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Prospect Park Zoo

Brooklyn

Twelve acre zoo

Prospect Park Zoo

Brooklyn

This 12-acre zoo houses nearly 100 species and has many interactive exhibits and three major areas that provide close-up views of animals, from sheep to weaver finches to gar fish to the ever-popular baboons.

Queens Zoo

Queens

This 11-acre zoo in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is home to some 300 animals of 45 different species. Devoted primarily to North American animals and designed to feel like a national park, the circular grounds are divided into wild and domestic areas.

Staten Island Zoo

Staten Island

This small urban zoo, located on eight acres of manicured greensward known as Barrett Park, is home to 443 animals representing 206 species, including monkeys, ocelots, birds, badgers, otters and prairie dogs. The zoo is especially well known for its collection of reptiles and its large bat community—including vampiric species—and its Rattlesnake Collection is one of the largest in the country.

Staten Island Zoo

Staten Island

This small urban zoo and aquarium on eight manicured acres features animals, birds, reptiles and amphibians from the world over. Its Rattlesnake Collection is one of the largest in the country.