Queens Zoo

The Queens Zoo is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) zoo located in the New York City borough of Queens, located in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park. The zoo is part of an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The zoo was constructed on the site of the 1964 New York World's Fair, and the zoo's aviary is a geodesic dome, designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, Inc and used during the 1964 Fair. The Zoo originally opened on October 26, 1968 as the "Flushing Meadows Zoo", with the ceremonial ribbon cut by Robert Moses. It reopened in 1992 after a four-year, 16...