Prospect Park Zoo
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🦒 Zoo · Brooklyn
2 hours · $$ · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 35 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Subway B/Q/S to Prospect Park, then a 5-minute walk
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Rain-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
A 12-acre zoo inside Prospect Park built to a little kid's scale: a sea lion pool, baboons, red pandas, and a Discovery Trail with prairie dog tunnels to crawl through and sheep to feed; you finish in a little over an hour without wearing anyone out.
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