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Conde Nast Traveler Magazine - Special discount when you subscribe online!

Other Brooklyn services:

New York City Restaurant Guide - Reviews, menus, specials and pricelist.
New York CityHotel Directory - Room search and reservation service.
Brooklyn Golf Directory - Golf courses and major events.

Prospect Park Wildlife Center
450 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225; (718) 399-7339;
Open: Daily 10AM-4:30PM; Admission: Adult $2.50 / Child (3-12) $0.50;
[ Lower New York Zoo Tour / World Zoo Tour ]

Opened 1993 as another part of the New York Wildlfe Conservation Society, after a major $37 million renovation of the old deteriating zoo. This zoo facility has three major exhibits housing 400 animals from 80 species.

• World of Animals - Children's zoo area lets you leap on giant lily pads or mingle with wallabies or tunnel through a prairie dog town.
• Animal Lifestyles - Some fascinating species includes a troop of Hamadryas baboons.
• Animals in our Lives - barnyard children's zoo setting.

New York Aquarium - NY Wildlife Conservation Society
Surf Ave & West 8th St, Brooklyn, NY 11224; (718) 265-FISH;
Open: Daily 10AM-4:30PM; Parking: Car $6.00;
Admission: $9.75 Adult / $6.00 for Child (2-12) and Senious (65+);
Free admission and parking pass with one year membership to WCS;
[ Lower New York Zoo Tour / World Aquarium Tour ]

The New York Aquarium was originally founded in 1896 and moved to its present location in Coney Island in 1957. The 14-acre facility by the sea is home to over 8,000 aquatic wildlife specimens representing over 350 species.


Seahorses Exhibit - featuring several types of seahorses, pipefish and sea dragons - opened April 2000.

• Sea Cliffs - exhibit is a 300-foot recreation of rocky Pacific coastal habitat with walruses, sea otters, penguins, seals, and different fish.
• Many children's interactive exhibits
• Aquatheater - Atlantic bottlenose dolphins entertain and splash the quests.
• Beluga Whales exhibit -
• 90,000 gallon shark tank exhibit
• Dining and dancing with Dolphins
• Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences
• Ocean view cafeteria and outdoor snack bar

Order Free Travel Guides

Beacon Hotel-
2130 Broadway (At 75th St.) - New York, NY, US 10023
The Beacon Hotel is a tourist class hotel dating from 1929 and located on the Upper Westside and within walking distance to Central Park, the Museum of Natural history, and the Lincoln Center. Its guest rooms feature color cable TV and kitchenettes. The Theater District is one mile from the hotel and the Beacon and Promenade Theaters are within a block of the hotel.

Catskills Alive! By Francine Silverman
Less than a day's drive from New York City, Boston or Philadelphia, the Catskills have long been a popular weekend and summer retreat for city folk. The area offers fine accommodations, top-notch dining and spectacular surroundings. This book profiles hundreds of hotels and restaurants, with an emphasis on the very best places.

Romantic Weekends: New England By Patricia & Robert Foulke
A selection of recommended inns, delightful restaurants, resorts, festivals, the best places to stroll together under the stars or have a secluded champagne picnic – the most romantic places. This book visits special spots in in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Other Recommended Reading
Find these titles at Amazon.com - some at discounts of upto 30%.

Fodor's Citypack New York City : A Complete Pocket Guide Plus a Full-Size Color Map
Fodor's New York City 2000 - Best Selling Travel Guide
Complete Idiot's Guide to New York - Best Selling Travel Guide
The New York Map Guide : The Essential Guide to Manhattan
Rand McNally New York City : Metro Area Counties, Long Island New York - Regional Map