Boo at the Zoo Events within New York City’s Bronx, Prospect Park and Queens Zoos

    Boo at the Zoo

    October 4 – November 2, 2014

    Numerous activities at each venue featuring face painting, costumed characters, scavenger hunts, costume party and parade and much more. Not all venues mind you will hold the same events. Please check at each venue’s individual sites to learn more as linked to below on this page. Please also check for admission prices if any.

    At the Bronx Zoo

    October 4 – November 2, 2014

    Celebrate a New York Halloween tradition!

    October weekends at the zoo, including Columbus Day and Halloween, will feature hay mazes, costume parades, musical theater, magic, and more. Visit bats, owls, vultures and other winged icons of Halloween, then embark on a trip back in time as you ride their Dinosaur Safari!

    At the Queens Zoo

    October 31 – November 2, 2014

    Join them on Halloween for spooky crafts, creepy critters, and haunted habitats! Come by in your costume all weekend long for face painting, pumpkin picking, and special themed animal enrichments with their pumas and Andean bears.

    At the Prospect Park Zoo

    October 25 – 26, 2014

    Don’t miss their annual Halloween event. Watch the baboons play with pumpkins, meet a Wildlife Witch, make a spider craft, visit the Spooky Barn, and boogie to some Halloween tunes with the sea lions. Join in a Halloween parade at the end of each day, and snap a photo with their costumed creatures along the way.