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BRONX ZOO
Main gate on Fordham Rd. Subway #2, #5 to East Tremont Ave/West Farms Square. 718 220 5100,
www.bronxzoo.com
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April-Oct Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-5.30pm, Nov-March daily
10am-4.30pm. $16.95, children 3-12 $12.95; special rides and attractions extra, though discount for Total Ex-
perience tickets; Wed “pay what you wish”.
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The largest urban zoo in the United States, which first opened its gates in 1899, houses over
six thousand animals and was one of the first institutions of its kind to realize its inhabitants
both looked and felt better out in the open. The “Wild Asia” exhibit is an almost forty-acre
wilderness through which tigers, elephants and deer roam relatively free, visible from a
monorail (May-Oct; $5). The lemurs of Madagascar and the Congo Gorilla Forest are also
highlights.
BRONX ZOO
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Entrance across the road from the zoo's main gate. Subway B, D, #4 to Bedford Park Blvd, though
Metro-North from Grand Central to Botanical Garden Station is easier. 718 817 8700,
www.nybg.org
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Tues-Sun 10am-6pm. All garden $25, children 2-12 $10; grounds only $13, children 2-12
$2.
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