Often asked: What Bus Goes To The Bronx Zoo?

How do I get to the Bronx Zoo?

Can I park at the zoo? We have two main entrances with parking lots for general visitors and members: Bronx River Gate and Southern Boulevard Gate. Parking fee is $17 for cars/ Bus parking is only available at Southern Boulevard ($20). For best arrival experience, please use Southern Boulevard parking lot.

What train stop is the Bronx Zoo?

To get to the Bronx Zoo, take Metro-North’s Harlem Line to Fordham Station. Give the conductor your rail ticket to punch and give back to you. Make sure to hold on to your rail ticket for your return trip home. When you get to Fordham Station, go up the stairs and through the station building.

Is it safe to take subway to Bronx Zoo?

It appears from the answers above that yes the subway is safe but the express bus is more convenient as it will drop me outside the gate. If you take only the subway it really is a short walk to the front gate of the zoo and unless you are going at midnight you really need not worry about your safety.

How do I get from Grand Central to Bronx Zoo?

The best way to get from Grand Central Terminal (Station) to Bronx Zoo is to train which takes 1h 4m and costs $7 – $18. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $2 – $7 and takes 57 min.

How long does it take to go through the Bronx Zoo?

How long does it take to visit the Bronx Zoo? To visit the entire zoo it takes a good half a day, that is 4-5 hours.

How do I get from Times Square to the Bronx Zoo?

The best way to get from Times Square to Bronx Zoo without a car is to bus which takes 49 min and costs $2 – $7. How long does it take to get from Times Square to Bronx Zoo? The bus from Madison Av/E 47 St to Bronx River Pky/ Bronx Zoo Ent takes 39 min including transfers and departs every 30 minutes.

Is Bronx Zoo or Central Park Zoo better?

The Bronx Zoo is much larger than the Central Park Zoo. If your kids really love animals that is the place. The tradeoff is that the Central Park Zoo can be combined with other things on a given day. The Bronx Zoo is out of the way and can’t really be combined with anything like that – with 1 and 1/2 exceptions.

Does Amtrak go to the Bronx Zoo?

Take Amtrak to the Bronx Zoo! Visit exciting exhibitions and attractions at the Bronx Zoo via Amtrak to Penn Station in New York City—Don’t forget to use the New York By Rail 15% discount!

Is Bronx safe for tourists?

Bronx crime is unfortunately high at the moment (although its City Island is a pretty safe outlier), and the borough is even facing a minor epidemic of hypodermic needles scattered on the grounds of its parks.

What subway goes to the Bronx Zoo?

There are multiple entrances to the zoo. You can take the 2 or the 5 subway line to E. 180th St. and enter through the Asia Gate entrance, or the 2 train to Pelham Parkway and head for the Bronx River entrance.

Is it safe near the Bronx Zoo?

Yes the area around the zoo is safe. The Bronx is no longer the worst part of NYC. We’ve been 3 times to the Zoo and it has been very safe. There are some areas of Bronx that are not so safe as many other places, but not near the Zoo.

Is the monorail open at the Bronx Zoo?

Open May – October only. Closed November – April.

Does the Bronx Zoo have a tram?

The Bronx Zoo spans 265 acres. Our trolley takes visitors from Wild Asia at one end of the park to Zoo Center at the other, with a stop by Tiger Mountain in between.

What part of the Bronx is the Bronx Zoo located?

The zoo is part of an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and it is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Bronx Zoo.

Date opened	November 8, 1899
Location	2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx Park, Bronx, New York, 10460 U.S.
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What trains go to the Bronx?

Public transit lines with stations closest to The Bronx, NY in Bronx

• 167 St [B,D] 16 min walk. 6 Avenue Express. 6 Avenue Express.
• 3 Av – 149 St [2,5] 18 min walk. 7 Avenue Express. Lexington Avenue Express.
• 167 St [4] 21 min walk. Lexington Avenue Express.