# Prospect Park Zoo

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 40.665833, -73.964444
- **Area:** 12 acre
- **Logo:** Prospect Park Zoo logo.png
- **Opened:** 1890
- **Members:** AZA
- **Location:** 450 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States 11225, in Prospect Park
- **Zoo Name:** Prospect Park Zoo
- **Logo Width:** 207px
- **Date Opened:** 1890 (a menagerie); July 3, 1935 (city zoo); October 5, 1993 (wildlife conservation center)
- **Num Animals:** 864
- **Num Species:** 176
- **Logo Caption:** Prospect Park Zoo logo
- **Accreditation:** AZA
- **Publictransit:** New York City Subway: at Prospect ParkNew York City Bus:

![Photo of Prospect Park Zoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Prospect_Park_Zoo-21-Jan-2006.jpg)

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