The zoo, located in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, a small. It's located on five acres, to circumvent all the animals can take two hours. But generation after generation the Brooklyn children grow up here, and the tourists, bystanders, happy to relax in this pleasant place.

The menagerie began to form in 1890, when the Park donated three young bears of Baibolov. After three years, there were seals, foxes, deer, peacocks and Buffalo. The menagerie continued a few spontaneously to expand, and in 1934 he allocated a special place on the Eastern slope of the Park. Were built six buildings stood in a semicircle around the pool with the sea lions. The bas-reliefs on the frieze of these red-brick buildings depict scenes from "the jungle Book" by Kipling. The same reliefs are located on the gate at the entrance to the zoo with Flatbush Avenue.

Pool with Californian sea lions – the heart of the zoo. Sitting in a public cafe, you can observe how they feed Stella and Bibi. This happens three times a day, noisy and fun – the sea lions love to impress the audience.

Playgrounds in the zoo are divided by topics. "Life of animals" – here visitors get acquainted with the family of baboons, are touched kittens-'ula and marvel at the huge orange eyes African white faced owl. Diorama in the lobby of the building, talk about the differences in lifestyle of those who live on land, in water and in air.

On the court, "Animals in our life" presents two exhibitions: "Animals in art" and "Amazing animals". You can learn about how animals attract partners, scare off predators and to generally survive in their world, but at the same time to look at the adorable meerkats, porcupines and opossums rats (small kangaroo).

"The path of discovery leads through swamps with herons, frogs, turtles, ducks and otters to the underground city of Prairie dogs and red pandas, Australian Dingo and tufted deer (it's amazing, the deer sticking out of the mouth of fangs).

Kids love to mess around at the local stockyard. This small, but this farm has goats, sheep, alpacas and miniature horses – they can feed and touch. From may to October, visitors can try their hand at milking cows. And near the barn is a picturesque garden with a pond and waterfall, and it's full of butterflies.