Bronx Zoo

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metropolitan zoo tourist attraction wildlife conservation facility zoo

The Bronx Zoo is one of the largest and most famous metropolitan zoos in the world, renowned for its extensive wildlife exhibits and conservation efforts in New York City.

Aliases (1)

New York Zoological Park ×1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metropolitan zoo → tourist attraction → wildlife conservation facility → zoo →
accreditation	Association of Zoos and Aquariums →
affiliation	Association of Zoos and Aquariums →
architect	Charles A. Platt → Heins & LaFarge →
area	265 acres → approximately 107 hectares →
borderedBy	Bronx River →
country	United States of America →
formerName	New York Zoological Park →
foundedBy	New York Zoological Society →
founder	Andrew H. Green → Levi P. Morton → Madison Grant → William Temple Hornaday →
hasExhibit	African Plains → Aquatic Bird House → Astor Court → Baboon Reserve → Bronx River Parkway Zoo station area → Butterfly Garden → Children’s Zoo → Congo Gorilla Forest → Himalayan Highlands → JungleWorld → Madagascar! exhibit → Mouse House → Sea Lion Pool → Tiger Mountain → World of Birds → World of Reptiles → Zoo Center →
hasFeature	Bronx River running through the grounds → historic Rainey Memorial Gates → monumental Beaux-Arts buildings on Astor Court →
hasParkingFacility	visitor parking lots →
hasProgram	captive breeding programs → education outreach programs → global field conservation projects → species survival plans →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Borough of the Bronx →
locatedInTimeZone	America/New_York →
locatedOnStreet	Southern Boulevard →
location	Bronx NERFINISHED → New York City → New York State →
managedBy	Wildlife Conservation Society →
mission	animal care → science and education → wildlife conservation →
notableFor	education programs → large collection of animal species → naturalistic animal habitats → wildlife conservation programs →
openingDate	1899-11-08 →
operator	Wildlife Conservation Society →
ownedBy	City of New York →
partOf	Bronx Park → New York City’s system of zoos and aquarium managed by Wildlife Conservation Society →
publicTransitAccess	MTA Regional Bus Operations routes on Southern Boulevard → New York City Subway Pelham Parkway station → New York City Subway West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue station →
status	one of the best-known zoos in the world → one of the largest metropolitan zoos in the United States →
typicalVisitorsPerYear	over 2 million visitors per year (approximate) →
website	https://bronxzoo.com →
yearOpened	1899 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bronx Park → The Bronx →	contains
Bronx Park → The Bronx →	knownFor
Bronx River →	adjacentTo
New York City zoos →	composedOf
Bronx Zoo ("New York Zoological Park") →	formerName
New York Zoological Society →	hasMainFacility
New York City zoos →	hasMember
New York Zoological Society →	operates