Prospect Park Zoo

Prospect Park Zoo The Prospect Park Zoo was designed to allow up-close animal viewing, and is perfect for families with young children who want to learn about wildlife.
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The zoo is home to nearly 400 animals of 150 species. https://prospectparkzoo.com/

Happy Father’s Day to all the doting dads in the animal kingdom and beyond! Celebrate this special family day with a tri...
06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day to all the doting dads in the animal kingdom and beyond! Celebrate this special family day with a trip to Prospect Park Zoo.

📷: WCS Photographer, Terria Clay

This of our Geoffroy's marmosets scale training, comes from Senior Keeper Megan! Keepers use positive reinforcement to...
06/17/2026

This of our Geoffroy's marmosets scale training, comes from Senior Keeper Megan!

Keepers use positive reinforcement to scale-train the marmosets with fruit or nuts as a reward. By encouraging them to voluntarily hop onto a small scale, staff can regularly monitor their weight, which can be an important indicator of overall health. Additionally, this training helps reduce stress, supports routine wellness checks, and strengthens the trust between the marmosets and their care team.

Have you signed up for summer camp? Give your kids an unforgettable experience at Prospect Park Zoo Summer Camp! Enjoy a...
06/12/2026

Have you signed up for summer camp? Give your kids an unforgettable experience at Prospect Park Zoo Summer Camp! Enjoy activities for all ages like Zoo Explorer, Week of Wildlife, and Kinderzoo. Your child will meet amazing animals, explore the park, and have learning-filled fun.

Booking tips: If you attended camp last summer, update your family and camper(s) profile in the Parent Dashboard or create a New Family Profile. Don’t miss out—register before spots fill up! Find your perfect camp: https://bit.ly/4jZ4qnd

06/10/2026

Hamadryas baboons inhabit arid and rocky cliffs of countries in the Horn of Africa. In this throwback video of our Hamadryas baboons from last summer, we see some of the troop’s social dynamics at work. The youngest members engage in high-energy play under the watchful eyes of the adults. Through play and play-fight, young baboons develop their motor skills, agility, and strength. This behavior also helps them establish social bonds and learn to navigate the group’s hierarchies. We currently have 11 baboons at the Prospect Park Zoo. Visit them soon and see which behaviors you can identify.

Did you know cats have scent glands on their faces, tails, and feet? When they rub against people or objects, they’re le...
06/05/2026

Did you know cats have scent glands on their faces, tails, and feet? When they rub against people or objects, they’re leaving pheromones to mark them as their own.

Wild cats use this behavior to mark their territory, and at Prospect Park Zoo, enrichment encourages these natural behaviors.

“To encourage our sand cat brothers to scent-mark, we use everything from spices to perfume in their habitat,” says Senior Keeper Megan. “They’ll also mark items that another animal has scented—such as feathers or snakeskin—or new objects they’ve never seen before.”

As these photos show, when a new scent is introduced, the sand cats quickly get to work, robustly marking in response.

📷: WCS Photographer, Terria Clay

06/03/2026

In this video, our Fly River turtle is being hand-fed a treat from his keeper—a banana! This species is very omnivorous, and its diet can include fruit. They’re one of the soft-shelled turtles, so named due to their lack of scutes, the hard outer plates found on most other turtles. They are semi-aquatic and have elongated snouts that allow them to breathe while remaining mostly submerged. Visit our Fly River turtle in the Hall of Animals.

Happy World Sea Lion Day! Sea lions are highly intelligent, social, and playful. They are the only animals found at all ...
05/30/2026

Happy World Sea Lion Day! Sea lions are highly intelligent, social, and playful. They are the only animals found at all five of our WCS parks: the Prospect Park Zoo, Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Queens Zoo, and the Central Park Zoo. Join us for daily training sessions on weekdays at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and 11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. on weekends and holidays to learn more about these charismatic mammals.

Happy ! Otters are smart, playful, and endlessly curious. Why not celebrate the day with a trip to Prospect Park Zoo to...
05/27/2026

Happy ! Otters are smart, playful, and endlessly curious. Why not celebrate the day with a trip to Prospect Park Zoo to see our North American river otters?

📸: WCS photographer, Terria Clay

05/23/2026

Happy World Turtle Day! The Rote Island snake-necked turtle is native to Rote Island in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. It has not been seen in the wild there for more than a decade. This species is one of the 25 most threatened freshwater turtles in the world and is listed as “Critically Endangered” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Since 2015, the Bronx Zoo has shipped 46 turtles back to Indonesia in one of the first repatriation efforts of its kind. Prospect Park Zoo currently displays one of these turtles in the Hall of Animals.

05/20/2026

🔊 Sound on for pudu eating crunchy vegetables ASMR! A typical breakfast for pudu at the Prospect Park Zoo consists of specialized grain pellets, yams, carrots, mixed greens, and apples. As one of the world's smallest deer species, pudus don't need a large quantity of food. They forage for leaves, shrubs, fruits, and other vegetation. Because they eat a wide variety of high-water-content plant matter, they can go for long periods without drinking water.

🎥: Keeper Angela

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450 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
11225

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5:30pm
Sunday 10am - 5:30pm

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