bought online; the 5pm weekend slot suits little kids best, and you are home by 7. It is cold, so wear one more layer than you would by day.

What this place offers

✓giant animal lanterns
✓ice carving
✓carousel
✓hot drinks
✓timed tickets
✓some animal houses open

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This weekend's weather in Bronx

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

🌦️
Sat 10/17
Drizzle · 45–62°F · 28% rain
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Sun 10/18
Sunny · 43–59°F · 3% rain

Location

Bronx, New York

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