Worth a visit. The lady at the reception desk seemed kind of scattered-brained, but she might have been a volunteer, understandable. She took some time trying you find our tour company's reservation, and the line got LONG behind us.
The Central Park Zoo is a small 6.5-acre (2.6 ha) zoo located in Central Park in New York City. It is part of an integrated system of four zoos and the New York Aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
History of Central Park, New York. New York's Central Park is the first urban landscaped park in the United States. Originally conceived in the salons of wealthy New Yorkers in the early 1850's, the park project spanned more than a decade and cost the city ten million dollars.