Central Park Zoo

Location
East Side between 63rd and 66th Streets

Hours and Information
March 23 - Nov 3 Weekdays 10 am - 5:00 pm Weekends & Holidays 10 am - 5:30 pm

Nov 4 - Mar 28 Daily 10 am - 4:30 pm

*Last tickets sold 30 minutes before close time.

* Admission to Wildlife Center includes admission to Children's Zoo: Adults $12.00; Senior Citizens (65+) $9.00; Children 3-12 $7.00; Children under 3, Free

* General Information Line: 212-439-6500

Central Park Zoo feeding times:

Penguins: 10:30 am and 2:20 pmSea Lions: 11:30 am, 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm

Youth, family, and adult programs:

Interactive classes that include live animal encounters, and offer unique experience for guests at the various zoo exhibits. Classes are held on weekdays and weekends, as well as school holidays.

Zoo Attractions
The Polar Circle contains an exhibit featuring waterfowl and nearby is the Ice Pack building which houses 59 Gentoo and ChinstrapPenguins along with the Tufted Puffins and 6 NEW King Penguins!

The Rain Forest houses a brilliant collection of tropical birds including the Crested Coua of Madagascar and the Victoria Crowned Pigeons of New Guinea. Here you’ll also find enough frogs, lizards,snakes, toads and various other squirmy things to keep any little girl or boy enraptured for their entire visit. Then there are the Black and White Ruffed Lemurs, as well as three species of Tamarins, to represent the primates of the tropics.

The Temperate Territory includes the California Sea Lion tank at the center of the exhibit and stretches around the rear of the Zoo. This section is home to the Red Pandas and Japanese Macaques.  Here you’ll also find the lovely Swan Geese. Look for three amazing Snow Leopards to come to the Zoo in June of 2009.

Animals

• Amphibians
• Bats
• Birds
• Doves and Pigeons
• Parrots
• Ruffed
• Lemurs
• Sea lion
• Ducks
• Fish
• Frogs
• Seal
• Snakes
• Penguins