# Brookfield Zoo Chicago

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 41.832671, -87.833462
- **Area:** 235 acre
- **Members:** AZA
- **Location:** Brookfield, Illinois, United States
- **Zoo Name:** Brookfield Zoo Chicago
- **Num Animals:** 3481
- **Num Species:** 511
- **Accreditation:** AZA
- **Publictransit:** Pace Hollywood
- **Annual Visitors:** 2000000

Brookfield Zoo Chicago, known until 2024 as simply Brookfield Zoo, and also known as the Chicago Zoological Park, is a zoo located in Brookfield, Illinois. Brookfield Zoo is owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and is managed by the Chicago Zoological Society. It is the largest zoo in the Chicago metropolitan area and houses approximately 511 species of animals in an area of .

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**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookfield_Zoo_Chicago (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)