Mom in the City

 

 

FREE Family Activities – Gardens & Zoos

Beaches & Pools

Bike Trails

Bookstores

Gardens & Zoos

Libraries

Miscellaneous

Museums

Nature Centers

Parks & Playgrounds

Sports

 

 

Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Park 

Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road

(718) 367-1010

www.bronxzoo.com

Admission to the zoo is free on Wednesdays.

 

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 

1000 Washington Avenue at Eastern Parkway

(718) 623-7200

www.bbg.org

Admission is free all day Tuesday and from 10 AM to 12 PM on Saturday.

 

The Children's Garden, Nelson A. Rockefeller Park

Battery Park City, Lower Manhattan

(212) 267-9700, ext. 348, call to register

http://www.bpcparks.org/bpcp/home/index.php

Free every Tuesday from 3:45PM - 5PM all summer long.

 

Conservatory Garden 

Central Park at East 103rd Street

(212) 860-1382

http://www.centralparknyc.org/virtualpark/northend/conservatorygarden 

Free Daily.

 

New York Botanical Garden 

200th Street and Kazimiroff (Southern) Boulevard, The Bronx

(718) 817-8705

http://www.nybg.org

Admission is free on Wednesday and from 10 AM to 12 PM on Saturday.

 

Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boathouse

Prospect Park in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

(718)287-3400

http://www.prospectpark.org

Admission is free. Thursday – Sunday, noon -5pm.

 

Queens Botanical Garden

43-50 Main Street; Flushing, Queens

(718) 886-3800
http://www.queensbotanical.org

Free Tuesday – Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday – Sunday, 8am-7pm.

 

Wave Hill 

675 West 252nd Street, Riverdale, the Bronx

(718) 549-3200

http://www.wavehill.org/home

Free on Tuesdays and from 9 AM to 12 PM on Saturday.