Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
CENTRAL PARK
WOLLMAN MEMORIAL ICE SKATING RINK
830 Fifth Ave at E 63rd St. Subway N, R to Fifth Ave-59th St. 212 439 6900,
www.wollmanskatingrink.com
.
Oct-early April Mon & Tues 10am-2.30pm, Wed & Thurs 10am-10pm, Fri &
Sat 10am-11pm, Sun 10am-9pm. Mon-Thurs $11.25, Fri-Sun $18, children $6, skate rentals $8, spectator fee
$5.
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Get in the rink for some of the city's most atmospheric ice skating; you're surrounded by
onlookers, trees and, beyond that, a brilliant view of Central Park South's skyline. In sum-
mers,
Wollman Rink
becomes
Victorian Gardens
, a small amusement park.
CENTRAL PARK ZOO
Enter at Fifth Ave and E 64th St. Subway N, R to Fifth Ave-59th St. 212 439 6500,
www.centralparkzoo.com
.
April-Oct Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-5.30pm, Nov-March daily
10am-4.30pm. $12, ages 3-12 $7.
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This small zoo contains over 150 species in largely natural-looking homes with the animals
as close to the viewer as possible: the penguins, for example, swim around at eye level in
Plexiglas pools. Other highlights include giant polar bears, snow leopards and a humid trop-
ical zone filled with exotic birds. The complex also features the
Tisch Children's Zoo
, with
a petting zoo.
THE CAROUSEL
Mid-park at 64th St. Subway A, B, C, D, #1, to 59th St-Columbus Circle. 212 439 6900. Daily: April-Oct
10am-6pm; Nov-March roughly same hours weather permitting; call ahead. $3.
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Built in 1908 and moved to the park from Coney Island in 1951, this hand-carved, wooden
carousel
is one of around 150 such specimens left in the country.
THE MALL
Roughly mid-park from 66th to 72nd sts. Subway #6 to 68th St; B, C to 72nd St.
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If the weather's nice head straight to the
Mall
, where you'll find every manner of street per-
former. Flanked by statues of Robert Burns and a pensive Sir Walter Scott, with
Shakespeare nearby (all part of the so-called literary walk), the Mall is the park's most
formal, but by no means quiet, stretch.
THE SHEEP MEADOW
Between 66th and 69th sts on the western side. Subway #1 to 66th St-Lincoln Center. Mid-April to mid-Oct
dawn to dusk.
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This swathe of green, named after the fifteen acres of commons where sheep grazed until
1934, is crowded in the summer with picnic blankets.
Two grass courts used for lawn bowling and croquet are found on a hill near the meadow's
northwest corner; to the southeast lie volleyball courts. On warm weekends, the area
