Queens Zoo

It’s small, but that makes it great for an outing with toddlers. Lots of opportunities for feeding animals, and petting. They have some souvenirs and snacks/drinks bit not much in terms of food, a lot of tables around so you can bring your own food. I’d recommend for children up to 5yo.

Great family outing for a couple of hours. Staff are courteous. Zoo is clean and its an easy circuit around the zoo to the to each exhibit. Great for toddlers up to tweens. Getting there is tricky, if driving could be hard to find street parking. We took the subway, so not sure if there is public parking in the park. Public transportation is better but its a 10 to 15 minute walk to the Zoo from the subway. Enjoy!

This is a very cute little zoo. Emphasis on little but for the price, it’s worth it. If you’re not going with children or anyone who walks slower, you’ll probably get through both sides of the zoo in less than 2 hours. You have to order your tickets in advance online. The petting zoo is so cute! The plus to this zoo is that because it’s smaller, less people were there for a Saturday over the summer so you got a nice view of all the animals. The downside was they don’t have a large variety of animals and about some of the animals weren’t in their section like the Bear.

Zoo is fantastic as always, they even have one of the robotic dinosaurs inside promoting the full exhibit at the Bronx zoo. Feeding the animals is always a kid hit especially with the little carnival that sits right outside the zoo and it's inexpensive. If that's not enough you can walk through the park which is beautiful in itself.

On Friday I chose to take my 5 year old here on a whim. It's not too far to travel. The online process to buy the tickets was quick. Once you get there, they scan the QR code from your tickets and you can walk straight in at the gate. If you buy their mask, you have to go to the window to get them, so we had to wait a couple of minutes on line. There's not a whole lot of animals, but there was still enough to see that my child was entertained.
There is a gift shop and a little area to sit and eat, with a food truck (we didn't get anything, I btought our own snacks).
There's also a little kiddie park outside the zoo with a carousel and some rides, but you need to buy tickets at the entry to be able to get on those rides.
Also, bring quarters for the petting zoo! The animal snacks are in gumball machines. Overall, it was a nice Saturday afternoon outside.